Assistant Underwriter

About us

ERS Syndicate 218 at Lloyds is managed by Starr. We are the UK’s largest specialist motor insurer with an A+ rating and have been making motoring passions and livelihoods possible since 1946. We work exclusively with motor insurance brokers to help get under the skin of the most difficult insurance risks, helping build products to meet their customer’s needs. Starr is a global insurance and investment organisation providing property and casualty insurance solutions to business and industry. Starr has grown into one of the world’s fastest‑expanding insurance organisations, writing business in 128 countries across six continents. Our talented and experienced associates manage risk and ultimately support the profitable growth of organisations in a dynamic, competitive and ever-changing marketplace. Join us and become part of our talented and passionate workforce.

Role Purpose

If you haven’t thought about a career in Underwriting yet, here’s why it could be a great choice. As an Assistant Underwriter at ERS you’ll be helping our Teams research and assess the risk each Policy presents. Your main responsibilities will be to help us capture all the key information we need to decide whether we can offer insurance or make changes to an existing policy. You’ll do this using the comprehensive training you have received from one of our resident experts on department, referring to Underwriting Guides and experienced colleagues when you need support. No two policies are ever the same, so a keen eye for detail and accuracy are top of our list of requirements. Working at our Contact Centre in Swansea, South Wales, you’ll join one of our specialist teams focussed on providing bespoke products that protect our clients’ livelihoods and the vehicles they care so much about.

Key responsibilities

• Working within set guidelines / authority framework to process new business quotes, renewals, mid‑term amendments and cancellations.
• Liaising with our Underwriters for support with risks that fall outside of agreed underwriting authority.
• Always aiming to get things right first time, achieving the agreed levels of quality that help make it easy for clients to choose us as their insurer.
• Achieve personal performance targets working collaboratively with others to deliver results which help ERS achieve our business plans and strategy.
• Act as our first line of defense – understand and adhere to the zero‑tolerance fraud strategy by identifying and referring potentially fraudulent activity to our Policy Validation Unit.
• Working within all regulatory requirements and guidelines – both internal and external.
• Proactively seek to learn and develop to ensure your best possible performance.
• Support and consistently demonstrate the behaviours expected in the high‑performance culture at ERS.

The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list, and you may be required to undertake other reasonable duties compatible with your experience and competencies. This description may be varied from time to time to reflect changing business requirements.

Qualifications, skills and experience

• A keen eye for detail and high level of accuracy.
• Computer literate with the ability to use all standard Microsoft Office applications inc. Word, EXCEL and Outlook.
• Strong interpersonal skills and customer focus that aims to provide the best outcome every time.
• Tenacity and resilience – willing and able to adjust to change and adept at multi‑tasking.

Core behavioural competencies

• Analysis and decision making.
• Innovation and problem solving.
• Relationships.
• Communication and influence.
• Development of self and others.
• Resilience and adaptability.

Additional Information

Starr is an equal opportunity employer, which means we will consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our aim is to grow our own talent and bring out the best in people.