Motor Trade Underwriter

2 weeks ago


Bolton, Bolton, United Kingdom AXA UK Full time

About the role:


We're looking to support the exciting growth across AXA Commercial and bring to market an opportunity for a Motor Trade Underwriter to join the highly successful team.

It's an exciting time to join AXA Commercial, as we continue to transform the Motor Trade Specialist team, a virtual and national team that delivers consistent and efficient service to Motor Trade customers.

As a Motor Trade Underwriter, you'll be key in driving profitable growth through effective underwriting of business cases and building relationships with brokers.


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 40% of your week away from home, either at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.


What you'll be doing:

  • Delivering planned financial results and demonstrating your contribution to loss ratio control by effectively adhering to branch UW controls.
  • Driving profitable growth through effective underwriting of cases within empowerment; delivery of trading targets and building underwriting relationships with brokers.
  • Identifying poorly performing accounts and investigate reasons for lack of retention, discuss actions with senior underwriters, Team Managers and Account Managers and implement those actions to increase retention and improve profitability.
  • Building effective trading relationships with Brokers through trading activity and be recognised as a positive trading partner.

About you:

What we're looking for:

  • Understanding of the Motor Trade appetite and underwriting guide.
  • Experience of handing renewal and/or new business cases.
  • Pragmatic decisionmaking with good analytic and interpersonal skills to be able to do this role effectively.
  • Strong trading capability with commercial awareness, negotiation skills and ability to build strong relationships.
  • Progress towards Dip CII qualification is desirable.
  • Communication & presentation and interpersonal skills.

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
  • Annual company & performancebased 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
  • Gym benefits
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About AXA:


With a presence in over 60 countries, and 165,000 employees serving the needs of 107 million customers, AXA is big.

But never too big to care for every single person who works here. So when you join us, we promise to put our collective might behind you and your career.


You'll work in an open and supportive environment where you'll be developed, challenged and encouraged to move around to achieve even bigger and better things - nationally and internationally.

You'll learn directly from senior leaders, from the best in our business. And you'll enjoy real responsibility, really early on.

Every large company today talks about supporting diversity and inclusion. But at AXA UK, these values form an integral part of everything we do.

For us, it's about bringing together the best talent, helping people to realise their full potential by being 100% themselves at work and delivering outstanding service to everyone - regardless of difference.

AXA Commercial protects businesses, from multinationals to micro start-ups, giving them the confidence to thrive. We're currently making our biggest ever investment to develop the expertise and skills we need to be the best. We're a vibrant community where everyone is supported to learn, develop, and take ownership of their work.
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