Transaction Liability Assistant Underwriter

Department: Transaction Liability

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: US - New York

Reporting To: Brett Rawlings

Compensation: $100,000 - $115,000 / year

As an Assistant Underwriter, you’ll provide operational, analytical, and transactional support to our Transaction Liability underwriting team, supporting the end-to-end underwriting process from submission through to policy binding.

About the role

CFC’s Transaction Liability team underwrites a broad range of risks connected to mergers and acquisitions, including Representations & Warranties (R&W / W&I) insurance, as well as contingent liability and tax insurance, with a focus on North America.

Day to day, your role will be:

• Supporting underwriters by providing underwriting assistance including file and document management and assisting to manage workflow/reporting requirements on CFC’s internal underwriting system
• Working with the existing support functions in CFC to ensure the timely progression of transactions from initial submission to policy binding (including the administrative aspects of this process)
• Reviewing and amending transaction documents including non-disclosure and hold harmless letters as required, as well as preparation of quotation documents
• Liaising with external legal counsel as required
• Developing relationships with M&A insurance brokers, lawyers, private equity firms, deal principals and internal CFC colleagues as required
• Analysing CFC’s M&A insurance portfolio, updating internal data sets and providing insights and management information

About you

You’ll be organised, detail-oriented, and keen to learn, with a foundation in transactional risk, insurance, or M&A-related work. You enjoy working collaboratively and are comfortable juggling multiple priorities.

We’re ideally looking for:

• Experience in insurance, underwriting support, legal services, finance, or a related professional services environment
• Strong attention to detail and good document-handling skills
• Confidence working with data, systems, and Excel-based reporting
• Clear communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships
• A proactive mindset and willingness to take ownership of tasks