Motor Trade Underwriter

3 weeks ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom Axa Full time

**Description**:
We are 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 allow us to deliver consistent and efficient service to Motor Trade customers through the specialist team across the country. It enables us to show real intent to grow our Motor Trade business and to offer our people in this field a clear career path.

We’re looking for ambitious Motor Trade Underwriters who will be key in driving profitable growth through effective underwriting of business cases and building relationships with brokers. At AXA we’re adopting a Hybrid way of working, empowering our people to balance their time between home and aligning to one of our many branches across the UK that is identified to be the most local to the individual. **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.

**Qualifications**:

- Understanding of the Motor Trade appetite and underwriting guide
- Experience of handing renewal and/or new business cases
- Pragmatic decision-making 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**:
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 - experience related
- 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 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 products are trusted by millions.

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