| Overview Of Department The newly created Corporate Risk Solutions Team has been set up to re-energise Aviva’s proposition for insuring large corporate clients in the UK . The team consists of three key areas – Corporate Risk Solutions Trading ( CRS ), the National & European Property Owners Team (NEPOT) and a Broker Relationship team. Headed by Paul Sullivan, CRS is structured according to each insurance class – Liability, Property, Motor and Construction. Based in London the team offers support to Corporate Risk brokers and clients through a dedicated teams including trading, servicing and Claims. The Property team looks to write the insurances for UK based companies with a turnover of £100M and/or £100k premiums and above. The Property Underwriting Manager will work alongside the other Property Underwriting Managers in the team and under the supervision of the Senior Property Underwriting Manager. About The Role Salary – £50,000 - £75,000 depending on experience The Property Underwriting Manager will be aligned to Corporate Risk Brokers to trade commercial property business within agreed underwriting authority. They will deal with large and complex property insurance programmes and this will involve face to face negotiation with aligned brokers on renewals and quotations to provide flexible and tailored solutions to brokers and customer needs. They will also carry out a proactive role in developing broker accounts, including prospecting, with the support of the Broker Relationship team. The Property Underwriting Manager will build relationships internally with the central Underwriting teams and with Claims, Product Management, Reinsurance and Legal. The role will be performance driven, in respect of GWP, and COR. The successful applicant will be expected to coach and develop other less experienced member of the team and the members of the CRS Servicing Team in Southend. The role offers the opportunity for career progression within the Aviva Group. Key Responsibilities · Effective underwriting and decision making for agreed classes of business · Involved in setting and managing the CRS business plan · Developing and maintaining broker relationships · Developing and managing commercial business emanating from agreed brokers · Achieve and exceed their Trading targets. · Achieve profitable growth in line with strategy · To have a can do approach to the tasks and presentations that you will deal with · To work with, coach and mentor less experienced members of the team Experience Skills & Qualifications Qualifications: ACII / FCII preferred Skills/Knowledge: · Excellent understanding of UK and London Property Insurance Market · Extensive Commercial Property Underwriting experience of handling large corporate cases. · Ability to analyse and interpret Management Information · Ability to work on own initiative · Negotiating and Influencing skills · Relationship Management · Interpersonal skills · Effective Communicator · Overcoming challenging situations · Time management · Negotiation skills · Sales skills · Coaching skills · Ability to work in a team Experience: - Vubstantial commercial property underwriting experience at a senior level
- Experience of developing successful broker relationships
- Handling and underwriting large corporate cases profitably
- Developing and coaching underwriters
If you have any questions about the recruitment process please contact the recruitment consultant - Dawn Rudrum on 01603 680851 Additional Information To protect our customers and ourselves, as part of our recruitment process we will carry out the following for external candidates: - Establish your legal right to work in the UK
- Verify your last 2 years activity or 5 years activity for senior roles (this can be work, study, travelling, caring etc).
- Carry out a criminal history check*
- Check your details against a Fraud Prevention database
- Verify any essential qualifications needed for the role
- Carry out a credit check which will check for County Court Judgements, bankruptcy and Individual Voluntary Arrangements.*
* If you do have any County Court Judgements, have been made bankrupt, have an Individual Voluntary Arrangement or criminal conviction this doesn't necessarily mean we can't consider you for the role. A decision would be made depending on your circumstances and the role in question. | 
