Overview
Join Pen Underwriting as an Assistant Underwriter and be part of a team that values collaboration, growth, and making a difference. This is your chance to contribute to the financial success of a leading insurance provider while developing your skills in a supportive and dynamic environment. As an Assistant Underwriter, you’ll work closely with experienced underwriters to evaluate new business and renewals. How you'll make an impact You will make underwriting decisions that align with our guidelines and ensure positive outcomes for our brokers, customers, and capacity partners. Your role will involve reviewing risks, handling client enquiries, and maintaining strong relationships with brokers. Handle new business, renewal, rating and adjustment enquiries from clients through phone call, email or digital referral. You will also play a key part in meeting business targets by retaining clients and converting new business opportunities. Actively trade with brokers in negotiations to seek opportunities to sell our products and grow our accounts. Generate revenue and underwriting profit for the SME and Personal lines division and Pen. Help deliver excellent service and grow our accounts. Understand policy coverage and address claims-related queries. Collaborate with the accounts team to resolve financial queries. Ensure compliance with FCA regulations and company values. About You Knowledge of insurance principles and practices. CII qualification preferred, but not essential. GCSE qualifications, including English and Mathematics. Ability to build strong relationships with brokers and negotiate effectively. Proficiency in MS Office tools like Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. A customer-focused approach with excellent communication skills. Attention to detail and the ability to identify key information for underwriting decisions. A proactive attitude, with the ability to manage your workload and meet deadlines. A collaborative mindset and a professional, approachable demeanour. Compensation and benefits On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits. Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve: Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up Health cash plan or Private medical insurance Other benefits include: Three fully paid volunteering days per year Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan Critical illness cover Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally Season ticket loan Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase Emergency back-up family care And many more…