Medical Underwriter

• £200-300 p/d (via umbrella)
• 6 month initial contract (potential for temp-to-perm)
• South West & Midlands (flexible hybrid working)

Sanderson are currently partnered with a leading insurance provider to deliver high-quality underwriting support across Life, Critical Illness, and Income Protection products (Individual Protection). As part of this collaboration, we are seeking experienced professionals to help meet growing business demand.

Key focus areas;

• Medical underwriting across Life, Critical Illness, and Income Protection.
• Managing a high volume of cases with capacity to take on additional work.
• Ensuring consistent service delivery across expanding business areas.

If this is of interest, please apply online with an updated CV attached.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Our client a well known Insurance organisation are currently looking to hire 10 Underwriters to join a busy and growing Underwriting Team.

Title: Underwriters x10
Location: York, Sheffield, Bristol, Norwich – Flexible on Location as could be Remote working.
Duration: 6 Months – Potential to go Temp to Perm for the right individuals
Day Rate: Competitive (inside IR35 via Umbrella)

Underwriting – Individual Protection

Key Focus Areas:

• Medical underwriting across Life, Critical Illness and Income Protection products – also known as “Individual Protection
• Primarily focused on back filling attrition and supporting business growth.
• To complete volume of business currently with view to support further work coming through from the business.
• Ensuring adequate capacity to service the expanding needs of the business.

Requirements:

• Seeking experienced individuals who can carry out assessments and deliver work effectively.
• Must have experience of all THREE areas: Medical/Critical Illness & Income Protection & Life products.
• Experience working as an Underwriter
• Experience of working within an Insurance based company

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Technical Pension Analyst

We are currently exclusively partnered with a medium to large scale financial services organisation based in Derbyshire, who are recruiting for Technical Pension Administrators/Technical Pension Analysts. The role will sit within a department who are responsible for the technical integrity across all areas of the business.

They are happy for the successful candidate to work on a hybrid bases with 3 days in the office, and 2 days at home being the split.

What you’ll be doing:

• Perform pension-related calculations, validate data accuracy, and provide technical support to the services team on complex or high-value cases.
• Assist with updates to the pension administration system, including amendments to calculation logic and background data tables.
• Develop and maintain bespoke calculations for system testing and handle cases that cannot be processed automatically.
• Contribute to the ongoing assessment and enhancement of operational and system controls to help mitigate risk to the Scheme

Experience needed:

• Background working with DB (Defined Benefits) pension schemes
• Experience in writing and developing calculations
• Proficient in MS Office (specifically Excel)
• Strong communication – both verbally and written

Benefits:

• Salary up to £43,000 – depending on experience
• Generous pension scheme – up to 17% employer contribution
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays – increasing with services
• Other standard company benefits

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Senior Project Executive – Real Estate

London / Hybrid Working 3 days onsite p/w

Up to £70,000 + benefits

Fantastic new permanent opportunity for an experienced Senior Project Executive with this market leading global insurance brokerage. Due to continued growth, they are now looking for an experienced Senior Project Executive to join their Real Estate Due Diligence Practice who provide pre and post funding due diligence advice to commercial real estate loan originators and servicers.

Working on their client’s behalf they analyse the insurance aspects of commercial real estate financing transactions to ensure their interests are appropriately protected.

They support their clients’ interests by advising on the appropriate insurance clauses to include in their loan facility agreements, providing advice and insight on technical insurance policy clauses, reporting on policy deficiencies, negotiating with the appropriate parties to amend the policy terms to meet their clients expectations and finally issuing a formal report on the insurance aspects of the financing.

The purpose of this role is to support the growth of the Global Real Estate Due Diligence Practice and prospect pipeline.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain and develop key real estate and development financier relationships.
• Review of facility agreements and the insurance provisions contained within.
• Liaise with lenders and Lawyers in respect of any considerations and recommendations on these provisions.
• Liaise and build rapport with Borrowers Broker, explain insurance requirements to them, offer advice and provide solutions on how to achieve such requirements with Insurers where appropriate.
• Complete full review of relevant insurance policies, schedules, endorsements and wordings.
• Identify any issues or shortfalls in policies and negotiate improvements as necessary.
• Review relevant law/civil code as and where necessary in relation to its affect upon insurance and ensure cover complies.
• Review and verification of relevant documents such as structure charts, reinstatement cost assessments and rent rolls to ensure insurable interest and the correct sums insured are in place.
• Provide technical insurance advice in layman terms in order to correctly convey issues and potential solutions.
• Ensure brokers confirmations are in an appropriate format with the correct addressee language and carry an acceptable level of reliance.
• Provide final sign off of insurance with formal compliance documentation.

