Senior Trading Underwriter

Senior Trading Underwriter

Competitive Salary

This is a great job for someone who has strong commercial Property and Real Estate underwriting experience, excellent relationship-building skills, and a passion for mentoring others. If you’re ready to take ownership of a profitable portfolio, drive profitable growth and thrive in a dynamic environment, this could be the perfect next step for you.

A bit about the job:

You’ll join Aviva’s Global Corporate Specialty (GCS) Real Estate Underwriting team, where we focus on delivering tailored solutions for our property investment clients. In this role, you’ll be responsible for underwriting profitable business within an aligned portfolio, working closely with brokers through face-to-face engagement and operating within agreed guidelines and authority levels. You’ll actively seek opportunities to grow your book through new business and renewals, make day-to-day underwriting decisions, and mentor junior colleagues to support their development.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Extensive underwriting knowledge within commercial Property insurance, including Real Estate expertise

• Proven ability to negotiate case terms with brokers at a senior level and build strong business relationships

• Experience coaching, training, and mentoring others in technical subjects

• Strong attention to detail, including experience conducting internal and external underwriting audits

• Ability to analyse complex information and present findings clearly in various formats

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.

• Competitive Salary - depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

• Bonus opportunity - 10% 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.

• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days

• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it

• 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

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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 at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, or if you have any queries in relation to the vacancy, please email alice.neal@aviva.com.