Underwriting Opportunities, Southampton

1 week ago

Reading, Reading, United Kingdom Axa Full time

Description:


Following a hugely successful trading period for AXA Commercial Insurance Reading over recent years, the business is delighted to be announcing further investment to support and develop our broker relationships along the South Coast.


The AXA Commercial strategy is formed around the core principles of deep local trading relationships with our brokers - AXA Reading have recently recruited a number of people based on the South Coast to help develop our regional trading presence and we are actively recruiting for more ambitious
Property & Casualty and
Motor Fleet underwriters to join them and be based from our new Southampton Trading Office which will be opening in the coming weeks.


We have a number of exciting opportunities and if you or someone you know is looking for a new challenge based in Southampton please get in touch.


The new roles are critical to our Branch network success, managing the profitability and income of your own panel of brokers, and owning the financial results for designated accounts and brokers.

You will be required to manage key stakeholders throughout the business and support the technical and trading capability across the teams.


The roles encompasses many opportunities to contribute to the development and success of the new team, not just from a growth and profitability perspective but also driving service excellence to our customers.

This is about working smarter and more efficiently, giving us the perfect platform to deliver our business strategy.


At AXA we're adopting a Hybrid way of working, empowering our people to balance their time between home and our Southampton office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers.

An important aspect of the role will be visiting brokers to continually consolidate and strengthen branch broker relationships.

Qualifications:

  • Sound understanding of insurance market and processes across commercial lines insurance operations.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, through written and verbal communication skills.
  • Proven experience in decision making on a wide range of technical underwriting scenarios within a Commercial environment.
  • Developed trading capability, commercial awareness, negotiation skills, ability to build strong broker relationships.
  • Pragmatic decision maker with good analytical and numerical reasoning skills.
  • Portfolio analysis skills with proven experience of account monitoring and action planning
  • Excellent risk assessment and risk management skills.
  • Progress towards Cert CII qualification desirable or equivalent experience.

What we offer:

One of the best things about joining AXA is our rewards package.

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 3 days leave
  • AXA employee discounts
  • Gym benefits


Our ambition is to become one of the most inspiring companies to work for, as such we're committed to supporting employee needs, providing meaningful career development and celebrating differences.

We understand that everyone has individual work and home life responsibilities, therefore we're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements for this role, should this be a requirement for you.

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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.


Proud to be part of the AXA Group, a global insurance brand and a worldwide leader in financial services, AXA Insurance businesses employ over 5,500 in a network of offices across the UK.

Our expert teams care for a huge range of customers, helping them protect their cars, homes and businesses against life's uncertainties.

Whether bought directly, through brokers or through a number of corporate partners, our market-leading

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