Casualty Technical Underwriting Manager

Aviva Direct Ireland Limited; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company is seeking a Casualty Technical Underwriting Manager in London. This role entails leading the underwriting strategy and managing a team of experts across various casualty portfolios. Ideal candidates will have deep knowledge of casualty underwriting, team leadership experience, and excellent stakeholder management skills. The position offers a competitive salary, bonus opportunities, and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus opportunity of up to 12%

Generous pension scheme

29 days holiday plus bank holidays

Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit

Discounts on Aviva products

Free Aviva shares

Supportive policies

Flexible benefits including sustainability options

Paid volunteering days

Well-being support

Qualifications

• Expertise in casualty underwriting for external discussions.
• Experience leading and motivating teams.
• Knowledge of the insurance legal environment and socio-economic factors.
• Ability to think long-term to improve customer experience.
• Strong relationship management with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead underwriting strategy and performance across casualty portfolio.
• Set strategy and appetite for casualty classes in UK General Insurance.
• Oversee underwriting to achieve premium and profit objectives.
• Identify emerging risks and provide underwriting solutions.
• Manage a team of underwriters and technical specialists.

Skills

Technical knowledge in casualty underwriting

Team leadership

Understanding of socio-economic and legal environment

Strategic and operational thinking

Stakeholder management

Job description

Overview

Casualty Technical Underwriting Manager

London, Norwich or Leeds

Competitive Salary

Are you a Casualty Underwriting expert who has a desire to make a difference by providing solutions for our customers and to manage a team of technical underwriters?

If so then this may be the role for you!

We have a great opportunity for an experienced Casualty Underwriting Manager to join our team and take the lead on our underwriting strategy and performance across the casualty portfolio (Employers’ Liability, Public/products liability, and associated classes).

A bit about the job:

Following continued growth across the business, Aviva are looking for a Casualty Underwriting Manager to join their Chief Underwriting Office within Commercial Lines. This role spans our entire commercial business including Digital, Schemes, Mid-Market and Global Corporate & Specialty.

Within the role you will be responsible for setting the strategy and appetite for our UK General Insurance Commercial lines casualty classes, and oversight of underwriting to deliver agreed premium and profit objectives. The role requires an in-depth knowledge of the casualty insurance market to facilitate data-led decision making, identifying emerging risks and opportunities and providing solutions for sophisticated underwriting problems within authority & Aviva’s risk appetite. You will lead a team of tenacious underwriters and wording technical specialists to set the philosophy, standards, risk appetite processes, pricing and strategy across the business.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• The highest level of technical knowledge in casualty underwriting, sufficient to represent the company in external discussions including market forums
• Ability to lead and motivate a team
• Knowledge of socio-economic and legal environment as it effects insurance
• Ability to think and act long term both strategically and operationally with a view to improving customer outcomes and experience
• Excellent relationship management skills including stakeholder management at senior levels to drive and influence decisions

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 - 12% 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
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it
• 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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