Aviva UK now have an opportunity in our Construction and Latent Defects team of the Global Corporate & Speciality (GCS) Division in London. The team is actively recruiting for a Latent Defects Senior Underwriter to support substantial business growth for this specialist line of business.

As a Senior Underwriter, the role holder will be responsible for underwriting profitable business focussing on Commercial LDI and Mixed-Use business, operating within agreed guidelines and authority levels. This person will actively pursue opportunities to grow the book of business through new business, in line with team targets, and support the Underwriting Manager to help the team achieve its targets and objectives.

This senior position on an account of focus and growth for Aviva (where we are market leading) will allow for someone to grow professionally, while backed by the resources and support of the UK’s largest insurer.

Aviva has introduced “smart-working”, and the person in this role can be based anywhere in the UK, as long as they are comfortable travelling to our London offices weekly.

The role’s duties & responsibilities

You will be working within own authority to make day-to day underwriting decisions regarding the acceptance and rating of risks within detailed guidelines and agreed authority limits up to £100M Sums Insured (dependent on experience). Other responsibilities include:

• Supporting the underwriting of commercial LDI business to deliver and provide full end-to-end policy management for large sophisticated corporate risks, involving management of engineers and placing of reinsurance

• Developing balanced, key broker relationships to support new business growth

• Deputising for the Underwriting Manager, managing scheme facilities as necessary

• Providing technical support and assistance in reviewing structural engineer’s site reports

• Issuing policy documentation, drafting reinsurance referrals and supporting management on reinsurance bordereaux function

• Working within our governance frameworks to make sure we’re risk compliant as an organisation

Skills & experiences required:

• Track record of being responsible for own underwriting caseload within a regulatory environment

• Ability to analyse complex information and draw out the relevant facts

• Sound product knowledge and market awareness

• Well-tuned communication skills in order to articulate technical issues and influence key contacts in the marketplace

• Progression with CII qualification

What will you get for this role?

• A competitive salary depending on location, skills, experience and qualifications

• Generous defined contribution pension scheme

• Annual performance related bonus and pay review

• Holiday allowance of 29 days plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products through “My Aviva Extras” plus discounts for Friends and Family (some exclusions apply)

• Excellent range of flexible benefits to include a matching share save scheme

Working at Aviva

At Aviva, we’re people with a purpose. To be with you today, for a better tomorrow.

We bring this to life by ensuring managing risk is at the heart of the way we all work. We love people who do the right thing for our customers, and our colleagues. We want people who speak up, who take ownership, and who make good decisions.

The way we do this is important too, we’re all about our people – that’s you – so we can be pretty flexible. If you want to work from home some of the time or change your hours so you can pick up your kids or care for someone in your family, we’re very open to that. In fact, we don’t advertise roles as either part or full time, because we know each person has different needs, just as each business area has different needs. So, it’s up to you to discuss working hours during your interview.

We care deeply about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees to bring their whole self to work and that starts with you.

We interview every disabled applicant* that meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us a separate email stating that you have a disclosed disability and we’ll make sure we interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Daniel Hopchet a call on 0121 234 7625 or send an email to Daniel.Hopchet@Aviva.com.

*As defined in The Equality Act 2010*. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean you should provide us with evidence which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required and have the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential to perform the role.