Skills and Experience required

• Proven experience of working within a similar Senior Project Executive role.
• Candidates must be enthusiastic with an enquiring mind-set and be able to support a face paced and growing practice.
• Strong technical knowledge of insurance is essential (in transit and operational risks).
• Ideally experience of working within Commercial Real Estate.
• Proven ability to assimilate contractual language, risk/insurance issues and to relay your conclusions and professional advice in easy-to-understand/client friendly format using precise language.
• Broad understanding of the insurance coverage and practices.
• Strong team ethic and experience of leading a team.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal/written communication and networking skills.
• Ability to work to deadlines in a high-pressure environment.

For more information or to apply please send a copy of your CV to [email protected]

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Pensions Administration Manager – Defined Benefits

Bristol / Hybrid Working

Up to £50,000 + benefits

Fantastic new permanent opportunity for an experienced Pensions Administration Manager with this market leading consultancy and administration business who specialise within the pensions and insurance market. Due to continued growth, they are now looking for an experienced Pensions Administration Manager to join their Bristol office with a hybrid working model. This is a new and exciting role where it would best suit someone from a similar Pensions Manager role with extensive experience and knowledge of DB pension schemes, pension legislation and managing a portfolio of clients.

Key responsibilities

• Leading the provision of pensions administration services for the assigned administration client portfolio.
• Overseeing day to day management of client relationships with trustees and corporate clients, and participation in trustee and client meetings where applicable.
• Active participation in Administration’s marketing initiatives, new business activities, attending new business pitches and company events. Seeking opportunities to generate additional income from existing client portfolio.
• Providing expert advice solutions to pensions queries and pensions consultative advice; keeping abreast of technical and legislative developments within the pensions industry.
• Overseeing the project management of annual and ad-hoc projects such as renewals, benefit statements, pension increases, scheme returns, and trustees’ reports and accounts. Ensuring projects are fully monitored and completed in line with customer and legislation requirements.
• Mentoring less experienced colleagues in the team.
• Taking responsibility for all aspects of admin billing, in conjunction with Operations Manager and/or Client Manager. Ensuring all recorded admin time is billed or accrued by the monthly deadline, all chargeable work is correctly recorded on the time recording system and billed as soon as possible, and all bills are issued and payment received on time.
• Leading non-client activities, conducting internal audits, being alert to potential improvements in pensions administration processes, quality improvement and implementing changes. Ensuring Governance tracking measures (for example central spreadsheets, error logs etc) are updated promptly.
• Responsible for total workflow management of the team.
• Identifying team objectives or other necessary changes in line with business needs and actively implementing appropriate course of action.
• Positively contributing to regular management meetings, implementing any recommendations or decisions made in terms of working practices, resourcing, efficiencies and dissemination of communications to more junior staff.
• Formal staff management responsibilities including areas such as; conducting appraisals, setting individual and team objectives, handling HR, performance management issues and recruitment related activities as and where required.

Skills and Experience required

• Previous pensions administration experience of Defined Benefit schemes including leavers, retirements, deaths, transfers, monthly processing and investment, benefit statements, scheme renewal and pension increases.
• Thorough knowledge of pensions legislation framework and demonstrable ability to remain informed of changes to the framework.
• Previous supervisory, leadership and management experience including performance monitoring, appraisals, recruitment etc.
• Third party pensions administration experience preferred, although strong all round experience within an in house pensions department, which is not purely process driven will be considered.
• Previous presentational experience is desirable to assist with client pitches, trustee meetings and account development activities.
• Able to demonstrate a numerical aptitude evidenced by work related experience or academic achievements as listed below.
• Previous project management experience would be required to perform pension administration project based work.
• IT proficient, in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook & PowerPoint.

For more information or to apply please send a copy of your CV to [email protected]

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.