Assistant Renewables Underwriter

Aviva UK now has an opening for an Assistant Underwriter to join our Global Corporate & Specialty (GCS) team and support our recent growth in the Engineering/Renewables area. We’re looking for those with industry experience who can manage their own workload, ready to make their impact with the resources and support of the UK’s largest insurer. Renewables is an area of focus and ambition for Aviva and with the right team and our stability/reputation, we believe we can make a large impact quickly.

Together, we’ll be working towards providing a positive service, aiding our team of underwriters. This will include building a successful network of internal and external relationships, receiving and responding to enquiries and meeting high standards to ensure customer happiness.

This role is eligible for our new Smart Working policy, giving you the flexibility to split your time between working at home and any of our UK offices. Moving forward we’ll be using our London and Worthing offices for collaboration and teamwork. It will be expected for you to travel to one of these locations roughly once a month.

Some of the role’s duties & responsibilities:

• Supporting growth of the Engineering and/or Renewables line of business across our UK Retail and International Wholesale operations

• Opportunity to underwrite renewal and new business risks within authority limits and within Aviva’s group underwriting strategy based on previous experience

• Collaborating with our trading underwriting teams in London to deliver and provide end to end policy management for large complex corporate risks (there will be occasional travel to our London office)

• Delivering business important metrics alongside our management team

• Identifying & driving opportunities for service and operational improvements

Skills & experiences required:

• Insurance experience, specifically with Engineering or Renewables knowledge

• London Market business experience

• Underwriting experience is beneficial but not essential

• Proven track record of delivering excellent customer outcomes

• A background of negotiating, numerical and verbal reasoning skills

• Experience in encouraging & building positive internal/external relationships

• Ideally working towards Cert CII or a desire to do so

What will you get for this role?

• A competitive salary depending on location, 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 emailstating that you have a disclosed disabilityand we’ll make sure we interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative methodof applying, please give Daniel Hopchet a call on 0121 234 7625 or send an email to Daniel.Hopchet@Aviva.com .

*As defined in TheEquality 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.