Onsite Underwriting Assistant

Posted 13 hours ago

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About the role

  • Underwriting Assistant supporting underwriting operations at Sompo International. Providing support and customer service within multinational integrated teams.

Responsibilities

  • Provide support to Underwriters in the areas of underwriting operations, procedures and policies
  • Build strong relationships with and provide prompt customer service to all internal and external customers
  • Complete associated business processes such as Guidewire data entry, eDocument platforms (Image Right), Excel forms updates, sanctions checks and others
  • Provide support to and conduct regular quality checks on tasks assigned to and completed by the offshore team
  • Responsible for accurate issuance of policy documents including policy schedules, policy wording, endorsements, invoices and certificates of insurance to the broker or customer in collaboration with Policy Administration Team
  • Collaborate with multinational team and provide support incl. processing of multinational programs
  • Establish process to effectively monitor work on hand and set priorities to complete tasks within turnaround time
  • Handle complex work items including investigation of issues and to apply problem solving skills which entails effective collaboration with other departments and colleagues where required to achieve win-win resolutions to identified issues
  • Serve as the liaison for underwriters and brokers in order to track, manage, and prioritize insurance applications and other services
  • Ready to provide cross-training to fellow Underwriting Assistants for other BUs to reduce key man dependency as well as to receive cross-training by fellow

Requirements

  • Fluency in Spanish and English; Italian and/or French are a plus
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a team oriented approach
  • Excellent attention to detail and organizational ability; assumes personal accountability for work output and team success
  • Strong problem solving and decision making abilities
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
  • Desirable prior experience working in an insurance/reinsurance company
  • Desirable knowledge of commercial insurance products

Benefits

  • Expansive Health & Wellness Benefits
  • Generous Retirement & Savings Plans
  • Global Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance

Job title

Underwriting Assistant

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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