Mid Market Senior Underwriter - Property & Liability

Aviva plc; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Aviva plc in Manchester is seeking a Mid Market Senior Underwriter - Property & Liability to lead our underwriting team, oversee complex portfolios, and drive strong financial performance for customers.

You will coach and mentor underwriters, collaborate with brokers to shape strategy, and serve as a technical referral point, ensuring competitive delivery of Aviva’s strategy.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in property and liability underwriting with complex portfolios.
• Strong account management and broker relationship skills.
• Solid technical knowledge of underwriting principles and market trends.
• Ability to analyze portfolio performance and guide trading decisions.
• Experience coaching underwriters to develop capability and results.

Responsibilities

• Lead the underwriting team to deliver strong financial performance and customer outcomes.
• Oversee complex cases and support trading decisions.
• Act as technical referral point for underwriting questions.
• Build strong broker relationships and shape the underwriting strategy.
• Coach and mentor junior underwriters to develop capability.

Skills

Leadership in property and liability

Broker relationship management

Technical underwriting knowledge

Portfolio performance analysis

Coaching and mentoring underwriters

Job description

Mid Market Senior Underwriter - Property & Liability

Salary: £40K-£65K , depending on experience

Manchester

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Do you enjoy coaching and developing people while sharing your expertise? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

A bit about the job

You’ll lead our Underwriting team, making sure we deliver strong financial performance and great outcomes for our customers. You’ll oversee complex cases, support trading decisions, and act as a technical referral point. You’ll work closely with brokers to build strong relationships and help shape our underwriting strategy. You’ll also coach and mentor your team, driving technical development and supporting licence progression. This role is key to ensuring we stay competitive and deliver on Aviva’s strategy.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Proven leadership in property and liability underwriting, with experience managing complex portfolios.
• Strong account management skills, including building and maintaining broker relationships.
• Solid technical knowledge of property and liability underwriting principles and market trends.
• Ability to analyse portfolio performance and make strategic trading decisions.
• Experience coaching and mentoring underwriters to develop technical capability and drive results.

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: £40K-£65K depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonusopportunity - 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

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

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here