Group Protection Scheme Underwriter

Aviva; Eastleigh; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Aviva seeks a motivated individual for their Group Protection Underwriting team in Eastleigh. This role involves making confident decisions in assessing risk and pricing schemes for life, income protection, and critical illness policies, ensuring excellent customer service. Ideal candidates should have a detail-oriented and analytical mindset, with a willingness to learn and adapt.

Benefits

Salary: £25,100

Bonus opportunity - 6% of annual salary

Generous pension scheme - up to 14% contribution

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

40% discount on Aviva products

Free Aviva shares of up to £1,200 per year

Supportive policies including parental leave

Flexible benefits including sustainability options

3 paid volunteering days

Wellbeing support and tools

Qualifications

• Keen eye for detail and an analytical mindset.
• Motivated to deliver a great customer experience.
• Comfortable using Microsoft 365, especially Excel.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite and issue quotations for Group Life, Income Protection, and Critical Illness policies.
• Resolve queries and support customers and colleagues.
• Confirm risk and enroll new schemes ensuring smooth handovers.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical mindset

Customer service

Adaptability

Group Protection knowledge

Tools

Microsoft 365

Excel

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04.06.2025

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Job Description:

Norwich and Eastleigh

We’re looking for someone to join our Group Protection Underwriting team – a close-knit group that supports our customers with life, income protection, and critical illness cover. You’ll be helping intermediaries and policyholders by assessing risk and pricing schemes fairly and accurately. This role is all about delivering great service, making confident decisions, and working closely with teams across Aviva. You’ll play a key part in ensuring our customers feel supported and protected.

A bit about the job:

• Underwriting and issuing quotations for Group Life, Income Protection, and Critical Illness policies.
• Making decisions aligned with our underwriting philosophy and within your authority limits.
• Confirming risk and enrolling new schemes, ensuring smooth handovers to Operations.
• Resolving queries and supporting customers and colleagues with a positive, can-do attitude.
• Developing your technical and behavioural skills as you progress through our frameworks.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• A keen eye for detail and an analytical mindset.
• Comfortable using Microsoft 365, especially Excel.
• Motivated to deliver a great experience for every customer.
• Able to plan and adapt to changing priorities.
• Group Protection knowledge is a bonus, but not essential.

What you’ll get for this role:

• Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.
• Salary: £25,100 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 6% of annual salary. Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days.
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts.
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme.
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave.
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work.
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others.
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools.
• Take a look to learn more. Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be.

Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.