Overview
We have an excellent opportunity for a Trading Underwriter to join our high performing Underwriting department at ARAG UK. Based in central Bristol this is a great opportunity to work alongside Senior and Assistant Trading Underwriters, and have responsibility for dealing with business partners and providing our partners with a bespoke service.
In this key role, the successful candidate will be analysing data sets to review and renew/quote scheme and standalone policies to ensure profitability. You’ll also be responsible for setting up scheme and standalone business, ensure policy literature and agreements in place in line with policies, procedures and underwriting authorities.
You’ll also meet with our business partners to negotiate renewal terms, provide performance updates and proactively manage their insurance risk. In addition, you will be responsible for identifying any underwriting issues negatively impacting our business partners, working with internal and external stakeholders to resolve these issues to our business partners satisfaction.
This is a great opportunity to showcase your communication and relationship building skills and demonstrate experience of effective collaboration with business partners and internal stakeholders across all levels.
Qualifications and experience
* Ideally, we are seeking candidates with previous underwriting experience; if not, insurance or financial services experience would be advantageous.
* Experience using MS Excel to review and analyse data.
* Ability to develop meaningful and long-term relationships with business partners.
* The ability to work at pace whilst maintaining an accurate, high quality output.
* Ability to manage different projects and tasks, while meeting challenging deadlines and exceeding customers' expectations.
* Ability to lead complex underwriting conversations with business partners.
* Strong communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to collaborate with business partners and internal stakeholders at all levels.
Benefits
* 26 days holiday with the option to buy up to a further 5 days
* Company pension scheme with the option to increase contributions
* Group Income Protection for all employees
* Group Legal Protection for all employees
* Health cash Plan
* European Motor Assistance and Home Emergency Assistance
* Salary sacrifice benefits including Cycle scheme
* A comprehensive wellbeing programme including free eye tests
* Access to our employee discounts hub offering exclusive discounts across thousands of retail partners, including discounted gym memberships at over 3,000 gyms across the UK
* The option to join our Sports and Social club which organises discounted events such as theatre visits and shopping trips
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