Underwriting Assistant – Energy

About the role

The Underwriting Assistant will support the Natural Resources Underwriting team within the Energy Division, focusing on upstream and mid‑stream business. You will help develop and maintain relationships with brokers, clients and internal stakeholders to ensure the team meets its business objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Assist in reviewing new and renewal risks, including slip analyses, model‑based rating, benchmarking, rate change analysis and premium monitoring.
• Support aggregation analysis with underwriters or the modelling team, including natural catastrophe pricing.
• Monitor written risks due for renewal, maintain renewal lists, analyse broker pipeline reports and help set production targets.
• Log prospects in the underwriting database and ensure timely follow‑up.
• Prepare reports and statistical information required by underwriters.
• Contribute to the development and enhancement of underwriting systems and benchmarking models.
• Liaise with credit control, claims, internal risk review, actuarial, compliance and other Chaucer business areas as needed.
• Coordinate with the Underwriting Operations team and monitor PPL/e‑placement platforms.
• Provide general assistance to the underwriting team and manage relationships with customers, agents and service providers.
• Complete annual product review assessments and follow Chaucer’s product governance processes.

Required profile

• Experience within Lloyd’s market or similar insurance environment.
• Analytical mindset with flexibility and adaptability.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to work as a team player.
• Effective communication skills at all levels.
• Education: ACII qualification or working towards it.

Required skills

• Microsoft Excel (intermediate proficiency)
• Microsoft Office suite