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Trading Underwriter – Salary is Competitive
We are currently seeking an Underwriter to join our Engineering and Renewable Energy Team.
The regional Engineering and Renewable Energy Team is responsible for underwriting a multimillion-pound portfolio, with business primarily transacted via insurance brokers. As the Trading Underwriter, you will provide first-class service to your aligned customers and brokers. You will drive new business, build professional relationships, and contribute directly to underwriting profit and loss, trading, and service delivery goals.
While our preference is for candidates with an Engineering and Renewable Energy Insurance background, we are open to ambitious, motivated, and talented individuals from other insurance sectors, including brokerage and claims experience, especially those with an understanding of Engineering or Renewable Energy insurance.
Training will be provided through our comprehensive programme, designed to help you make an immediate impact, develop your professional skills, and foster effective relationships with clients and colleagues.
About the role:
1. Provide quotations for renewals, new business, and alterations within agreed guidelines and authority levels for an aligned panel of brokers.
2. Build positive relationships with internal and external customers and brokers to support the underwriting strategy.
3. Enhance team efficiency through systems thinking and by utilizing digital trading platforms.
4. Support senior team members in underwriting and client servicing administration.
Skills and experience:
* Underwriting knowledge to improve processes and procedures (preferable).
* Experience managing your own underwriting caseload within a regulated environment, adhering to due process and authority limits.
* Strong analytical skills to interpret complex information and attention to detail.
* Excellent business development and customer engagement skills to influence key marketplace contacts.
* Familiarity with departmental and company policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Benefits:
* Competitive salary based on skills and experience.
* Bonus opportunity of 8% of annual salary, performance-dependent.
* Generous pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution.
* 29 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with options to buy or sell additional days.
* Up to 40% discount on Aviva products and other retailer discounts.
* Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares annually via our Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme.
* Supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave.
* Flexible benefits, including sustainability options like cycle to work.
* Paid volunteering days to contribute to communities.
* Comprehensive wellbeing support and tools.
About Aviva:
We are committed to inclusivity and welcome applications from diverse backgrounds and experiences. We encourage all interested candidates to apply, even if they do not meet every requirement. We offer flexible working arrangements, including part-time and job-sharing options, and adapt locations and hours to suit our staff and business needs. Most employees work around 50% in the office, combining flexibility with team collaboration.
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