Senior Surety Underwriter

Salary: Competitive

Are you a Surety Underwriter looking for your next role?

Then look no further we have just the role for you!

We are looking for a Senior Surety Underwriter to join our team in London or Norwich!

A bit about the job:

You will be responsible for the following:

Managing a portfolio of business, underwriting complex risks, as well as working to identify market trends and customer needs and act as technical point of reference within a team

Managing and growing a profitable portfolio of business or schemes, managing policies end-to–end with brokers and customers, undertake audits and process reviews and support implementation of changes within the team to policies and processes

Underwriting high premium and complex risks, new business and renewals, within designated authority, handle complex technical referrals and queries

Collaborating with other teams to resolve complex underwriting issues, acting as a point of escalation for more junior staff

Supporting the delivery of good customer outcomes through all activities and deliverables, enabling us to act in good faith towards customers, avoid causing foreseeable harm and enable and support our customers to pursue their financial objectives

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

Underwriting Expertise: Proven experience in underwriting complex risks, including new business and renewals

Regulatory Knowledge: Strong understanding of industry regulations, controls, contracts and relevant legislation. Good knowledge of bond wordings and indemnities

Portfolio Management: Ability to manage and grow a profitable portfolio of business, including end-to-end policy management

Collaboration and Leadership: Experience working with other teams to confidently discuss the Surety offering and acting as a point of support for Assistant Underwriters

Customer Focus: Commitment to delivering good customer outcomes, ensuring actions are in good faith, and supporting customers' objectives

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

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

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.

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here

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 Guv Johal a call on 0750 008 7919 or send an email to Guv.Johal@aviva.com.