Legal Indemnity/Title Underwriter

Aviva plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus potential

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Private medical

Discounts

Share plan

Volunteer days

Flexible benefits

Parental leave

Cycle to work

Job summary

Aviva plc is seeking an experienced underwriter to join our underwriting team, focusing on profitable growth while delivering strong customer outcomes.

You’ll assess and underwrite new business within authority, build relationships with brokers and customers, and collaborate with colleagues to improve processes and ensure regulatory compliance.

We offer flexible working patterns, office-based and smart-working options, plus a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Experience underwriting title insurance business and making sound risk-based decisions.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build relationships with customers, brokers and colleagues.
• Ability to analyse information and make decisions within agreed authority levels.
• Good understanding of regulatory requirements and customer outcomes.
• Experience identifying improvements to processes, procedures or services.

Responsibilities

• Assess and underwrite new business within authority levels.
• Make risk-based decisions and build relationships with brokers and customers.
• Collaborate with colleagues to identify opportunities to improve processes and services.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and focus on customer outcomes.

Skills

Underwriting experience

Communication skills

Decision making

Regulatory understanding

Process improvement

Job description

This is a great job for someone who has underwriting experience and enjoys balancing strong customer outcomes with commercial success. You'll be confident making risk-based decisions, building relationships with brokers and customers, and working collaboratively with colleagues to find the right solutions. This role would suit someone who enjoys solving problems, improving processes and using their technical expertise to support business growth.

A bit about the job:

This is an exciting opportunity to join our underwriting team and help grow profitable business while delivering great outcomes for customers and brokers. You'll assess and underwrite new business, making confident decisions within agreed authority levels. Working closely with colleagues and partners, you'll build strong relationships a nd provide technical expertise to support customer needs. You'll identify opportunities to im p rove pro cesses and services, helping us work more effectively as a team. Through your expertise and decision-making, you'll support profitable growth while ensuring good customer outcomes and regulatory compliance.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

• Experience underwriting title insurance business and making sound risk-based decisions.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build relationships with customers, brokers and colleagues.
• Ability to analyse information and make decisions within agreed authority levels.
• Good understanding of regulatory requirements and customer outcomes.
• Experience identifying improvements to processes, procedures or services.

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.

• Competitive starting salary (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Competitive bonus opportunity - actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generous pension scheme e.g. if you put in 8%, Aviva adds 14%.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days.
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it.
• 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.

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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 at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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