Full-Time

Underwriting Assistant

Tech Onshore, 6M Ftc

Posted on 10/7/2025

Starr Insurance

Starr Insurance

1,001-5,000 employees

Global insurance and risk management provider

No salary listed

London, UK

In Person

Category
Administrative & Executive Assistance (2)
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Requirements
  • 1–2 years of experience in General Insurance or the London Market
  • highly numerate
  • excellent IT and analytical skills
  • high attention to detail
  • strong interpersonal skills to build good relationships with brokers
  • willingness to attain CII qualifications or pursue professional qualification
  • experience or openness to recent graduates / school/college leavers
Responsibilities
  • Log all bound, quoted, working and declined risks into the SFDC immediately to ensure effective use as a clearance and budgeting tool.
  • Liaise with Underwriters to produce the weekly Production Report.
  • Assist in the creation of Annual budgets for Gross Written Premium, Facultative Reinsurance and Expenses.
  • Assist the Credit Control team in investigating outstanding premium, resolving queries and controlling aged debt.
  • Produce and monitor department NOC’s.
  • Undertake data entry into the Underwriting Systems as requested by senior stakeholders.
  • Assist Underwriters and Underwriting Operations with the month end reconciliation.
  • Produce standard and ad-hoc reporting through the Enterprise Data Warehouse and SFDC ensuring these are accurate and fit for purpose.
  • Complete Underwriting Frontsheets in a timely manner and ensure completeness of Underwriting files.
  • Calculation of material impact of Endorsements and producing Endorsement Frontsheets. Monitoring and logging of endorsements.
  • Management of Starr360 process, ensuring electronic files are kept up-to-date.
  • Manage the departmental Facultative Reinsurance log.
  • Produce Facultative Reinsurance documentation including calculation sheets, mud-maps and order forms.
  • Work with the Tech Controller and Facultative Reinsurance team to reconcile errors between the Facultative Reinsurance Log and Eclipse.
  • Assist with, and drive forward, company projects as required.
  • Track and report on Engineering fee status. Liaise with Broking Houses to chase engineering fee payment.
  • Work with Engineers to review up-coming renewals. Chase the relevant brokers for the necessary engineering reports.
  • Assist the engineers in formatting and proofreading the technical reports they produce.
  • Assist the engineers in arranging travel where necessary.
  • Report any suspicion of financial crime to the Money Laundering Reporting Officer immediately.
  • Produce a suite of monthly Underwriting reports encompassing loss ratios, rate change, lapsed / churn, commission and Facultative spend.
Desired Qualifications
  • CII qualifications or professional designation pursued or completed (e.g., designation)

Starr Insurance provides commercial property and casualty insurance, plus travel and accident coverage, and also offers investment services for businesses across many industries. Its products are delivered through an underwriting process that assesses risk, then issues tailored policies to transfer that risk and cover losses, with support for claims and risk management. The company operates in 128 countries across six continents, giving it a global network and local market knowledge that help it cover almost any business location. Unlike others, Starr combines a long history (founded in 1919) with a wide international footprint and deep relationships in many markets, enabling it to serve clients wherever they do business. Its goal is to help customers succeed anywhere by providing broad insurance protection and financial solutions through its worldwide platform.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1919

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • IQUW acquisition expands underwriting classes across London, Bermuda, motor.
  • Peter Bilsby leads unified international business in APAC, LATAM, EME.
  • Atlanta office buildout invests $1M in 20,170 sq ft for U.S. growth.

What critics are saying

  • IQUW integration fails due to UK motor and system clashes eroding profits.
  • Chubb relationship end disrupts property/casualty distribution channels.
  • Lloyd’s capital hikes strain Starr’s balance sheet post-acquisition.

What makes Starr Insurance unique

  • Starr completed $1.9B IQUW acquisition, becoming ninth-largest Lloyd’s agency.
  • Launched Twin Maples Specialty led by Bob Gadaleta for wholesale brokers.
  • Integrated IQUW Bermuda Re as Starr Re for diversified reinsurance.

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Company News

NewsnReleases
Oct 29th, 2025
Starr Acquires IQUW Group for $1.9B

Starr has signed a definitive agreement to acquire IQUW Group, expanding its underwriting classes and positioning it as the ninth-largest agency at Lloyd’s. IQUW Group, with gross written premiums of approximately $1.9 billion, includes two Lloyd’s syndicates and a Bermuda-based reinsurance platform. Post-acquisition, Peter Bilsby will lead Starr’s international business. The acquisition aims to diversify and enhance underwriting profitability.

Business Wire
Mar 12th, 2024
Starr Insurance Introduces Twin Maples Specialty To Serve The Wholesale Market

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Starr Insurance today announced the establishment of Twin Maples Specialty, a division of Starr Specialty Lines Insurance Agency, LLC, to focus on the wholesale brokerage community. Twin Maples will be led by industry veteran Bob Gadaleta, Executive Vice President, Wholesale Commercial Insurance. Bob joined Starr to assume this newly created position, bringing over 29 years of insurance industry experience in underwriting and field sales leadership, including stints at Hiscox and AIG. Twin Maples will focus on business placed through wholesale brokers, who continue to gain market share in the U.S. insurance landscape. The new Starr division will deliver products and client-focused solutions for the middle market and small business segments through a dedicated wholesale channel underwriting team

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