Underwriting Support Technician

As an Underwriting Support Technician you will be pivotal in providing support to several Apollo Underwriting teams.

This role provides an opportunity to have an immediate impact providing operational excellence and resilience to underwriting teams while ensuring data is accurate, complete and on time.

What you'll do:

In this role you will be responsible for supporting underwriting teams by taking ownership of all administrative and operational tasks, reporting, regulatory returns with an eye on process improvement.

Role responsibilities include:

Underwriting Support

• Attending/minuting meetings and supporting Underwriters at the Lloyd's Box


• Address and resolve operational issues, obtain underwriting information, and track premium payment.


• Creating and issuing insurance documents including Certificates of Insurance, No Claims Bonus letters, and Notice of Cancellation


• Continue to identify areas for improvement, designing, testing and documenting solutions and participating in cross department projects.


• Investigating and responding to policy queries


Underwriting Administration - both Pre-bind and Post-bind

• Sending Slips, endorsements and supporting information to outsource partner for timely and efficient recording.


• Managing the pipeline of new and renewal business and team mailboxes


• Undertaking Pre-Bind Quality Assurance including contract certainty check


• Recording pricing metrics, checking data quality, and addressing exceptions


• Undertaking credit control activities to verify overdue premium, liaise with brokers and DXC for payment and manage Aged Debt


Regulatory, Compliance & Reporting

• Ensuring data is accurate, complete and on time for internal and external reporting deadlines including regulatory returns.


• Producing bordereaux and overseeing transformation of data through the insurance and reinsurance cycle


• Compiling data and file samples for reviewers/auditors and delivering recommendations.


• Checking Sanctions and broker Terms of Business Agreement ('TOBA')
  
  Excellent numeracy and analytical skills, high attention to detail and be comfortable handling large data sets.


• Articulate and personable, with excellent verbal and written communication skills


• Basic knowledge of Lloyd's / London insurance market including systems and processes


• Managing General Agency (MGA) experience would be beneficial but not essential.
  
  Apollo is an independent specialist (re)insurer launched in 2009 to provide high quality products and services to clients, brokers, and capital partners at Lloyd's. The Apollo name recognised the success of one of its founding investors Neil Armstrong, who in 1969 was the first person to land on the moon. Along with Jim Hays, Neil saw the opportunity to build a differentiated service provider at Lloyd's.


Having started life in 2009 as Apollo Syndicate 1969, we have since developed a diverse offering of insurance solutions for our clients and partners, ranging from traditional and specialty lines to innovative sharing economy solutions, and managing agency services at Lloyd's. We are excited to continue growing our team of more than 250 colleagues who strive towards our collective purpose of enabling a resilient and sustainable world.

"We attract and retain the highest quality talent by developing a team atmosphere where opportunity exists for our employees and partners." David Ibeson, Group CEO, Apollo is a growing and diverse team of empowered and passionate experts who focus on bringing innovation, data driven decision making and collaboration to every relationship and every risk. To meet the needs of a demanding global insurance market, we need a diverse workforce that truly understands the international communities we serve.

That is why we're focused on developing diverse talent at every level; inclusion and diversity means more to us than just chasing a target and we are committed to supporting and celebrating difference. Our people are at the heart of our business which is why we value the diversity of thought and talent of every member of our team.

We offer a range of support and run a programme of events and training that recognise the challenges and opportunities relating to diversity.