Description:
t's an exciting time to join the AXA Commercial team, as we undergo significant growth across our branches to support the overall strategic business plan. We're currently looking to strengthen the team and bring to market the opportunity to join us as a Property & Casualty Underwriter in Manchester.
What you'll be doing:
- Underwrite Property & Casualty business profitably, accurately, consistently and in line with established underwriting practices, using the full range of appetite and tools available
- Build trading relationships with brokers, through visits and large case liaison, to maximise financial results and to generate pipeline new business opportunities
- Build a reputation as a trading expert with a panel of intermediaries and build confidence in the branch ability through interaction with our Underwriting Technical Centre
- Contribute to meetings with brokers and end customers to portray AXA capabilities and secure new business opportunities
- Demonstrate contribution to loss ratio control by effectively implementing branch UW controls
- Identify poorly performing accounts and investigate reasons for lack of retention. Agree and implement actions with senior underwriter, TTM & AM to increase retention
- Contribute to the development of colleagues by coaching and acting as a reference point to assist in decision making within empowerment
- Support SME Hub colleagues in building trading relationships with intermediaries to enable a consistent service to be delivered
- Actively encourage generation & retention of profitable business
About you
What we’re looking for:
- Strong trading capability, commercial awareness, negotiation skills, and the ability to build strong broker relationships
- Pragmatic decision making with good analytical and numerical reasoning skills
- Cert CII qualification with DIP CII desirable
- Strong analytical skills with proven experience of account monitoring and action planning
- Proven experience in decision making on a wide range of underwriting scenarios within a Commercial environment
- Sound understanding of insurance market and processes across commercial lines insurance operations
- Sound knowledge of legislative and regulatory requirements for insurance, including treating customers fairly
- Experience of working in teams and a successful record of delivering results
- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
- Experience within Property and Casualty discipline capability