Trading Underwriter

Aviva; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension scheme

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Private medical benefit

Staff discounts on Aviva products

Matching Share Plan

Save As You Earn

Volunteer days (paid)

Wellbeing support

Cycle to work

Job summary

Aviva plc in the United Kingdom is seeking a Trading Underwriter to join the Engineering and Renewable Energy Team. The role focuses on underwriting a multimillion-pound portfolio, building strong relationships with brokers, and driving underwriting profitability.

Training is provided to rapidly develop business knowledge and professional skills, with opportunities to influence service delivery and trading performance within Aviva’s guidelines.

Qualifications

• Experience managing own underwriting caseload within a regulatory environment.
• Ability to analyse complex information with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent business development and customer engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide quotations for renewals, new business and alterations within guidelines and authority levels.
• Build positive relationships with brokers to deliver underwriting strategy.
• Improve team efficiency through systems thinking and use of digital trading platforms.
• Support senior team members in underwriting and client servicing.

Skills

Underwriting knowledge

Attention to detail

Business development

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory awareness

Tools

Trading platforms

Job description

Trading Underwriter

Salary: Circa £45,000

We are currently seeking an Underwriter to be a part of our Engineering and Renewable Energy Team.

The regional Engineering and Renewable Energy Team are responsible for underwriting a multimillion-pound portfolio and business is predominantly transacted via insurance brokers. As the Trading Underwriter, you’ll provide a first-class service to your aligned customers/brokers. You’ll drive new business and professional relationships, directly contributing to the underwriting profit and loss, trading and service delivery goals.

Although our preference is for an individual with an Engineering and Renewable Energy Insurance background, we are happy to consider ambitious, motivated and talented Individuals from other insurance and trading experience including a brokerage and claims background (with an understanding of Engineering or Renewable Energy insurance).

Training will be provided, our training programme will help you to make an immediate impact on our business, helping you to build your business knowledge, develop professional skills and grow effective relationships with clients and colleagues.

A bit about the job:

• Provide quotations for renewals, new business and alterations whilst operating within agreed guidelines and authority levels for an aligned panel of brokers
• Build positive relationships with internal and external customers and brokers to deliver the underwriting strategy
• Contribute to improving the efficiency within the team through systems thinking methodology and by utilising our digital trading platforms wherever possible
• Support more senior members of the team in their underwriting and client servicing administration.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Underwriting knowledge to effectively improve processes/procedures (Preferable)
• Experience of being responsible for own underwriting caseload within a regulatory - trying environment, following due process and within set authority limits
• Ability to analyse complex information and draw out the relevant facts along with strong attention to detail
• Excellent business development/customer engagement skills in order to influence key contacts in the marketplace
• Familiarity with the relevant departmental and Aviva-wide policies, procedures and guidelines

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: Circa £45,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

• Bonus opportunity - 8% of annual salary, (actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.)

• Generouspensionscheme 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

Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences.

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.