Assistant Underwriter - Fine Art & Specie in City of London

The Role We are currently hiring for an Assistant Underwriter to join our Lloyds Fine Art & Specie team. This is an opportunity to develop your underwriting skills and technical knowledge while supporting the delivery of the business plan, managing existing accounts and identifying new business opportunities.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Support underwriting decisions: Handle renewals and write new business within your underwriting authority, helping the team deliver against its business plan.




• Build valued relationships: Develop effective relationships with brokers, clients, reinsurers and Lloyd's contacts, supporting a responsive and professional service.




• Identify growth opportunities: Spot new business and cross-sell opportunities and contribute to the preparation of business plans, reports and supporting information.




• Maintain accurate records: Keep policy, aggregate and syndicate information accurate and up to date across relevant systems, spreadsheets and files, including daily validation of USMs and SCMs.




• Support portfolio performance: Prepare figures and statistics, assist with monitoring and control activities, work with Claims when required and operate in line with legal and regulatory requirements.

What We’re Looking For:

• Underwriting experience: At least 12 months' experience in either an Underwriting or Broking role. Prior experience within Fine Art & Specie and knowledge of it’s products is a distinct advantage.




• Commercial understanding: A clear understanding of business objectives, the insurance market, accounting principles and how your role contributes to the wider business plan.




• Analytical capability: Strong mathematical, statistical, analytical and problem-solving skills, supported by intellectual curiosity and sound judgement.




• Relationship skills: Confident communication, rapport-building and influencing skills, with the ability to represent both yourself and CNA Hardy positively with brokers and clients.

The Company

The Company CNA Hardy is a leading specialist commercial insurance provider for clients within the Lloyd’s and company markets. We offer a highly specialised and comprehensive portfolio of innovative and market leading products. Coverage is available to businesses of all sizes for domestic, international and global exposures. We are a leading specialist commercial insurance provider for clients of all sizes with both domestic and international exposures. Writing across both company and Lloyd's platforms offers our brokers the flexibility to find the best solution for their clients in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.

Find out more about our Lloyd's Syndicate 382. Our clients trust us because we understand the risks they face. Our teams on the ground have the local expertise and authority to provide fast, effective solutions for our clients across our network of dedicated offices in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK (Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester and London). Whether it’s our expert underwriters, risk control engineers, claims managers or international solutions team, we work in partnership with our brokers to deliver our highly-specialised and comprehensive portfolio of innovative and market-leading products in response to emerging exposures and ever-changing needs. CNA Hardy is part of CNA Financial Corp, one of the largest U.S. commercial property and casualty insurance companies. Trusted for more than 125 years, CNA provides a broad range of standard and specialised insurance products and services for over 1 million businesses and professionals across the U.S., Canada and Europe.

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