Assistant Underwriter – Legal Indemnity

Overview

As a Legal Indemnity Assistant Underwriter for an established MGA, you join a team that blends law with insurance underwriting. You will train within a comprehensive programme while reviewing legal and property documentation to support risk selection. You’ll help prepare quotations and policy documents, gradually taking ownership of cases as you gain confidence. This role offers a clear path to becoming an underwriter and a chance to apply legal expertise in a commercial insurance context.

Pay / Benefits

• comprehensive underwriting training
• mentoring from experienced professionals
• clear route toward becoming an underwriter
• long-term development and progression opportunities

Responsibilities

• Review legal and property-related documentation to extract risk information
• Assess case information to support underwriting of specialist insurance risks
• Assist with preparation of quotations and policy documentation
• Develop understanding of underwriting principles, risk selection and commercial decisions
• Progress toward managing risks more independently as knowledge grows
• Collaborate with experienced underwriters to learn best practices

Key requirements

• Law degree or relevant legal qualification
• Paralegal, Conveyancing or Property Law experience would be advantageous
• Background in Legal Indemnity insurance would be beneficial
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Ability to interpret legal and property documentation
• Genuine interest in developing a career in underwriting
• Ambitious, eager to learn, and willing to undertake structured training

• strong analytical skills
• attention to detail
• ambitious and eager to learn
• interpretation of legal and property documentation
• understanding of underwriting principles
• risk assessment in insurance

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