Digital Commercial Underwriter

These are exciting times for our Digital teams in Glasgow and Bolton. We're looking for an experienced and ambitious individual to join our team as a Digital Commercial Underwriter. Reporting into the Trading Team Manager, you'll contribute to delivering team results through effective customer service, building dynamic relationships with a network of national Insurance brokers whilst developing your individual underwriting skills. The Digital Trading Teams service a large number of brokers situated throughout the UK. We've an excellent reputation within the UK market and have built strong relationships UK wide. We've achieved steady growth year on year and continue our ambitious growth targets through 2024 and beyond.

As a Digital Commercial Underwriter, you'll be providing excellent service and working to targets. We're seeking individuals with a natural ability to build relationships, deal comfortably and confidently with people on-line and over the phone, display excellent service and sales capability and who are not afraid to take on a challenge.

If you're an experienced Digital Commercial Insurance Underwriter, seeking an opportunity to develop your career with a world leading Insurance company in their dynamic and fast paced Commercial Digital Teams, then this could be the perfect opportunity for you to develop an outstanding career.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 our office locations in Glasgow or Bolton, visiting clients or attending industry events. You'll be required to be in the office on a more regular basis during your initial training period.

What you'll be doing:

Deliver planned financial results through the effective underwriting and trading of cases whilst adhering to UW controls

Contribute to the development of colleagues through coaching, training and mentoring

Build effective trading relationships with brokers, through trading activity and being recognised as a positive trading partner

Demonstrate sound technical knowledge, apply underwriting principles, and develop decision making capabilities to generate profitable new business and retain existing business

Establish and develop business relationships with intermediaries to maximise sales and trading opportunities

Follow agreed governance processes and audit controls and demonstrate regulatory principles in dealings with all customers

Provide excellent service and promote the business to both external and internal customers

Work to targets in a fast-paced environment, dealing confidently and accurately with Intermediaries online and by telephone

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.

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We know that some candidates may be discouraged from applying if they don't meet every requirement. If you're excited by this job and the prospect of working at AXA but you're not sure you tick every box, we'd still encourage you to apply.

What we're looking for:

Experience of working as a commercial digital underwriter with a composite insurer is ideal

Sound knowledge and understanding of the commercial insurance market is preferred

Ability to build strong relationships

Pragmatic and confident decision maker with good numerical reasoning skills

Analytical skills with proven experience of account monitoring and action planning is preferred

Sound knowledge of legislative and regulatory requirements for insurance

Excellent risk assessment and risk management skills

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

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 of up to £30,000 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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