Mid Market Senior Underwriter

AXA UK; Southampton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company seeks a dynamic Senior Underwriter to join its Southampton team. The role involves building relationships with brokers, providing customer-centric solutions, and contributing to the overall underwriting strategy. Ideal candidates will possess strong leadership skills and a proven track record in Property & Casualty underwriting.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

29 days holiday plus bank holidays

Bonus opportunity - 10% of annual salary

Flexible benefits

Supportive policies including parental leave

Paid volunteering days

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge in Property & Casualty with a proven track record.
• Experience in real estate, specialty lines, fleet & motor trade is desirable.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide outstanding service to customers and brokers.
• Drive new and existing business and professional relationships.
• Mentor and coach colleagues in the team.

Skills

Underwriting Expertise

Process Improvement

Business Development

Communication

Education

Diploma in CII

Job description

Mid-Market Senior Underwriter

Competitive Salary

Are you a dynamic trader with leadership skills and a strong background in Property & Casualty? Aviva is looking for a talented Senior Underwriter to join our Southampton Commercial Trading team. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a growing team, working with brokers in Southampton and surrounding. The role is predominantly based in Southampton, one of our key trading locations, and you will benefit from Aviva’s smart working arrangements, offering a blend of home and office working.

A bit about the job:

As a Senior Underwriter, you’ll provide an outstanding service to our customers and brokers. You’ll drive New and/or Existing business and professional relationships, directly contributing to the underwriting profit and loss, trading, and service delivery goals. In addition to this, you’ll also be responsible for mentoring and coaching colleagues within the team and creating tailor-made solutions for our customers. This role could be ideal for you if you’re a dynamic trader with leadership skills, a strong industry-led background, and a track record of winning new business.

Additionally, you will:

• Relationship Building: Develop positive relationships with customers and brokers, providing technical support and handling queries.
• Influence and Engagement: Influence key market contacts through business development and customer engagement.
• Customer-Centric Solutions: Understand customer needs to provide appropriate solutions that align with Aviva’s underwriting strategy and values.
• Leadership and Mentorship: Act as a role model, mentor colleagues, and contribute to capability improvement.
• Strategy Implementation and Technical Authority: Implement underwriting strategy, improve underwriting quality, serve as the technical authority within the team, and apply core insurance principles to everyday situations.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Underwriting Expertise: Strong knowledge in Property & Casualty with a proven track record of winning and retaining business. Experience in real estate, specialty lines, fleet & motor trade is desirable
• Process Improvement: Experience in applying underwriting knowledge to improve processes and procedures.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ability to manage underwriting caseload within a regulatory environment.
• Business Development: Excellent skills in business development and customer engagement.
• Communication & Qualifications: Strong communication and negotiation skills, with a Diploma in CII or willingness to study for and obtain CII qualifications.

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 salary (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 10% 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.
• 29 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

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

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