Mid Market Senior Underwriter - Property & Liability – Existing Business
Up to £65,000, depending on experience
Leeds
Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Do you enjoy coaching and developing people while sharing your expertise? If so, we’d love to hear from you.
A bit about the job
You’ll lead our Existing Business Underwriting team, making sure we deliver strong financial performance and great outcomes for our customers. You’ll oversee complex cases, support trading decisions, and act as a technical referral point. You’ll work closely with brokers to build strong relationships and help shape our underwriting strategy. You’ll also coach and mentor your team, driving technical development and supporting licence progression. This role is key to ensuring we stay competitive and deliver on Aviva’s strategy.
Skills and experience we’re looking for:
- Proven leadership in property and liability underwriting, with experience managing complex portfolios.
- Strong account management skills, including building and maintaining broker relationships.
- Solid technical knowledge of property and liability underwriting principles and market trends.
- Ability to analyse portfolio performance and make strategic trading decisions.
- Experience coaching and mentoring underwriters to develop technical capability and drive results.
What you’ll get for this role:
- Up to £65,000 salary depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
- Bonusopportunity - actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s
- Generous pensionscheme e.g. if you put in 8%, Aviva adds 14%
- 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
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.
