Lead Technical Underwriter

4 weeks ago

Manchester, United Kingdom AXA UK Full time

**About the role**:
AXA Manchester have ambitious plans to grow and at the same time offer an exciting proposition for the Manchester broker market and their customers.

To support this, we are looking for a Lead trader to join our team, to drive profitable growth through Mid-Market and Corporate clients with a turnover of around £250m upwards. You will be expected to develop key relationships with our partner brokers and build on our reputation. If you thrive on being pushed out of your comfort zone and being empowered to make decisions, we welcome the opportunity to engage with you.

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**:

- Underwrite new and existing business profitably, accurately, consistently and in line with established underwriting practices, using the full range of tools available
- Proactively lead the development of strong trading relationships with panel of brokers, taking full ownership for the generation of profitable business from nominated panel
- Proactively develop a robust pipeline of appropriate new business opportunities and ensure that long-term pipeline is realised by ensuring broker / client engagement
- Lead meetings, presentations and tender responses with brokers / end customers to portray AXA capabilities and secure new business opportunities
- Coach, train and develop Senior Underwriters to continually improve their technical and trading capability from a New and Existing business perspective
- Act as the referral point for Senior Underwriters within your team, providing technical and trading input to improve the quality of decisions within their empowerment
- Work with Underwriting Manager to actively manage and review underwriting standards and licences within the team ensuring effective management and deployment of empowerment
- Effectively promote and deploy AXA's strategy, product range, propositions and key differentiators to leverage commercial opportunities

**About you**:
**What we’re looking for**:

- ACII qualification desirable
- Excellent negotiation and sales skills
- Mid-corporate underwriting experience is essential e.g., slip based business, bespoke wordings, international and captives
- Experience of large case and portfolio management in the Commercial Property and Casualty sector, including client exposure
- High level of technical product knowledge for Commercial Property and Casualty classes
- Time management and prioritisation skills
- Established networking and relationship building skills
- Sound knowledge of legislative and regulatory requirements for insurance
- High level of communication and negotiation skills with the ability to build positive relationships at all levels both internally and externally
- Ability to identify and convert business opportunities

**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:

- Highly 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)
- Private Medical Cover
- 28 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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