Mid Market Senior Portfolio Underwriter

7 months ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Aviva Full time

Mid Market Senior Portfolio Underwriter

An excellent opportunity to lead the Underwriting and portfolio management of our Regional Mid-Market business.

This role would suit a technically strong, commercially minded individual who is looking to deliver excellent customer outcomes and support the continued growth of the business through exploiting our underwriting appetite, active portfolio management, underpinned and driven by a risk aware culture.

You will be responsible for delivering the financial plan outcomes through underwriting, pricing, underwriting quality, and portfolio management leadership for your aligned class of business.

A bit about the job:
In this role you will lead our Mid-Market underwriting approach (focussed either on commercial Motor or Property), to deliver enhanced performance and improved customer outcomes as well as driving portfolio mix and identifying areas/opportunities for growth.

You will achieve this through robust performance management, market pricing, rating and strong Underwriting principals alongside shaping and informing commercial decisions on Profit and Loss of the business based upon your deep insight of the business. You will work alongside claims, pricing, actuarial, finance and the data science teams who support Mid-Market and actively engage with the regional underwriting teams. Focussed on delivering for our customers and Brokers, working as part of a small team of technical and portfolio management experts focussed on optimising the portfolio and exploiting our underwriting strategy within Regional Mid-Market. You will provide strategic portfolio and underwriting direction and support the development of our underwriting capability.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:
- Good experience of portfolio management & how to enable business growth through technical underwriting with a commercial focus- An ability to deliver solutions to complex issues and implement underwriting strategies in an operationally effective manner alongside an ability to think strategically and assess the impact of changing risks over the medium term- An effective communicator and coach able to influence senior stakeholders both internally and externally- Technically strong, with a strong understanding of Mid-Market and the issues and challenges facing our customers- Adaptable and versatile with an ability to convey and convert complex data and strategies simply into the underwriting teams

What you’ll get for this role:
Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow - is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.- Starting salary Competitive (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)- Bonus opportunity - 12% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.- Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.- 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days- Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts- Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme- Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave- Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work- Make a difference, be part of our- Aviva Communities
- and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others- We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools
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