Assistant Underwriter - US Healthcare

Department: Healthcare & Life Science

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: UK - London

Reporting To: Max Underwood

Description

As an Assistant Underwriter you'll work closely with the Healthcare team in all aspects of underwriting, including new business and renewal underwriting, responding to broker queries and supporting business development through developing your own broker relationships over time.

About the role

With support from the team, you will consider healthcare providers liability needs insurance needs from a holistic perspective by writing multiple classes of insurance, alongside supporting the team with business development and effectively contributing to wider team projects.

• Respond to broker enquiries professionally and promptly, producing new and renewal quotations within agreed SLAs and authority limits.
• Own and maintain your personal pipeline of healthcare renewals and prospects.
• Support the team in identifying and developing new business opportunities.
• Build strong broker relationships to grow a profitable healthcare portfolio.
• Produce regular underwriting reports and portfolio insights.
• Clearly explain product features, coverage enhancements, and support product launches.
• Assist in preparing and delivering presentations and events, both internally and externally.
• Proactively manage accounts with open claims, working closely with Claims and Underwriting teams to ensure timely resolution.

About you

Experience within underwriting or broking is desirable, combined with a keen interest in the healthcare sector and a willingness to develop your skills and knowledge through working alongside an experienced and supportive team.

You'll be motivated, determined and eager to succeed. With strong analytical ability, logical thinking and critical problem-solving skills, paired excellent numeracy with clear and confident communication.

Confident and self-driven, you enjoy working to deadlines and achieving results. You're comfortable using MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and above all, you thrive in a team environment where collaboration leads to shared success.

Core Values

Love what you do:
We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and makes the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers and carriers.

Challenge everything:
We're never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to makes things better.

Have fun, be good:
Insurance is a serious business, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.