Job Title: Assistant Underwriter
Location: Dublin City
Working Model: Hybrid – four days per week in the office
Abrivia are currently recruiting for an Assistant Underwriter on behalf of our client, an international speciality insurance business with a growing portfolio and a collaborative Dublin team.
Working closely with the European Chief Underwriting Officer, you will support new business underwriting and portfolio administration across a range of speciality insurance lines. This hands-on role will suit someone with relevant insurance experience who wants to build their technical knowledge alongside an experienced underwriting leader. The team takes a practical approach, with people working hard and supporting their colleagues.
Your Role:
- Support day-to-day communication with brokers and maintain records of the information they provide.
- Keep underwriting files organised and ensure supporting documentation remains up to date.
- Work with underwriting data in Excel to produce reports and assist with the preparation of PowerPoint presentations.
- Support post-bind administration, including preparing information and presentations for reinsurance partners.
- Enter and update information across internal underwriting and contract management systems.
- Develop your understanding of the portfolio and contribute to the wider work of the underwriting team.
- Help identify practical uses for AI and technology to improve how the team works.
Your Skills:
- At least two years’ insurance experience, ideally within speciality insurance or reinsurance. Candidates with underwriting experience in domestic insurance will also be considered.
- Strong practical Excel skills, including VLOOKUPs.
- Strong PowerPoint skills and confidence preparing presentations.
- Comfortable learning and using new underwriting systems.
- CIP qualified or working towards it, with an interest in progressing towards ACII.
- An interest in how AI can support the business and a willingness to develop your knowledge.
- A collaborative approach, willingness to get involved and an appetite to learn.
- Comfortable travelling to London reasonably regularly
Should this position be of interest to you please call Tadhg at 01 9052560. Applications are in strict confidence.
