The Role
The Underwriting Assistant will support underwriters by logging submissions, managing renewal activities, processing policy tasks, and ensuring compliance in a fast-paced environment.
Summary Generated by Built In
We’re looking for a highly organised and detail-oriented Underwriting Assistant to join our growing U.S. team in Walnut Creek. Sitting at the heart of our underwriting function, you’ll play a critical role in supporting our underwriters across multiple product lines, helping them move quickly, stay organised, and continue delivering an outstanding service to brokers.
This is a fast-paced, hands-on role where you’ll be involved in the full lifecycle of account handling - from submission through to policy administration and renewals. You’ll act as a central coordination point across underwriting, operations, and finance, ensuring everything runs smoothly and efficiently.
This is a fast-paced, hands-on role where you’ll be involved in the full lifecycle of account handling - from submission through to policy administration and renewals. You’ll act as a central coordination point across underwriting, operations, and finance, ensuring everything runs smoothly and efficiently.
Key Responsibilities
In this role, you’ll provide high-quality, reliable support that enables our underwriting teams to operate efficiently and deliver an exceptional service to brokers. You’ll be involved across the full lifecycle of an account, helping to keep activity moving at pace while maintaining strong attention to detail.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Logging new business submissions and referrals, ensuring risks are accurately recorded and allocated
- Supporting the tracking of quotes, binds, and follow-ups to help drive timely responses to brokers
- Managing renewal activity, including monitoring upcoming renewals and outstanding accounts
- Maintaining team trackers and spreadsheets to ensure data is up to date and accessible
- Processing policy servicing tasks such as mid-term adjustments, cancellations, and broker of record letters
- Onboarding broker contacts and granting access to internal platforms
- Supporting finance with follow-ups on outstanding premium payments
- Issing notices such as cancellations and conditional non-renewals
- Ensuring underwriting files meet internal quality, compliance, and audit standards
- Supporting audit preparation and working closely with compliance where required
- Contributing to process improvements that enhance efficiency, accuracy, and broker experience
About you
You’re a recent higher education graduate or early in your career with a strong interest in building a future in insurance. You’re naturally organised, detail-oriented, and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same.
You’re a confident communicator who enjoys working with others and takes a proactive approach to getting things done. Curious and eager to learn, you’re motivated to develop your knowledge of underwriting and the wider insurance market.
Most importantly, you bring a positive attitude, a strong work ethic, and a genuine interest in growing your career as part of an ambitious and collaborative team.
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 1100 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.
Skills Required
- Recent higher education graduation or early career stage
- Strong interest in building a career in insurance
- Ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently
- Attention to detail
- Proactive communication skills
CFC Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about CFC and has not been reviewed or approved by CFC.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Variable pay is positioned as a core part of total compensation, with a group‑wide annual bonus highlighted as a consistent feature. Expanding employee share ownership is described as enhancing overall rewards alongside bonuses.
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Healthcare Strength — Private medical insurance is provided, complemented by dental and optical cashback and a 24/7 employee assistance programme. These elements indicate comprehensive health coverage beyond standard medical plans.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away provisions include 25 days of holiday and paid volunteer time, signaling a broad approach to time off. Additional practices such as company social events support overall work–life rhythm, though they are not leave per se.
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The Company
What We Do
CFC is a specialist insurance provider, pioneer in emerging risk and market leader in cyber. Their global insurance platform uses cutting-edge technology and data science to deliver smarter, faster underwriting and protect customers from today’s most critical business risks.
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