Assistant Underwriter

Salary: £25,000 - £30,000

We are recruiting for an Assistant Underwriter to join our supportive and tenacious team. This is great job for an ambitious individual who has previously worked in the high net worth or private clients’ markets. Therefore, if you are keen for a new challenge in this space, we’d love to hear from you!

A bit about the job:

You will provide key underwriting services (including mid-term adjustments and renewals) to a panel of brokers and work closely with your peers to provide and maintain a high level of service to ensure that the division meets and exceeds retention and growth targets. This will be done by creating strong working relationships with our brokers, you will build their confidence in us, to make sure that we are their insurer of choice. You must also be confident when it comes to problem solving – i.e., identifying and understanding the problem at hand, using a customer thinking approach to identify solutions for continuous improvement of customer experience.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Prior experience working in an Underwriting or Broker focused role for an insurance provider in both High Net Worth Home and Motor insurance
• Exposure to working in the High Net Worth / Private Clients space, with strong market awareness (including competitors, market trends and brokers)
• Strong communication skills – i.e., ability to present to, and influence, clients (i.e., brokers), building up strong working relationships
• Strong numerical skillset matched with a team player mentality and excellent organisational skills
• Good knowledge of the FCA and other relevant regulations and legislations

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.

• Starting salary between £25,000 and £30,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 8% 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 people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way. So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you’re in a job share just apply as a pair.

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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We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Tawana Chin a call on 07789 624461 or send an email to tawana.chin@aviva.com.