Mid Market Underwriter

Mid Market Underwriter - Salary is Competitive depending on experience

Location - Belfast

Are you someone who is passionate about partnering with brokers and customers to truly understand their wants and needs?

Aviva are looking for a Property & Liability Underwriter to join our local team to proactively develop a panel of brokers and profitably grow their commercial book of business.

A bit about the job:

The successful applicant will be accountable for day to day underwriting activities and will also be using data insights to ensure we are providing whole customer solutions. Your role will include dealing end to end with brokers and customers whilst collaborating with the team to support both the lead trading underwriter and underwriting leader in delivering great outcomes for our customers. There will also be opportunities to work towards underwriting licence levels as appropriate to your job grade. You will be responsible for your own book of business and meet set targets and key performance indicators.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Experience within Property & Liability underwriting is essential
• Excellent communication, listening, time management and negotiating skills, with the ability to work collaboratively within a large complex organisation.
• CII qualifications or working towards. Good knowledge of the FCA rules and other relevant regulation and legislation
• Ability to analyse risks, communicate and present effectively to brokers and/or customers.
• Be visible in the local market with our brokers and customers

What you’ll get for this role:

• Salary is Competitive depending on skills, experience and qualifications
• Bonus opportunity - Competitive % 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

Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. 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 around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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 Dylan Wood a call on 07385 426164 or send an email to Dylan.wood@aviva.com