Underwriter - Aviva Private Clients

Salary : Circa £30,000

As an Underwriter within Aviva Private Clients, you'll play a key role in delivering exceptional service to our broker partners, underwriting new business, renewals and mid-term adjustments across our Private Client portfolio. Combining strong technical expertise with great relationship-building skills, you'll help drive profitable growth, support retention ambitions and build broker confidence in APC as their insurer of choice. Working across a range of products and broker relationships, you'll take ownership of the business you write and contribute directly to the success and performance of the team.

A bit about the job:

• To be a multi-class underwriter who operates within agreed guidelines and authority levels to profitably grow the Private Client business.
• The ability to hold meaningful conversations with brokers to build their confidence in us and to make Aviva Private Clients their insurer of choice. To understand and use data sources to improve the customer journey.
• Understands and embraces the Aviva Private Clients (APC) strategy, Making suggestions to improve where appropriate.
• Considers wider business relationships when making underwriting decisions, these may need wider business relationships taken into account (depending on the broker and the size of the account involved) and these can be discussed with underwriting colleagues or the sales team.
• Core purpose of the role is to underwrite new business, mid-term adjustments and renewals for Private Client products (MNW, Digital, HNW and UHNW), and service core broker relationships.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

• Build strong relationships with brokers and colleagues through excellent communication skills, while delivering exceptional customer service and establishing trust and credibility.
• Demonstrate curiosity and sound judgement, using analytical thinking to ask questions, assess information and make informed decisions with confidence and resilience.
• Stay organised and detail-oriented, producing high-quality work while effectively managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Embrace learning and change, showing a growth mindset, developing technical knowledge, and proactively seeking opportunities to improve processes, customer outcomes and team performance.
• Collaborate effectively as part of a team, supporting others when needed, seeking support where appropriate, and bringing an interest in insurance, underwriting or financial services (previous underwriting experience is not essential).

What we'll offer in return:

• A structured learning and development pathway.
• Support from experienced underwriters and coaches.
• Opportunities to gain underwriting authority and technical expertise.
• Encouragement and support to study towards professional CII qualifications.
• Clear progression opportunities within the Aviva Private Clients underwriting career framework

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.

• Salary : Circa £30,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 8% of annual salary, (actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's.)
• Generous pension scheme e.g. if you put in 8%, Aviva adds 14%
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it
• 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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Aviva is for everyone:

We're inclusive and welcome everyone - we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don't, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working - spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, or if you have any queries in relation to the vacancy, please email alice.neal@aviva.com.