Provide operational and administrative support to Corporate Professions underwriters across the full underwriting lifecycle: manage submissions and renewals, maintain systems and records, prepare policy documentation, liaise with brokers and stakeholders, monitor pipelines and deadlines, produce reports, and identify process improvements to ensure accurate, timely policy issuance.
Our Underwriting Assistants are a critical part of CFC’s underwriting operation, providing expert support to underwriters and helping ensure we continue to deliver outstanding service to brokers and insureds worldwide.
As an Underwriting Assistant in our Corporate Professions team, you'll play a key role in supporting the end-to-end underwriting process, acting as a trusted partner to the underwriting team and helping drive efficiency, accuracy and consistency across the portfolio.
We're ideally looking for someone who already has a few years of experience supporting Corporate Professions underwriters and is looking to continue building their career as a UA within a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment.
About the role
You'll provide day-to-day operational and administrative support to underwriting teams, ensuring submissions, renewals and policy documentation are processed accurately and efficiently.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Supporting underwriters throughout the full underwriting lifecycle, from submission through to policy issuance.
- Managing and prioritising new business and renewal submissions.
- Ensuring underwriting systems and records are maintained accurately and in a timely manner.
- Preparing underwriting documentation, policy schedules and related correspondence.
- Liaising with brokers and internal stakeholders to resolve queries and obtain outstanding information.
- Monitoring pipelines, renewal activity and subjectivities, ensuring key deadlines are met.
- Producing reports and management information as required.
- Identifying opportunities to improve processes and ways of working across the team.
- Acting as a knowledgeable point of contact for underwriting operations and administration.
About you
You'll be an organised, proactive and detail-oriented professional who enjoys working in a busy environment and building strong relationships with stakeholders.
We're particularly interested in candidates who have:
- Demonstrable experience working as an Underwriting Assistant within the insurance market supporting Corporate Professions underwriting teams.
- A strong understanding of underwriting processes, policy administration and broker servicing.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
- Strong attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality work.
- Confidence communicating with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Good system skills, including experience with Microsoft Office and experience navigating underwriting platforms.
- A collaborative mindset and willingness to support colleagues across the wider team.
- Progress towards, or an interest in pursuing, professional insurance qualifications such as the CII.
About
CFC is a specialist insurance provider, pioneering emerging risk and market leader in cyber. Our global insurance platform uses cutting-edge technology and data science to deliver smarter, faster underwriting and protect customers from today's most critical business risk.Headquartered in London with offices in New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Austin, Madrid, Brussels and Brisbane, CFC has over 1200 staff and is trusted by more than 100,000 businesses across 90 countries.At CFC, insurance isn't just about underwriting. From data science to software development, and digital marketing design, we've got something for everyone. We're passionate about pushing boundaries, thinking differently and building the insurance company of the future.CFC is committed to the principles of equal opportunities and creating an environment in which all individuals are always treated with dignity and respect. We encourage a diverse corporate culture of openness and appreciation to create an environment in which your talent can be developed in the best possible way. Should you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process please let us know.Feeling like you need to tick every box before applying? We see things differently. In a rapidly scaling company like ours, ambition and the drive to learn count for more than a 'perfect' checklist. We're building the future of insurance, and that requires diverse talent eager to grow with us. If this role excites you and you're ready to make a significant impact, bring your unique background and let's build something great together.
CFC New York, New York, USA Office
New York, United States
Similar Jobs
HR Tech • Payments • Professional Services • Software
Support health insurance underwriters by reviewing applications and documentation for guideline adherence, reconciling data, coordinating with vendors and sales, communicating case status, and performing assigned administrative tasks to enable accurate underwriting decisions.
Insurance
Support underwriters for passenger transportation accounts by preparing underwriting exhibits, developing account summaries and rate sheets, processing endorsements/binds/cancellations, completing pre-policy documentation, reviewing policies for accuracy, and assisting with reports, presentations, and special projects.
Top Skills:
ExcelMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft Word
Insurance
Process and maintain commercial insurance policies and related transactions, ensure data accuracy and regulatory compliance, support underwriters and brokers, manage policy documentation and correspondence, resolve billing and system discrepancies, produce reports, and contribute to process improvement and audits.
Top Skills:
Enterprise Business ApplicationsInsurance Policy Administration SystemsExcelMicrosoft Office SuiteMicrosoft WordSQL
What you need to know about the NYC Tech Scene
As the undisputed financial capital of the world, New York City is an epicenter of startup funding activity. The city has a thriving fintech scene and is a major player in verticals ranging from AI to biotech, cybersecurity and digital media. It also has universities like NYU, Columbia and Cornell Tech attracting students and researchers from across the globe, providing the ecosystem with a constant influx of world-class talent. And its East Coast location and three international airports make it a perfect spot for European companies establishing a foothold in the United States.
Key Facts About NYC Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 549,200; 6% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: Capgemini, Bloomberg, IBM, Spotify
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, Fintech
- Funding Landscape: $25.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Greycroft, Thrive Capital, Union Square Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Tiger Global Management, Tribeca Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Two Sigma Ventures
- Research Centers and Universities: Columbia University, New York University, Fordham University, CUNY, AI Now Institute, Flatiron Institute, C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, NASA Space Radiation Laboratory
