Andrew Woolston

Underwriter - London market

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London, Greater LondonMember since 11 June 2024

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Insurance professional working as an Underwriter in the International Casualty Team for a leading London Market Syndicate.
Over ten years of experience in Finance and Insurance sectors, including seven years of insurance experience (5.5 years in London Market prior to1.5 years in Regional Retail Insurance), which involved multiple client-facing roles, building a strong broker network across open market and delegated underwriting placements.
Strong technical expertise of underwriting insurance and reinsurance and considerable understanding of the London and Regional insurance markets.
Very personable character with a strong work ethic, and experience inpersonnel management and staff development, including onboarding, training and ongoing support to new members of the team in their transition from underwriting assistant to assistant underwriter, and eventually into full underwriting roles.
Extensive knowledge and day-to-day application of various MI/ BI/ Data analytic tools and other software used for underwriting, business planning and data capture.

Experience

Underwriter - International Casualty, 03/2023 - Current

Arch Insurance - London, UK

Assistant Underwriter - International Casualty, 01/2021 - 02/2022

Arch Insurance - London, UK

Underwriting Assistant - International Casualty, 03/2018 - 12/2020

Arch Insurance - London, UK

Control & Quality Assurance Auditor, 09/2017 - 02/2018

Amazon - London, UK

Account Handler (Legal Expenses Insurance), 02/2016 - 07/2017

Arc Legal Assistance - Colchester, UK

VAT Executive - Public Finance Accountant, 11/2014 - 12/2015

Liaison Financial Services - London, UK

Client Manager (Internship), 08/2014 - 09/2014

First Group - London, UK

Research Assistant (Internship), 04/2014 - 06/2014

University of Essex - Economics Department - Colchester, UK

ESF Business Analyst (Internship), 01/2013 - 09/2013

Ixion Holdings Ltd - Chelmsford, UK

Customer Services Assistant (Part time), 02/2008 - 08/2014

Essex County Council - Southend-On-Sea, UK

Education

2020 Chartered Insurance Institute - London, UK

Diploma in Insurance

Grade: Completed

Modules: M05(25), M80(20), NSC(25), 530(30)

2017 Chartered Insurance Institute - London, UK

Certificate in Insurance

Grade: Completed

Modules: IF1(15), IF2(15), IF3(15)

2014 University of Essex - Colchester, UK

BA Economics

Grade: First Class Honours

Modules: Political Economy, Trade Policy, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Quantitative Economics, Methods of Economic Analysis, Financial Instruments and Capital Markets, Financial Innovations and Monetary Policy.