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We are looking for Graduates or School/College leavers that are keen to start their professional career with an innovative Insurance business that loves to challenge the status quo. Due to continued growth we have a new opportunity for an Underwriting Assistant to join our Cyber team.


The Cyber division is an integral part of CFC, making up around 50% of the overall premium written by the business. CFC's award-winning cyber underwriting team is a 100+ strong, market leading team dedicated to developing and distributing a best-of-breed cyber offering. With over 25 years’ experience building cyber insurance solutions, CFC was one of the first companies to offer cyber insurance and our cyber products and incident response services now protect over 100,000 businesses in more than 75 countries. We provide comprehensive cover to nearly any size or industry of business - from SME up to large corporates. All with the mission of protecting businesses from the risk of cybercrime. 


You’ll develop a thorough understanding of CFC’s workflow processes and systems as well gaining exposure to insurance. A role as an underwriting assistant provides a great foundation for a career at CFC, with a number of our underwriters and underwriting team leaders starting their careers here!


About the role

Day to day responsibilities will see you:

  • Providing excellent administrative support to underwriting teams to ensure CFC can adhere to target turnaround times for our brokers and insureds;
  • Managing the underwriting central inboxes and logging new and renewal submissions on CFC’s internal underwriting system;
  • Preparing various activity reports and spreadsheets as directed;
  • Administering the department diary, including chasing outstanding items such as subjectivities and renewal business;
  • Answering incoming calls and fielding queries as appropriate;
  • General ad-hoc administrative duties as required


About you

We are looking for passionate individuals with a keen interest in a career in Insurance, who want to learn and develop in an exciting and evolving line of business. You will have:

  • Impeccable organisational skills with the ability to prioritise work to meet tight deadlines and turnaround times;
  • Resilient and able to operate effectively and accurately under pressure
  • Excellent level of attention to detail including accurate written and numeracy skills
  • Good communications skills both written and verbal
  • Above all you’re a team player!


Given the emerging nature of our classes of insurance, a successful candidate will have an interest in staying on top of current affairs within the relevant industry.