Underwriting Assistant

**Underwriting Assistant**

Milan OR Genoa, Italy

**What you’ll be DOING**
- What will your essential responsibilities include?_

As part of the Operations Division, the key Middle Office mission is to handle client’s contracts and related administrative requests by providing a high-quality customer service and by supporting the underwriting team in the most cost-effective way.

The Underwriting Assistant is responsible for:
1. Contracts handling: (master policies, international programs outgoing and incoming) in an efficient and correct way for new and established businesses (sending, receiving, controlling)
- checking the conditions of acceptance of the customer’s request, interacting with the customer if necessary, by using various available data sources to make the right decision and give the right advice to the broker / client
- following until contract signing or refusal
- developing draft contracts / amendments that fit with customer needs
- modifying coverage concepts if desired by the client / broker
- preparing contracts which are beyond his / her authority and discuss them with manager
- monitoring, planning and issuing contractual documents (certificates...)

2.Data Management by:

- preparing and sending weekly reports
- preparing premium flows
- controlling Gross and Net portfolio
- controlling data quality

**What you will BRING**

We’re looking for someone who:

- has 2-4 years of experience in the Insurance sector.
- Communicate and work in English
- Use digital tools and media, and integrate them to optimize his/her way of working and communicating. Know how to operate with the data-flow provided by these tools and media to extract relevant information to make decisions.
- Focus on the customer, understand and anticipate his/her needs to provide customized solutions
- Work in team with members from different expertises, places and cultures to achieve collective goals
- Adapt quickly to changes, show appetite for the unknown, learn in all circumstances

**Who WE are**

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.

**What we OFFER**

**Inclusion**

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic. At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and enables business growth and is critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most inclusive workforce possible, and create a culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential. _It’s about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed._
- Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
- Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
- Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits
- Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
- Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter

**Total Rewards**

AXA XL’s Reward program is designed to take care of what matters most to you, covering the full picture of your health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial security. It provides competitive compensation and personalized, inclusive benefits that evolve as you do.

We’re committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.

**Sustainability**

At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our 2023-26 Sustainability strategy, called “Roots of resilience”, focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.

Our Pillars:

- **Valuing nature**:How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society - are essential to our future. We’re committed to protecting and restoring nature - from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard - by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
- **Addressing climate change**:The e