Assistant Surety Underwriter
Salary: up to £26,000
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen in the Global Corporate & Specialty department, within the GCS Surety Underwriting Team. We are actively recruiting for an Assistant Underwriter to be based in Norwich to support the growth ambitions of the department.
This is a specialist team dealing with niche commercial products and full training and development will be provided. No previous experience of this class of business is required but any previous underwriting, financial analysis of legal based education would be an advantage. We are looking for a proactive and determined individual that can progress rapidly to become one of our future Senior Underwriters.
A bit about the job:
You will work as part of a team to assist in the delivery of an underwriting service and strategy, whilst operating within agreed guidelines. You will balance the need to support the wider team with a desire to build your own underwriting capability.
Other responsibilities include:
- Support Underwriting Team by completing pre-Renewal / Quotation reviews and post sales administration. Provide ad-hoc support as required to ensure front line Underwriters are focused on winning business
- Provide excellent service levels within agreed SLA to ensure transactional level deadlines are met
- Provide regular reporting & MI to ensure the Manager can accurately assess performance against objectives
- Make progress towards achieving first Underwriting Licences to enable autonomous Underwriting of standard risks within authority
- Provide trading support by prospecting and pre vetting new opportunities to provide Trading Underwriters with warm leads
Skills & Experience Required:
- Experience of an underwriting discipline, financial analysis, or legal background (preferred)
- Excellent customer service provided through good knowledge of product range and supporting systems
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to work as a team member
- Computer literacy and a good knowledge of standard computer software
- Confident communicating to senior people within our customer’s organisations via email, telephone and occasionally face to face
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 up to £26,000, depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications
- Bonus opportunity - 6% 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.
- 25 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
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 around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.
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