Senior Property Underwriter

3 weeks ago

Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom AXA Group Full time

As a key member of the AXA Commercial team, you will play a critical role in managing the profitability and income of the branch, owning the financial results for designated accounts and brokers. This role demands a high level of influence on the Underwriting team, increasing the ability to collaborate with a range of stakeholders and developing the technical and trading capability of the branch.

The New Business Senior Underwriter will be responsible for 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. You will work with Trading Underwriters to negotiate coverage, wordings and pricing that differentiate AXA to meet customer needs.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Act as the face of AXA in presenting propositions for larger Mid-Market and Mid-Corporate risks.
  • Work with Trading Underwriters to negotiate coverage, wordings and pricing.
  • Proactively develop a robust pipeline of Mid-Market and Mid-Corporate qualified growth opportunities.
  • Lead and fully embed the large case management process for new business.
  • Develop and build collaborative broker relationships.
  • Underwrite profitable new business, in line with AXA established underwriting controls and practices.

This role has no direct reports, but 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 60% of your week away from home, at our office location in Glasgow, visiting clients or attending industry events.

We're looking for someone with:

  • Progress towards Dip CII qualification desirable or equivalent experience.
  • Technical underwriting expertise in a commercial insurance environment.
  • Sound understanding of insurance market and processes across commercial lines insurance operations.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, through written and verbal communication skills.
  • Proven experience in decision making on a wide range of technical underwriting scenarios within a Commercial environment.
  • Coaching and development skills within in a similar environment and experience of working in teams and successful record of delivering results.
  • Strong trading capability – commercial awareness, negotiation skills, ability to build strong broker relationships.
  • Pragmatic decision maker with good analytical and numerical reasoning skills.
  • 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.

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.

About the Entity

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.

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:

  • Competitive annual salary
  • 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
  • Gym benefits

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