Underwriter Apprentice
PARTNERS& LIMITED
London, Surrey
Closes on Thursday 26 March 2026
Posted on 11 February 2026
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Summary
Partners& are looking for an Underwriter Apprentice to join our team in 2026. If you’re considering a career in insurance or starting a new career and would like to work with a people-centric, collaborative, and values-driven business, we have an opportunity for you. We’re looking for positive people with a can-do attitude!
- Wage
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£22,500 a year
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Our benefits • 30 days annual leave • Private medical insurance • Group life insurance • Full sick pay • Employee assistance programme • Employer pension contribution of 6%
- Training course
- Insurance practitioner (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday, 9.00am- 5.30pm (1 hour lunch break) Friday, 9.00am- 5.00pm (1 hour lunch break).
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 8 September 2026
- Duration
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1 year 1 month
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Partners& is a growing business that is passionate about our people and our clients. Our purpose is to interact with clients in a more holistic and dynamic way and to challenge the norm. We have created an ecosystem that includes other like-minded professionals & we believe having great individuals in our business makes for a great client experience.
A key element of our proposition is Virtu Underwriting, a team of dedicated professionals who work on behalf of a range insurance capacity providers to assess, rate, and bind risks for them.
We are seeking an apprentice assistant underwriter to work within the Virtu Underwriting team. The purpose of the role is to support our internal clients when placing cover. The role will include operational tasks such as loading information onto our IT systems, taking responsibility for inbox management, running a task diary, speaking to providers & internal clients alike, producing reports and documentation, building relationships within & outside of the organisation, contributing any suggestions for improvement for the team & its processes and actively participating in the business and its initiatives.
This role gives the successful applicant a fantastic opportunity to learn about underwriting in the risk advisory & insurance sector.
Responsibilities:
- To provide the highest quality of underwriting service to colleagues and clients
- To deliver demonstratably good service to colleagues and clients
- Work closely with others in the business to complete defined tasks that support our underwriting processes
- Provide demonstrable proactive service to internal and external stakeholders and business partners
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- 10 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 8QS
- Partners& Suite 1.01 1st Floor, 1 Crown Square, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6HR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SKILLS EDGE TRAINING LTD
Training course
Insurance practitioner (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Achieve desired business outcomes within own area of insurance responsibility, in line with the organisation's commercial aims and objectives.
- Identify information from a range of sources to determine an appropriate course of action including a recommendation, a decision or a referral.
- Analyse data to make evidence based decisions.
- Apply organisational quality assurance policies and procedures in their role and within the limits of own authority.
- Apply appropriate method of communication for audience and circumstances.
- Records, verifies, maintains and where appropriate, shares information.
- Compliant with relevant governance, policies and procedures.
- Identify work with stakeholders and creates and maintains a network of stakeholders needed to undertake casework effectively and to conclusion.
- Balances competing priorities in order to meet deadlines.
- Builds and maintains positive relationships.
- Work as part of a team to help achieve results.
- Identify potential claims fraud and determine the correct action to prevent loss.
- Manage insurance claims and/or payments within the limits of responsibility in line with policies and procedures.
- Identify and manage insurance risks within the limits of responsibility in line with policies and procedures.
- Recommend insurance and premiums decisions within the limits of responsibility and in line with organisational policies and procedures.
- Gather and interpret relevant information to provide a return on insurance decisions.
- Match client’s needs with available insurance products and services.
- Optimises the potential return on insurance decisions within the scope of own role by identifying and positioning the client’s case with the insurer.
- Achieve desired business outcomes within own area of insurance responsibility, in line with the organisation's commercial aims and objectives.
- Identify information from a range of sources to determine an appropriate course of action including a recommendation, a decision or a referral.
- Analyse data to make evidence based decisions.
- Apply organisational quality assurance policies and procedures in their role and within the limits of own authority.
- Apply appropriate method of communication for audience and circumstances.
- Records, verifies, maintains and where appropriate, shares information.
- Compliant with relevant governance, policies and procedures.
- Identify work with stakeholders and creates and maintains a network of stakeholders needed to undertake casework effectively and to conclusion.
- Balances competing priorities in order to meet deadlines.
- Builds and maintains positive relationships.
- Work as part of a team to help achieve results.
Training schedule
- Fully funded learning and development programme that includes the Cert CII
- Develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviours of successful Insurance Practitioners
Role-specific route ways tailor the apprenticeship to the job role
- Assistant Underwriter
- Free CII membership for non-members through the CII Aspire Apprenticeship Programme
- Includes the CII study e-books and exam entries
- Resit costs for CII exams and End-Point-Assessment will be covered by the employer
- Fortnightly workshops for each CII exam
- All workshops recorded and available on-demand
- Interactive chat, forums and class notebooks for real time support and assistance from experienced and qualified insurance professionals
- Exam tips, tricks, and strategies
- Regular tutorials and assessments with your dedicated trainer
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Motivated
- Open minded
- Keen to learn
- Proactive
About this employer
Partners& is an award-winning insurance broker. Having launched in 2020, our aim is to be the best advisory business in the UK. We focus on partnership with our clients and our specialties include Home, Travel, Asset, Events & Business Insurance. Partners& are nationwide with around 500 employees.
After this apprenticeship
- Partners& has a clear career framework with opportunities for progression and promotion
- Partners& also has its own academies where attendees can learn new skills and knowledge to achieve a successful career in the insurance industry
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SKILLS EDGE TRAINING LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000013622.
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Closes on Thursday 26 March 2026