Are you an aspiring underwriter looking to take the next step in your career? We're offering an exciting opportunity for you to join AXA Global Healthcare as an Underwriter within our International Large Corporate Pricing team. As a key part of AXA Global Healthcare, you'll be involved in pricing international healthcare schemes and making a meaningful impact. This role is perfect for someone eager to develop their career in pricing and underwriting, providing both challenges and rewarding experiences.
At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.
What you'll be doing:
* Conduct risk assessments and underwriting for our International large corporate healthcare schemes to ensure sound coverage and profitability
* Provide technical pricing support to sales account managers and international partners for new business quotations and renewals
* Manage the pricing strategies and overall profitability of an international business portfolio
* Maintain accurate records of pricing activities and negotiations with internal teams and external clients
* Collaborate regularly with retention, new business teams, and other departments to build strong working relationships and support business growth
Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we're able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you're interested in joining us at AXA, please don't hesitate to apply.
We know that some candidates may be discouraged from applying if they don't meet every requirement. If you're excited by this job and the prospect of working at AXA but you're not sure you tick every box, we'd still encourage you to apply.
What you'll bring:
* Knowledge of the International PMI market and general commercial awareness.
* Ability to build strong relationships with developed influencing and negotiation skills.
* Able understand any potential risks to our business.
* Numerically articulate with excellent attention to detail.
* Well versed in identifying trends in data, a true problem solver.
* Advanced organisational skills and highly efficient.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills.
* Previous experience of pricing would be an advantage
As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.
This position has been defined as an Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) role under the IDD regime which means that in addition to pre-employment screening checks, the successful candidate will be subject to background screening every 4 years with an annual declaration in interim years.
What we offer:
At AXA UK, we're appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:
* Competitive annual salary of up to £36,000
* Annual company & performance-based bonus
* Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
* Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
* Private health cover
* 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
* Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
* Wellbeing services & resources
* AXA employee discounts
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Who we are:
Proud to be part of the AXA Group, AXA – Global Healthcare specialise in supporting the healthcare needs of globally mobile citizens, around the world. From a routine medical check up to a lengthy hospital stay, individuals and businesses have relied on the global support and protection we offer, for more than 55 years. Today, we support members living in more than 200 countries from our global hubs in the UK, Europe, Asia, India, USA and Middle East.