Senior Underwriter | Insurance

3 weeks ago

Manchester, United Kingdom AXA UK Full time

At AXA Commercial, we support our business customers, large and small, by making it easy for them to do business with us in the way that suits them. Whether they insure with us via brokers, directly on the phone or online through comparison sites, we've got them covered.

Building on our success, a key initiative for the future of AXA Commercial is enhancing our current teams with experienced, engaging, and forward-thinking Commercial Underwriters. These roles provide a fantastic opportunity for you to build key foundations and shape the narrative, that will provide AXA the exposure and scope required for growth.

We are currently looking to further grow the Manchester commercial team and bring to market a great opportunity to join us as a New Business Senior Underwriter in Property and Casualty.

The New Business Senior Underwriter plays a critical role in managing the profitability and income of the branch, owning the financial results for designated accounts and brokers. Ensuring close collaboration is supported internally across the teams will be an important focus area, as this will enable the team to be set up for success, by engaging and building key relationships with the brokers and stakeholders.

Act as the face of AXA in presenting propositions for larger Mid-Market and Mid-Corporate risks, based on industry knowledge and technical underwriting expertise, subject to the scale and complexity of the case.

Lead and fully embed the large case management process for new business.

Develop and build collaborative broker relationships, sometimes client, across the Region, taking full ownership for the generation and placement of profitable commercial business from self-sourced.

Underwrite profitable new business, in line with AXA established underwriting controls and practices and act as a referral point in branch across New Business and, at times, renewals.

Develop and maintain a quality distribution strategy and communication plan with key influential brokers to ensure financial KPIs achieved.

Although the role has no Direct reports, the Senior Underwriter plays a key role in developing and supporting the performance of the team Underwriters.

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.

Technical underwriting expertise in a commercial insurance environment.

Sound understanding of insurance market and processes across commercial lines insurance operations.

Proven experience in decision making on a wide range of technical underwriting scenarios within a Commercial environment.

Strong trading capability – commercial awareness, negotiation skills, ability to build strong broker relationships.

Strong analytical skills with proven experience of account monitoring and action planning.

Excellent risk assessment and risk management skills.

This position has been defined as an Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) role under the IDD regime which means that in addition to pre-employment screening checks, the successful candidate will be subject to background screening every 4 years with an annual declaration in interim years.

Competitive annual salary dependent on experience

Annual company & performance-based 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

If you have a long term health condition or disability and require reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, we’re proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge. wilding@axa-uk.co.uk

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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.

You’ll learn directly from senior leaders, from the best in our business. Every large company today talks about supporting diversity and inclusion. 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 a vibrant community where everyone is supported to learn, develop, and take ownership of their work.

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