Senior Financial Lines Underwriting Strategist

2 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Aviva Full time

Aviva is seeking a Senior Financial Lines Underwriting Strategist to join our team in London.

About the Role

This is a newly created key role, reporting to the Chief Underwriting Officer, Commercial Lines. As a Senior Financial Lines Underwriting Strategist, you will be responsible for setting the underwriting strategy for the Financial Lines classes across Commercial Lines. You will also own the underwriting authority delegation to CL underwriters across Financial Lines classes and ensure these are clearly understood and fit for purpose.

You will work closely with the Exposure Management, Pricing and Insights team to set pricing strategy and rates for Financial Lines. Additionally, you will work with the Reinsurance team to place our reinsurance treaties.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have first-class Financial Lines underwriting, product & pricing knowledge. You will also have an understanding of risks faced by a Commercial Lines business and the controls to manage and mitigate those risks. Strong Reinsurance experience and understanding of aggregation of risk and capital are also essential.

What We Offer

We offer a competitive salary (approximately £120,000 per annum), bonus opportunity (25% of annual salary), generous pension scheme (up to 14%), 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and other benefits including flexible working arrangements, wellbeing support, and volunteering opportunities.

We value diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds and experiences.



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