Underwriting Administrator

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Underwriting Administrator

  • Location:

    United Kingdom

  • Contact:

    Piere Forbes

  • Contact email:

    piere.forbes@equitycity.co.uk

  • Contact phone:

  • Job ref:

    606

  • Published:

    4 days ago

  • Expiry date:

    2025-06-28

Title: Underwriting Administrator
Location: London/ Hybrid 
Salary: £27,000 pa 

About the role 
To support the Underwriting and Operations divisions through defined administrative responsibilities.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Enter risk and policy data in to the Underwriting system(s) within the defined Service Level Agreements.
  • Undertake peer-to-peer quality assurance checks within the defined Service Level Agreements.
  • Ensure all risk and policy queries are communicated through the appropriate channels and responded to in a timely manner.
  • Process unmatched USMs within the defined Service Level Agreements and escalate any issues through the appropriate channels.
  • Ensure all tasks are completed for month-end close.
  • Assist with credit control and provide support to the credit control team with aged debt and excess cash queries when required.
  • Attend team, departmental and divisional meetings to build, and maintain, internal relationships and continue understanding of the business.
  • Scan and store all documentation in to the document management storage folders as required.
  • Ensure that Underwriting files are complete and accurate. Obtain any outstanding items from the underwriting team.
  • Assist with, and drive forward, company projects as required.
  • Assist with the training of new team members and act as a Subject Matter Expert as requested by the management team.
  • Undertake other appropriate ad-hoc tasks as requested by the management team.
  • Report any suspicion of financial crime to the Money Laundering Reporting Officer immediately.
  • Operate within the Company’s standards for Treating Customers Fairly.
  • Manage any potential conflicts of interest to avoid disrepute to the company’s integrity.
  • Advise Compliance of any complaints immediately.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
  • Accuracy of data entry - QA results and accuracy of file construction;
  • Timeliness of matching USMs;
  • Be a competent user of Underwriting systems;
  • Commitment to furthering knowledge and understanding;
  • Complete, timely and accurate Eclipse records; and
  • Complete timely and effective performance records, via Workday.
ROLE HOLDER SPECIFICATION
EXPERIENCE
  • 6 months – 1 year office experience;
  • Lloyd’s and London Market processing arrangements for premiums and claims;
  • Lloyd’s Franchise Board standards;
  • Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority framework;
  • Slip and file construction; and
  • the business standards for clauses.
SKILLS
  • Develop knowledge of the lines of business;
  • Data entry; and
  • Analytical and problem solving skills; and
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
SYSTEMS & I.T
  • MS Office – Excel, Word and Outlook; and
  • Underwriting systems.
QUALIFICATIONS
  • Educated to GCSE / A Level – with at least 5 A – C at GCSE (including Maths).