Underwriting Assistant

Location: Worthing

Salary: Circa £26,000

Are you a strong, dynamic and positive person with a can-do, will-do approach? If so, we'd love to hear from you! If you have an interest in the insurance, finance or risk industries and are looking to build a long-lasting, successful career then look no further!

We are recruiting for a an underwriting assistant to join our team. There will be occasional travel to our London business centre so the individual within this role will need to be career driven, flexible and keen to excel their career working for one of the UK’s leading Insurance, Wealth and Retirement businesses.

A bit about the job:

Together, we'll be working towards providing a comprehensive service which aids our team of underwriters. This will include building a successful network of internal and external relationships; responding to a variety of enquiries and meeting high standards to ensure customer satisfaction. And you will:

• Collaborating with our Trading Underwriter team in London to deliver end-to-end policy management for large, complex corporate risks

• Spotting and driving opportunities for operational improvements

• Delivering business-important metrics alongside our management team

• Taking personal responsibility for development in line with business strategy  

• Acting on feedback from customers and sharing ideas with managers and peers

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Proven record of delivering excellent customer outcomes

• Good knowledge of IT including spreadsheets; databases and word processing

• Previous underwriting experience is not essential as full training will be provided

• Experience in building and encouraging positive internal and external relationships

• Previous experience in the insurance or financial industry is preferable but, again, not essential

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.

• Salary of Circa £26,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

• Bonus opportunity - 6% 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.

• 25 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 people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way.  So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you’re in a job share just apply as a pair.

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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