Technical Underwriter

Job Title: Technical Underwriter Target Start Date:  ASAPContract Type: Permanent, Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option availableSalary Range: £35,200 – £52,800Location: Eastleigh once a monthClosing Date for applications: Wednesday 23rd April

Technical Underwriter : The Technical Underwriting Team at Ageas deliver to promise by providing the technical expertise and oversight to deliver products and product change to market in line with business and regulatory requirements and maintaining their integrity throughout the product lifecycle. Simply put, the Technical Underwriting Team are ‘Product Controllers’.Main Responsibilities as Technical Underwriter :

• Maintaining and developing underwriting rules and technical processes and recommending necessary changes to maximise market opportunities, achieve the plan growth and profitability, and control areas of poor performance;
• Leading and supporting projects, ensuring products remain fit for purpose, systems and technical processes are properly maintained and delivering within agreed timescales;
• Contributing to the development of policy covers and technical processes and assisting in the development of rating structures for new and existing products. Implementing and communicating changes across Ageas and its brokers and partners;
• Evaluating new scheme, affinity and product propositions and determining the optimum underwriting and technical process proposition to achieve maximum growth and profitability;
• To ensure that policy wordings and the technical content of other documentation, including guides, are updated to meet business needs.

Skills and experience you need as Technical Underwriter :

• GCSE English and Math is essential, educated to A level standard or have had the same level of relevant work experience is preferred.
• Previous in-depth experience in a Personal Lines underwriting environment is essential.
• Certificate in Insurance with some progress towards CII Diploma preferred.
• A sound understanding of underwriting and pricing principles and experience of a wide range of technical issues, including the construction of policy wordings. 
• A working knowledge of the personal lines market and of current legal/industry developments affecting the market.
• Organised and thorough, with good project management skills and demonstrating attention to detail, and demonstrating good risk evaluation skills.

At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve, Top Employer status in the UK.Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy at Ageas: 

Flexible Working- Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares. We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.

Supporting your Health- Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Yoga, Mindfulness.

Supporting your Wealth- Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.

Supporting you at Work- Well-being activities, yoga, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.

Supporting you and your Family-Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.

Benefits for Them- Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.

Get some Tech- Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.

Getting around- Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.

Supporting you back to work- Return to work programme after maternity leave.

About Ageas:We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK.Our Peoplehelp Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers.As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience. If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team to discuss how they can help. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. For more information, please see Ageas Everyone.We have a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and professionalism.Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we’re always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we’re open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share