Motor Trade Underwriter

3 days ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom AXA UK Full time
About the role

We're 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 delivers consistent and efficient service to Motor Trade customers. As a Motor Trade Underwriter, you'll be key in driving profitable growth through effective underwriting of business cases and building relationships with brokers.

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 40% of your week away from home, either at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.

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.

Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we're able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you're interested in joining us at AXA, please don't hesitate to apply.

About you

What we’re looking for:

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.

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.

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
Up to 6 days per year flexitime
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

To apply, click on the ‘apply for this job’ button, you’ll then need to log in or create a profile to submit your CV. We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don’t discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long-term health condition or disability and require reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, we’re proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge. For our support, please send an email to mel.ainscough@axa-insurance.co.uk.

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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.

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.

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