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Individually, these are just words, but together they are our Values - Care, Commitment, Community, and Confidence.\nAt Aviva, we help customers build resilience and move forward with confidence. We foster an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, innovation is encouraged, and employees are empowered to grow their careers while making a meaningful impact.\nAs we establish Aviva’s presence in the United States, we’re seeking talented individuals inspired to build, shape, and lead this new organization. Joining Aviva U.S. means stepping onto the ground floor of a thoughtfully designed Commercial Insurance organization built for the long-term, blending underwriting heritage, disciplined execution and capital strength with agility and innovation.\nThe Opportunity\nAs a Property Underwriter, you will serve as a trusted underwriting professional responsible for evaluating, selecting, pricing, and managing complex commercial and specialty insurance risks.\nYou will play a critical role in achieving Aviva's growth and profitability objectives through disciplined underwriting practices, strong broker relationships, and sound business judgment.\nIn this role, you will independently manage a portfolio of middle-market and large commercial property risks, exercising established senior underwriting authority and meaningful account-level decision-making responsibility. You will evaluate sophisticated risk exposures, analyze financial and operational information, structure customized insurance solutions, and balance profitable growth with Aviva’s risk appetite and portfolio objectives.\nBeyond individual account management, you will contribute technical knowledge and market insight to underwriting strategy and portfolio initiatives while serving as a resource and mentor to Underwriting Assistants, Underwriting Analysts, and less experienced Underwriters. You will independently resolve complex account-level matters and refer unusually complex, strategically significant, or authority-exceeding decisions to the Executive Underwriter, Team Leader, or Head of Property.\nWhat You'll Do\nResponsible for providing subject matter expertise, guidance and support on complex technical underwriting matters, whilst ensuring compliance with internal policies, underwriting regulations, industry best practices and organization's overall objectives.\n\nSet technical underwriting standards, risk appetite and technical guidance, drive improvement in products, propositions and wordings, responding to technical, legal and commercial developments.\n\nProvide expert technical advice to customers/brokers and team colleagues, drive training plan and delivery of training to underwriters, key brokers and partners, manage compliance with underwriting frameworks, risk appetite, controls and regulations.\n\nCollaborate with senior stakeholders to drive technical underwriting policy development, initiate and undertake performance and process reviews to improve services and strengthen compliance with regulations and controls.\n\nKeep up-to-date with the latest trends and regulatory developments, provide thought leadership on emerging trends and best practices, participate in projects and initiatives, provide expert technical advice to customers/brokers and team colleagues to help develop their skills and abilities.\n\nSupport the delivery of good customer outcomes through all activities and deliverables, enabling us to act in good faith towards customers, avoid causing foreseeable harm and enable and support our customers to pursue their financial objectives.\n\nWhat You'll Bring\n3-5+ years of progressively responsible commercial or specialty insurance underwriting experience.\n\nDemonstrated expertise in underwriting principles, risk assessment, and pricing methodologies.\n\nStrong analytical and financial evaluation skills.\n\nProven ability to manage broker relationships and drive business results\n\nExcellent communication, negotiation, and decision-making skills\n\nAbility to work independently while collaborating effectively within a team environment.\n\nBachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Risk Management, Insurance, Economics, or related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nCPCU, ARM, AU, AINS, or other professional insurance designation.\n\nSpecialty insurance expertise in Property.\n\nEstablished broker and agency relationships.\n\nExperience with portfolio management and profitability analysis.\n\nDemonstrated experience underwriting complex middle-market or large commercial accounts and risk structures.\n\nWhat You'll Gain\nAt Aviva U.S., we put people first - our employees, our customers, and our communities. We’re proud of a culture built on care, inclusion, and collaboration, where your voice matters and your growth is supported. We’re not just about insurance; we’re about making a real difference by protecting what matters most.\nThe salary band for this position ranges from a base of $75K-$125K. Please note that individual salary is determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills and experience\n\nCompelling rewards package including base compensation, eligibility for annual bonus, retirement savings, health benefits and volunteer opportunities.\n\nHybrid flexible work model.\n\nOutstanding career development opportunities.\n\nCompetitive vacation package\n\nTravel Requirements: Up to 40% travel for broker and client engagements, leadership meetings, strategic planning sessions, industry conferences, and business development initiatives.\nPhysical Requirements: This position is primarily performed in an office or remote work environment and requires prolonged periods of computer use, analysis of complex business and actuarial data, communication with internal and external stakeholders, and participation in virtual and in-person meetings.\nAviva U.S. welcomes applications from all qualified individuals and has a process in place to provide accommodations for persons with disabilities at all stages of the hiring process and during employment. 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