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Gallagher isn't just a company; it's a global community driven by shared values and an unyielding commitment to excellence. With over 49,000 passionate professionals, we are the architects of the future, designing customized solutions to protect businesses and fuel their extraordinary growth.
As a member of our team, you'll experience empowerment, creativity, and the exhilarating journey of making a real difference in the lives of our clients. Join us and become part of a story that transforms aspirations into reality.
We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.
Introduction
Are you ready to join a dynamic team in Pen Underwriting's Crawley office, where you will play a crucial role in the world of underwriting? We are seeking an enthusiastic and driven Underwriting Assistant to join our Risk Managed Team and make a real impact on our Commercial, Property Owners, and Contractors Combined Underwriting processes.
How you'll make an impact
- Support pre-underwriting processes on renewals, quotations, and mid-term adjustments, ensuring accuracy and efficiency.
- Collaborate with underwriters and brokers, maintaining strong communication channels to collect and manage risk information effectively.
- Take charge of daily chasers, ensuring timely follow-ups and maintaining a proactive approach.
- Assist with Aged Debt collection, contributing to the financial success of the team.
- Request Risk Management Surveys and liaise with the Survey Team, ensuring comprehensive risk assessment.
- Ensure accuracy and completeness in data entry and underwriting package preparation, maintaining high-quality standards.
- Manage administrative requirements for the Underwriting team, ensuring smooth operations.
- Liaise with Underwriters for policy issuance instructions, contributing to a seamless process
About you
- A passion for the insurance industry and a desire to make a difference in the underwriting field.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with clients, brokers, and team members.
- Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in data entry and underwriting package preparation.
- Proactive and organized approach, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively.
- A team player mentality, with the ability to collaborate and contribute to the success of the team.
Compensation and benefits
On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits. Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:
- Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ 5 more days
- Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
- Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
- Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
- Health cash plan or Private medical insurance
Other benefits include
- Three fully paid volunteering days per year
- Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
- Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
- Critical illness cover
- Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
- Season ticket loan
- Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
- Emergency back-up family care
Additional information
Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.
We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.
Should you require any reasonable adjustments with your application, please get in touch with TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com. If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.
Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and is opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.
If this sounds like somewhere you’d like to join, we'd love to hear from you!
