Senior New Business P&C Underwriter

• Act as the face of AXA in presenting propositions for larger Mid-Market and Mid-Corporate risks, based on industry knowledge and technical underwriting expertise, subject to the scale and complexity of the case
• Work with Trading Underwriters to negotiate coverage, wordings and pricing that differentiate AXA to meet customer needs
• Proactively develop a robust pipeline of Mid-Market and Mid-Corporate qualified growth opportunities leveraging both client and broker relationships, ensuring pipeline is effectively managed and realised
• Lead and fully embed the large case management process for new business
• Develop and build collaborative broker relationships, sometimes client, across the region, taking full ownership for the generation and placement of profitable commercial business from self-sourced
• Underwrite profitable new business, in line with AXA established underwriting controls and practices and act as a referral point in branch across new business
• Develop and maintain a quality distribution strategy and communication plan with key influential brokers to ensure financial KPIs achieved

• Technical underwriting expertise in a commercial insurance environment
• Sound understanding of the Manchester insurance market
• Proven experience in decision making on a wide range of technical underwriting scenarios within a Commercial environment
• Coaching and development skills within in a similar environment and experience of working in teams and successful record of delivering results
• Strong trading capability – commercial awareness, negotiation skills and the ability to build strong broker relationships
• Pragmatic decision making, analytical and numerical reasoning skills
• Excellent risk assessment and risk management skills
• As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom

Progress towards Dip CII qualification is desirable

• Competitive annual salary
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• Private medical cover
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• Wellbeing services & resources
• AXA employee discounts