Senior Financial Lines Technical Underwriter

Job description

Senior Financial Lines Technical Underwriter

Are you someone with a strong underwriting background looking to provide technical leadership within the Chief Underwriting Office?

You will have experience in at least one of the Financial Lines classes of Professional Indemnity, Directors & Officers/Management Liability, Financial Institutions, Pension Trustees, Commercial Crime, Cyber, Mergers & Acquisitions, Surety and Legal Indemnities.

A bit about the job:

You will provide leadership on technical underwriting issues including developing underwriting guidance and defining risk acceptance rules. The work includes supporting the dedicated wordings team to ensure our policy wordings are clear for our customers, operate as intended and are aligned with our risk appetite as well as working closely with the business and Group Reinsurance to negotiate Financial Lines treaty renewals. You will research new and emerging issues to identify potential future threats and/or opportunities and develop underwriting and risk management solutions to either mitigate the effects or grow our business. You will be expected to represent Aviva externally, engaging with a range of stakeholders potentially including regulators, reinsurers, and market bodies to inform and influence discussions on key matters.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

• Strong technical underwriting knowledge in one or more of the Financial Lines classes
• Ability to communicate complex subjects in a clear, concise, and simple way, while adapting your style for different internal and external stakeholders
• Experience of developing wordings
• Ability to think strategically
• Experience of Regional and London market portfolios is desirable

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.

• Starting salary Competitive (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 12% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• 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 people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way. So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you're in a job share just apply as a pair.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working -spending around 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, please give Klaudia Kmita-Adegboro a call on 07553728537 or send an email to [email protected] .