Fleet Commercial Underwriter - Maidstone

AXA UK; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance provider in Maidstone is seeking a Fleet Commercial Underwriter to enhance broker partnerships. This role requires strong technical expertise in underwriting, excellent negotiation skills, and the ability to build relationships within the commercial insurance market. Ideal candidates will demonstrate open-mindedness and teamwork while focusing on continuous improvement. The position offers competitive benefits and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Competitive annual salary

Annual company & performance-based bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Life Assurance

25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Volunteering leave

AXA employee discounts

Private health cover

Wellbeing services & resources

Qualifications

• Experience in Fleet underwriting environment preferred.
• Ability to build excellent broker relationships.
• Knowledge of legislative and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Drive and transform broker partnerships.
• Make decisions using data and insights.
• Collaborate with the team to innovate processes.

Skills

Open-mindedness

Curiosity

Team player

Technical underwriting expertise

Strong trading capability

Commercial awareness

Expert negotiation skills

Relationship building

Analytical skills

Change management

Job description

Overview

Description AXA Commercial supports business customers by making it easy to do business with us in the way that suits them. Whether they insure with us via brokers, directly on the phone or online through comparison sites, we’ve got them covered.

Building on our success and as a direct result of our growing business and expansion, a key initiative for the future of AXA Commercial is enhancing our current teams with experienced, engaging, and forward-thinking Commercial Underwriters. This role provides a fantastic opportunity for you to build key foundations and shape the narrative that will provide AXA the exposure and scope required for growth.

Responsibilities

As a Fleet Commercial Underwriter working in our Maidstone Branch, you’ll help drive and transform how we partner our broker portfolios, through responsive, flexible, and collaborative relationships. With a strong balance of technical and trading capability, you’ll be empowered to make decisions, supported by data, insight, and decision support tools on mobile technology to succeed.

What you’ll bring (Requirements)

• Keep an open mind: Keen to learn and challenge the status quo, able to approach tasks from different perspectives while focusing on helping colleagues and customers.
• Stay curious: You’ll be perceptive of what our customers and the market want, and bring that knowledge into your work, whilst making the most of AXA’s development opportunities.
• Be a team player: Able to use your unique skills and knowledge to collaborate with your colleagues, take accountability and discover new ways of doing things.
• Experience of working in a Fleet underwriting environment, either with an insurer or a broker, is preferred.
• Technical underwriting expertise.
• Strong trading capability, commercial awareness, and expert negotiation skills.
• Ability to build excellent broker relationships and a sound understanding of the current commercial insurance market.
• Knowledge of legislative and regulatory requirements.
• Developed analytical skills with proven experience of account monitoring and action planning.
• Ability to champion the change agenda, utilizing resilience skills to identify continuous improvement and drive change through to resolution.
• As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

This position has been defined as an Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) role under the IDD regime, which means that in addition to pre-employment screening checks, the successful candidate will be subject to background screening every 4 years with an annual declaration in interim years.

What we offer

• Competitive annual salary
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Up to 21 hours volunteering leave per year
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• AXA employee discounts
• Private health cover
• Wellbeing services & resources

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Who we are

AXA Commercial protects businesses, from multinationals to micro start-ups, giving them the confidence to thrive. We’re currently making our biggest ever investment to develop the expertise and skills we need to be the best. We’re a vibrant community where everyone is supported to learn, develop, and take ownership of their work.