Nikhil Mechery
Oldham,United Kingdom
Summary
- Skilled Underwriting Assistant specializing in General Insurance, offering more than 8 years' experience to growing organization. Highly adept in underwriting moderate to complex policies, achieving new business and renewal goals and maintaining loss control and risk management levels. Instrumental in facilitating development and deployment of new products.
- Experienced Underwriting Assistant with over 10 years in Insurance industry. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction. Offers flexible schedule to deliver on team goals.
- Hard-working Underwriting Assistant with strong organizational skills. Achieves company goals through exceptional planning and prioritization.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Operation Assistant
C-Quence
Manchester
09.2024 - Current
- Managing underwriting queues, processing MTAs and cancellation requests
- Dealing with general broker correspondence
- Performing chase activity for new business and renewals quotes
- Dealing with post-bind activities such as ERN, survey request chasers and subjectivities
- Letter of Appointment processing
- Performing multi-premises checks for property business
- Uploading new submissions into the system when received via email
- Remediating broker errors in the system, including MTA inaccuracies, reissuance of policies, cancelling and
replacing renewals - Larger case administration – triaging and responding to the volume of queries and tasks required to support our
larger clients. - Creating premium breakdowns for Property owners
- Claims – Receiving and filing new notifications, confirming cover to our capacity partners and sending over new claims, issuing claims experiences
Underwriting Assistant
Allianz
12.2018 - 04.2024
- Maintained effective and efficient service, providing pre-underwriting and rating support to Underwriters.
- Confirmation rating worksheets are accurate and match premiums quoted.
- Examining applications to ensure they meet the company's underwriting guidelines
- Considering risk factors, such as age of the building, construction type, Previous loss, when calculating premiums
- Built and nurtured strong, professional relationships with members and brokers for portfolio retention and growth.
- Ensuring that all applications for coverage are accurate and complete
- Deliver excellent service and support to brokers using consistent, timely, and proactive approach to underwriting.
- Provide assistance as required by the underwriting unit to support renewal and new business activities
- Assist underwriting teams with various administration duties as required
- Gather and organize information and reports (e.g., loss runs) that support the underwriting decision
- Quality control of underwriting documents and timely completion of policy and endorsement issuance.
- Administrative duties, binding and invoicing new and renewal accounts
- Processing new business, Renewals, Policy issuance, Midterm changes, Cancellation, rewrite, re-issue, Financial Discrepancy of policy for finance requirements.
- Maintained effective and efficient service, providing pre-underwriting and rating support to Underwriters.
- Issuing and sending the policy to broker in the estimated time.
- Working closely with brokers ensuring the best service provided to them in timely manner.
- Processed and recorded up to 2 new business submission per day, exceeding department average by 100%.
- Policies Handled: Package Policy - Property, Casualty/General Liability, Employee dishonesty/Fidelity Guarantee, Umbrella, Auto Policy.
- Made quick, sound decisions within underwriting authority and based on appropriate data.
Underwriting Processing Assistant
Sutherland Global Services
06.2011 - 12.2018
- Policy issuance and submission of documents with accurate information within the deadline.
- Requesting and collecting necessary documents from the customer.
- Facilitated strategic decision-making, gathering and organizing information and reports, including loss runs, loss ratings.
- Processing renewals before the deadline
- Verifying the provided data and entering to the system with accuracy.
- Maintained effective and efficient service, providing pre-underwriting and rating support to Underwriters.
- Meeting the targets and completing the work before deadline
- Understanding and categorizing the documents and assigning the policy number.
- Following up on the missing documents with Clients.
- Made quick, sound decisions within underwriting authority and based on appropriate data.
- Delivered excellent service and support to brokers using consistent, timely, and proactive approach to underwriting.
Education
Executive MBA - Marketing
Albedo Business School of Management
06.2011 - 06.2013
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
St. Xavier's College
01.2009 - 12.2011
Skills
IT Skills
- Software's: MS Office
- Platforms: Mac, Windows, Citrix
Work Skills
- Policy Amendments
- Policy Quoting and Pricing
- Endorsement Processing
- Policy Issuance
- Rating support
- Policy Renewal
Professional Skills
- Communication
- Analytical & Problem-Solving
- Leadership
- Team work
- Driver and Initiative
Languages
English
Hindi
Certification
- Excel Essential Training (Microsoft 365)
- Business Etiquette: Phone, Email, and Text
- Excel 2007: Advanced formulas and functions
Accomplishments
- Best performer of the year award 2022
- Quarterly performer award has been achieved twice in the year 2021.
- Promoted from Process Associate to Underwriting Assistant and then to Deputy Team-Lead within the 4 years of my carrier.
Personal Information
Custom
6,6
Timeline
Operation Assistant
C-Quence
09.2024 - Current
Underwriting Assistant
Allianz
12.2018 - 04.2024
Underwriting Processing Assistant
Sutherland Global Services
06.2011 - 12.2018
Executive MBA - Marketing
Albedo Business School of Management
06.2011 - 06.2013
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
St. Xavier's College
01.2009 - 12.2011
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