Aviva UK are now looking for a new Trading Underwriter to join our established Commercial Lines Underwriting team in the Newcastle/Teesside area. This role would be part of our UK General Insurance (GI) business, where we have been really thriving. We believe this to be an opportunity to join a successful and growing team with strength in the local market, to develop your career while backed by the resources and support of the largest Insurance company in the UK.

This role is home-based, but the individual will be asked to visit our Newcastle office and travel to our local broker offices on a weekly basis.   

The role’s duties & responsibilities

Our Trading Underwriters are aligned to a portfolio of brokers/customers that they proactively develop and profitably grow their commercial book of business. Other responsibilities include:

• Partnering with brokers and customers to truly understand their wants and needs, using data insight to ensure we provide whole customer solutions which support these

• Acting as an effective communicator, influencing key contacts in the marketplace and having meaningful face-to-face meetings with brokers/customers to build their confidence and to make Aviva their insurer of choice

• Being an active mobile underwriter and working effectively and professionally wherever you are located

• Working towards underwriting licence levels as appropriate

• Acting as a role model, sharing knowledge to contribute towards continued capability improvement in our business

• Helping the team and supporting the Lead Trading Underwriter in delivering financials

Skills & experiences required:

• A track record of excellent communication, listening, time management and negotiating skills

• Commercial lines underwriting experience is desirable

• Analysis of risks and ability to communicate and present effectively to brokers/customers

• Background of working collaboratively within a large, complex organisation

• Good knowledge of the FCA and other relevant regulation and legislation

• Strong commercial business acumen to build and deliver business cases

• Strong education background, and either achieved ACII qualifications/diploma or working to achieve this

What will you get for this role?

• A salary of £25,000 to £40,000 depending on 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.