Senior Technical Underwriter in Eastleigh

Ageas UK is a leading personal lines insurer, serving over 5 million customers and employing more than 4,000 people across the UK. Known for its award-winning service, Ageas is committed to delivering innovative and compliant insurance solutions. The Technical Underwriting team, based in Eastleigh, plays a crucial role in shaping product design, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supporting strategic growth. Operating in a fast-paced environment, the team collaborates across departments to deliver high-quality outcomes and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of underwriting rules, product specifications, and technical processes to drive profitable growth and market competitiveness.
• Manage and deliver projects that ensure products remain fit for purpose and compliant with regulatory standards.
• Monitor and mitigate financial and reputational risks through claims analysis, fraud prevention, and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee underwriting authorities and ensure consistent application across the business, including training and documentation updates.
• Provide leadership and coaching to the Technical Underwriting team, ensuring clear reporting lines and professional development.
• Establish and maintain efficient systems and processes to ensure accuracy, compliance, and business continuity.
• Build strong internal and external relationships, representing Ageas in market forums and ensuring clear, fair communication with stakeholders.

Skills and experience

• Extensive underwriting and project experience, with strong knowledge of software houses including Polaris and non-Polaris platforms.
• Well-versed in consumer duty and insurance regulations, with the ability to review and provide technical feedback on policy wordings.
• Skilled in product approval processes, target market analysis, and ensuring fair value for customers; experienced in managing full change lifecycle (design, build, test, deploy).
• Proven ability to work within project teams collaborating with functions across the business including Business Analysts and Project Managers.
• Cert CII qualifications is desirable.
• The jobholder requires a good degree of numeracy with a strong ability to analyse and interpret complex data.

Benefits

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 – Mindfulness.
• Supporting your Wealth - 50% off esure and Sheilas' Wheels motor and home insurance, Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
• Supporting you at Work - Well-being activities, 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.