Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Duration: Permanent
Location: Brighton
Job ref: 203707
About the role
Ansvar, who are proudly part of Benefact Group, are looking for a Underwriting Assistant Apprentice to join our Brighton office.
An exciting opportunity to join our processing and administration team, where you'll not only contribute to our success but also develop the skills to become a fully-fledged Underwriter. A fantastic opportunity for anyone looking to start, or grow, their career within insurance.
Why join us?
Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's top 50 Best Large Companies to Work For in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group—where all profits go to charity and good causes.
What you'll be doing
- Input data accurately and efficiently, recognising and rectifying where quality standards have been missed.
- Act as a triage service for new business ensuring the case is referred to the correct team member
- Process/underwrite midterm adjustments and renewals for existing business
- Build effective internal relationships to deliver exceptional customer service and support Ansvar’s right first-time approach
- Act on audit results and agreed actions plans to improve own performance and enhance the effectiveness of the team and track output
- Understand and operate within regulatory framework and identify and escalate any risks to the business in line with company policy.
- Produce as requested timetabled and ad-hoc MI for the team and wider business
What you'll need to have
- The ability to plan, prioritise and manage own work to deliver agreed objectives and meet targets
- Understand, manage, and use information with accuracy.
- Commitment to achieve CertCII within an agreed timescale.
- Understanding of data protection and importance of confidentiality.
What we offer
- A competitive salary - let's discuss it
- Hybrid working
- Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
- Generous annual bonus scheme between 6% and up to 24%
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
- An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
- Up to £400 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
- Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Full study support to gain professional qualifications
- Access to virtual GP
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
About us
Ansvar specialise in insurance to the third sector. We cover thousands of risks in the UK, and unlike other insurers, our products are specifically designed for the niches we insure.
Driven by our values of empathy, professionalism and trust, we hold a genuine desire to positively impact the communities we help protect.
Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.
We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.
At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.
If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.
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