Trading Underwriter - Legal Indemnities

Trading Underwriter – Legal Indemnities

Salary – Competitive  

A fantastic opportunity has arisen in the Legal Indemnities team of the Global Corporate Speciality (GCS) department of Aviva UK. This team is now actively recruiting for a Legal Indemnity Trading Underwriter to join us in London.

We believe this is a great opportunity for someone who wants to be a part of a fast-paced, independent team who will continue to push from strength to strength with our broker engagements and new products.

A bit about the job:

• Day-to-day underwriting decisions regarding the acceptance and rating of risks within detailed guidelines and agreed authority limits

• Handling your own caseload, underwriting new business and working within Aviva’s Brand Values. Providing technical support and assistance to customers, dealing with all queries in line with your authority level

• Developing sustainable relationships to support new business growth as well as understanding relevant Broker markets

• Spotting and initiating opportunities for service and operational improvements by acting on feedback from customers and sharing ideas with peers in team meetings

• Proactively developing your own capability to improve individual and team performance. Working within our governance frameworks; making sure we’re risk compliant as an organisation

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Strong technical knowledge of core Legal Indemnity risks. Experience of underwriting Rights to Light, European Title and Title to Shares risks is desirable

• Track record of being responsible for own underwriting caseloads within a regulatory environment, following due process and within set authority limits

• Evidence of sound product knowledge and market awareness and networking presence in the London market

• Strong attention to detail – the ability to analyse sophisticated information and draw out the relevant facts

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

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.

• Starting competitive salary (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

• Bonus opportunity – 8% 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

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

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

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Daisy Holmes a call on 07436 672007 or send an email to daisy.holmes1@aviva.com.