Underwriting Assistant, Motor Trade Speciality Unit

**About the role**:
At AXA Commercial, we support our business customers, large and small, by making it easy for them to do business with us in the way that suits them. Whether they insure with us via brokers, directly on the phone or online through comparison sites, we've got them covered.

As we continue to succeed in the delivery of our ambitious plans, we're keen to find motivated individuals excited to support our experienced teams. As an Underwriting Assistant you'll be offered the opportunity to identify your path to success within a thriving industry. You'll join a friendly, driven, ambitious and highly professional organisation with strong financials and an international presence.

**What you'll be doing**: Building on our success, a key initiative for the AXA Motor Trade Specialist Unit is to enhance our offering in the market place by introducing Underwriting Assistants, who will work closely with our existing team of experienced underwriters. You will be the focal point for specific brokers and will own the onboarding of pre-identified business for these brokers. You will support the underwriters with core underwriting activities across both new and existing business disciplines, which will contribute to the high standards are customers have to come to expect.

To be an Underwriting Assistant in our Motor Trade Speciality Unit Team, you will have a proven track record in delivering excellent customer service. You may already be working in the insurance industry or just starting out in your career, either way full training will provided to ensure your are successful in the role.

**What's in it for you?**
- **Kickstart your career**:We'll support you to progress through the business and are committed to developing talent. We do this with training and tailored development plans.
- **We'll shape your future together**:We ask ourselves what we can do today that will help us in the future. That's why we offer continuous development to help our colleagues become experts in tomorrow.
- **People are at our core**:Whether you're just starting out in your career, working with your team, or making a difference for a customer, people are always at the center of our story.

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, either at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events. Please note that you will be present in the office for 4 days a week during the initial training period.

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

- **Keep an open mind**: Keen to learn and challenge the status quo, able to approach tasks from different perspectives while focusing on helping colleagues and customers.
- **Stay curious**: You’ll be perceptive of what our customers and the market wants and bring that knowledge into your work, whilst making the most of AXA’s development opportunities.
- **Be a team player**:Able to use your unique skills and knowledge to collaborate with your colleagues, take accountability and discover new ways of doing things.
- Some underwriting experience in a composite insurance environment is preferrable but not essential.
- Strong numerical and communication skills.
- Good knowledge of IT systems.
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to organise and prioritise workloads to ensure deadlines are met.
- Desire to study towards professional qualification.

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

**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 dependent on experience
- 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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**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.

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