At AXA Commercial, we support our business customers, large and small, by making it easy for them to do business with us in the way that suits them. Whether they insure with us via brokers, directly on the phone or online through comparison sites, we've got them covered.
Building on our success and as a direct result of our growing business and expansion, a key initiative for the future of AXA Commercial is enhancing our current teams with experienced, engaging, and forward-thinking Commercial Mid Market Underwriters. This role provides a fantastic opportunity for you to build key foundations and shape the narrative, that will provide AXA the exposure and scope required for growth. We're looking for candidates with varying levels of Commercial P&C Underwriting experience to join our expanding team.
As a Commercial Underwriter you'll play a critical role in managing the profitability and income of the branch, owning the financial results for designated accounts and brokers. Working in our National Trading Centre, you'll help drive and transform how we partner our broker portfolios, through responsive, flexible, and collaborative relationships. With a strong balance of technical and trading capability, you'll be empowered to make decisions, supported by data, insight, and decision support tools on mobile technology to succeed. We want you to be confident that you can make an impact by helping our customers. We ask ourselves what we can do today that will help us in the future. That's why we offer continuous development to help our colleagues become experts in tomorrow.
Build a career that's as dynamic as the market you work in: We're on a journey of transformation, so we're investing in new technology that enables us to help our people and businesses thrive.
We'll support you to progress through the business and are committed to developing talent. We do this with training and tailored development plans. 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 60% of your week away from home, at our office location in Bolton, visiting clients or attending industry events. We're also happy to consider flexible working arrangements which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.
Keen to learn and challenge the status quo, able to approach tasks from different perspectives while focusing on helping colleagues and customers.
You'll be perceptive of what our customers and the market want, and bring that knowledge into your work, whilst making the most of AXA's development opportunities.
Technical underwriting expertise in a P&C Commercial insurance environment.
Sound understanding of insurance market and processes across P&C Commercial lines insurance operations.
Proven experience in decision making on a wide range of technical underwriting scenarios within a Commercial environment.
Coaching and development skills within in a similar environment and experience of working in teams and successful record of delivering results.
Strong trading capability - commercial awareness, negotiation skills, ability to build strong broker relationships.
Strong analytical skills with proven experience of account monitoring and action planning.
Excellent risk assessment and risk management skills.
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.
Competitive annual salary
Annual company & performance-based bonus
Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
AXA employee discounts
Private heath cover
If you have a long term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, we're proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge. AXA Commercial protects businesses, from multinationals to micro start-ups, giving them the confidence to thrive. We're a vibrant community where everyone is supported to learn, develop, and take ownership of their work.