Mid-Market Underwriter

Mid-Market Underwriter

Competitive Salary

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and career driven trading underwriter to join one of our London-based commercial underwriting teams. This is a great job for someone that is a multiclass underwriter (Property & Liability and/or Motor Trade) who can operate within agreed guidelines and authority levels to profitably grow a book of commercial Mid–Market business.

This role requires a proactive and strategic approach to building a portfolio of brokers and customers. You will play a vital role in expanding our market presence and driving the success of New or Existing business teams.

Aviva has introduced “smart-working”, and the person in this role can be based anywhere in the UK, as long as they are comfortable regularly travelling to our London offices.

A bit about the job:

The job requires you to work collaboratively internally and externally within one of our London underwriting teams to support both the Senior Underwriter and Team Manager in delivering financial growth plans. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with our brokers and customers to gain a deeper understanding of their needs. By leveraging data insights, you will need to ensure that we deliver comprehensive solutions tailored to the unique requirements of each customer. In turn, you will need great organisation and time management skills including the ability to manage your own diary successfully in a fast-paced environment.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Previous Property, Liability or Motor Trade underwriting experience
• Strong ability to analyse risks and communicate and present effectively to brokers and/or customers
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively within a large complex organisation
• Confident trading abilities with a broad panel of brokers and good knowledge of the FCA and other relevant regulation and legislation
• Strong commercial business acumen to create and deliver business cases

What you’ll get for this role:

• Competitive salary (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.
• 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 Tawana Chin a call on 07789 624461 or send an email to tawana.chin@aviva.com.