Commercial Underwriter
Background Role
AXA Commercial is a business with it’s own PL accountability. We offer commercial insurance solutions or expert advice to our customers, who are primarily SMEs. This can either be direct, corporate partnerships, affinities, or through intermediaries such as insurance brokers.
Based in our Manchester Branch, we are looking for an experienced underwriter to work with a network of independent regional insurance brokers. These are concentrated in the North West, and the job is desk based. You will have the opportunity to travel to other areas of the UK on occasion.
Ideally ACII qualified or actively studying, you will be proactive and out-going, confident in dealing with our brokers, and able to maximise new business through your interpersonal skills and the delivery of exceptional customer service. You will have an appetite for trading and working to targets.
Skills, knowledge and behaviour
- Experience of Commercial Underwriting, including combined and liability classes.
- Excellent interpersonal/communication/sales/negotiation skills.
- Appetite and proven success in achieving targets.
- Aware of market knowledge and trading issues.
- Technical product knowledge.
- PC/mainframe systems/keyboard skills.
- Team focused.
- Effective time management skills.
Additional job board published information
- Annual bonus Scheme - typically 6% of annual basic salary.
- Joint contribution (‘money purchase’) pension scheme.
- 23 days holiday, increasing to 25 after two years service, to 28 days by 5th year of service.
- Flexible benefits scheme.
- Interest free season ticket loan scheme.
- Internal promotion policy.
- 35 hour working week.
- Structured personal development.
- A comprehensive training package.
- Flexible benefits package.
Contact
- Faiz Karim, Sales Manager - Manchester, 07977 918473, faiz.karim@axa-insurance.co.uk
- Simon Brinson, Resourcing Partner, 07974 833035, simon.brinson@axa-insurance.co.uk
Please ensure that your application is completed and submitted on-line no later than the closing date.
Your fully completed application will be acknowledged by email.