Assistant Underwriter - International Wholesale Liability London, England
Job description
Joining AXA XL as an Assistant Underwriter is a great foundation step to launch your career as an Underwriter. Whether you have some basic Insurance experience and are ready to take the next step up, want to change your direction within Insurance or are looking for your first step on the ladder we have plenty of support available to help you take that next step. Starting your career can be a daunting adventure, at AXA XL we have industry experts and a market leading Underwriting Academy to support you on that learning journey.
International Wholesale Liability
A market leader in Lloyd’s, this long-established and growing London-based team forms part of the London Wholesale Casualty business unit and underwrites general liability risks for a vast array of businesses around the world. It writes risks in the open market and via facilities and delegated authority arrangements, ranging from railways in Australia to ski resorts in Canada to chemical plants in South America and to hotels in the Caribbean. Every day is different and presents new challenges and we strive to find tailored solutions for our insureds that protect their businesses for the long-term.
DISCOVER your opportunity
As an Assistant Underwriter you will work with our industry leading Underwriters to support them through the underwriting process for new and renewal business, ensuring that our clients and brokers experience the highest level of service.
You will have the opportunity to work with our Actuarial experts to learn how to use pricing models and systems to support the underwriting process, as well as building your experience to enhance your own underwriting authority.
What will your role as an Assistant Underwriter include?
- Prepare underwriting proposals, working with the Actuarial Pricing team where needed, to present to the Underwriter
- Conducting research and analysis on companies, industries or locations for potential new business
- Reviewing renewal proposals and endorsement requests for existing business
- Ensuring all underwriting activities are documented on the underwriting systems to the required data quality standards
- Preparing monthly reports on underwriting activity
- Building an internal network to support sharing of information and data between functions
You will report to the Underwriting Manager
SHARE your talent
As an Assistant Underwriter you will be working toward building your Underwriting experience, having some of the expereince and skills below will help;
- Ideally you will have an understanding of the fundamentals of the Insurance industry
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Desire to learn, build skills and learn how to manage the underwriting process
- Ability to use analysis and reasoning to work through information and reach a reasoned conclusion
FIND your future
AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.
How? By combining a strong and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.
With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.
At AXA XL we are happy to talk flexible working. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and consider flexible ways of working for every role. Talk to us about how we can make flexibility work for you.
Learn more at axaxl.com.
Corporate Responsibility
At AXA XL our approach to corporate responsibility (CR) is the same as our approach to business; constantly seeking to provide innovative solutions to the world’s most complex problems. From offering our expertise, products and services to help build more resilient communities, to advancing understanding and response to climate change, our strategy – Our Impact. Our Future. – aligns key issues that are pertinent to our business – climate, water and financial resilience - and contributes to AXA Group’s purpose to “Act for human progress by protecting what matters.”.
- Climate: We’re reducing our carbon footprint, protecting ecosystems and exploring how our business can help build a better world.
- Water: We’re developing water resilience where it is — and will be — needed most.
- Financial resilience: We’re helping create opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed, so they can be better prepared for unexpected changes.
- Hearts in Action: We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as our “Hearts in Action” programs.
For more information please see the Corporate Responsibility section on our website.
Diversity & Inclusion
At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce enable business growth and are critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most diverse workforce possible, while creating an inclusive culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and can reach their highest potential. It’s about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.
- Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, race/ethnicity, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe
- Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
- Enhanced family friendly leave benefits
- Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
- Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter
Learn more at axaxl.com/about-us/inclusion-and-diversity. AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
