Assistant Underwriter - CPRI

INTL Assistant Underwriter - UW09YY

We're determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals - and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future.

This role will have both personal and collective responsibility for supporting the growth and profitability of the CPRI portfolio. The position involves supporting the underwriting of business in line with CPRI appetites as well as developing and maintaining relationships with London & International Brokers and clients.

Responsibilities:

• Underwrite new and renewal accounts to meet planned underwriting results, through proactive account review, analysis of underwriting trends and improvement plans to maintain profitability.

• Negotiate account participation, pricing and terms and conditions with brokers.

• Underwrite in line with CPRI Global framework - e.g. Underwriting Authorities, Underwriting Guidelines, Rules and Principles.

• Support execution of the CPRI global underwriting and marketing strategies.

• Proactively support acquisition of new business and retention of existing business through market and client meetings with our Insureds / potential Insureds.

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key Brokers & Insureds. This is to include both UK and overseas travel on behalf of CPRI global team.

• Support training and developing of Underwriting Assistants to continually improve their operations and trading capability and development of a market leading team.

• To keep abreast of claims and support senior team members in the liaising with the claims team as necessary to ensure appropriate settlement of claims.

• Contribute to the quarterly and annual reporting of Underwriting results.

• Reasonable standard of education
• Willingness to continue to develop knowledge of CPRI and related issues through form and informal learning
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload and meeting deadlines and that of the team
• Ability to develop and sustain relationships with internal and external customers
• Business level English
• Language skills advantageous
• ACII preferred or working towards

• Work experience within the International CPRI or general insurance marketplace as at a multi-line property and casualty insurer or Export Credit Agency or similar experience in the trade and export finance field.
• Basic knowledge of trade finance structures and political risk insurance.
• Preferable knowledge/interest working on emerging and frontier market economic, political and credit issues.
• Strong process management discipline. Establish priorities, anticipate problems, determine completion dates, communicate the status of assignments; manage time effectively; and uses the services of others effectively.
• Team player with a strong collaborative orientation; ability to build strong relationships across an organisation.