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Motor Fleet Underwriter

Aviva

Leeds

Hybrid

GBP 35,000 - 55,000

Full time

21 days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a motivated Motor Fleet Underwriter to join their dynamic team in Leeds. This role involves underwriting profitable business and building strong relationships with customers and brokers. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of underwriting processes, particularly in the Commercial Motor Fleet sector, and excel in communication and negotiation. The company values inclusivity and offers a supportive work environment with flexible working options. If you are passionate about delivering exceptional customer service and thrive in a collaborative setting, this is an exciting opportunity for you.

Benefits

Competitive salary
Bonus opportunity - 8% of annual salary
Generous pension scheme
29 days holiday plus bank holidays
Up to 40% discount on Aviva products
Free Aviva shares through Matching Share Plan
Parental and carer's leave
Flexible benefits including cycle to work
Paid volunteering days
Wellbeing support and tools

Qualifications

  • Experience in underwriting, especially in Commercial Motor Fleet.
  • Strong communication and negotiation skills are essential.

Responsibilities

  • Underwrite profitable business within agreed guidelines and authority levels.
  • Develop and strengthen relationships with customers and brokers.

Skills

Knowledge of insurance product features & processes
Knowledge of underwriting - Commercial Motor Fleet
Planning, prioritisation, and organisation skills
Excellent communication skills
Good knowledge of FCA regulations

Job description

Motor Fleet Underwriter

Competitive Salary

We are recruiting for an experienced and tenacious Motor Fleet Underwriter to join our Leeds based team. This is a great opportunity for someone with previous Underwriting experience in Commercial Motor Fleet and strives to provide excellent customer service at any opportunity and will understand what matters to our customers/brokers and how that fits with our plans and strategies!

A bit about the job:

Within this role you will be responsible for underwriting profitable business whilst operating within agreed guidelines and authority levels. You will also develop, build, and strengthen relationships with aligned customers/brokers, providing technical support and assistance and dealing with all queries. You will use a network of relevant stakeholders to deliver the widest proposition appropriate to the customer and work independently, within underwriting authority, conferring where appropriate more technical and complex risks.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

  1. Knowledge of insurance product features & processes
  2. Knowledge of underwriting - Commercial Motor Fleet
  3. Good planning, prioritisation, and organisation skills
  4. Excellent communication, listening, time management and negotiating skills, with the ability to work collaboratively within a large complex organisation
  5. Good knowledge of the FCA and other relevant regulation and legislation

What you'll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow - is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.
  1. Competitive salary (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
  2. Bonus opportunity - 8% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's.
  3. Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
  4. 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
  5. Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
  6. 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
  7. Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer's leave
  8. Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
  9. Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
  10. We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

Inclusivity:

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.

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here.

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.
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