Private Client Underwriter

This is a great job for someone with personal lines underwriting experience who enjoys building strong broker relationships, making sound underwriting decisions and working within a specialist High Net Worth portfolio.

Joining our Aviva Private Clients team, you'll manage High Net Worth Home and Motor business, supporting profitable growth while delivering excellent outcomes for brokers and customers. This is an opportunity to combine technical underwriting expertise with relationship management, while contributing to projects, attending industry events and helping shape the future of our Private Clients proposition.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Underwrite new business, renewals and mid-term adjustments across High-Net-Worth Home and Motor risks in line with underwriting authority and governance requirements, while supporting ad hoc projects, broker events and client engagement activities.

• Manage and develop relationships with an allocated broker panel, delivering excellent service and acting as a trusted underwriting partner.

• Make informed underwriting decisions that balance risk, profitability, customer outcomes and broker needs.

• Work closely with teams across Claims, Sales and Risk Management to support portfolio performance and deliver positive customer experiences.

• Contribute to underwriting initiatives, proposition enhancements and continuous improvement activity across the Aviva Private Clients portfolio.

Skills & Experiences

• CIP qualified or actively working towards a CIP qualification, with experience in personal lines underwriting.

• Strong understanding of underwriting principles, risk assessment and technical decision-making.

• Experience underwriting Home and/or Motor insurance risks, with High Net Worth experience beneficial.

• Proven ability to build and manage broker relationships, influencing and negotiating effectively.

• Strong communication, organisational and stakeholder management skills, with a customer-focused and commercial mindset.

Fitness and Probity

This is a Regulated Role and will be subject to enhanced pre-employment screening procedures. There will be an on-going requirement for the role holder to maintain fit and proper status.

What will you get for this role?

The work you do at Aviva will make a real difference to our customers. We will recognise your contributions and reward you. From competitive salaries to generous pension contributions and paid paternity leave; take a look through some of our employee benefits!

The expected pay range for this role will fall between €40,000 and €60,000 and salary offered will commensurate with candidate's level of skills and experience.

• A competitive market leading salary depending on skills, experience, and qualifications.

• Generous pension (employee contribution matching of up to 14% if you contribute 8%).

• Annual performance related bonus and pay review.

• Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays, and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days.

• Generous Health & dental insurance contributions.

• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme and Approved Profit Share Scheme.

• TaxSaver Travel Scheme.

• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products plus discounts for Friends and Family.

• Professional qualification support and transparent career progression plans.

• 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 paid volunteering days to help others.

• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools.

• We’re deeply invested in our people, our total reward package has so much to offer.

Aviva is for Everyone

Our diversity and inclusion policies and initiatives are shaping an environment where everyone feels welcome regardless of age, disability, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, culture, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, maternity or those with other caring responsibilities. Our approach helps to ensure that Aviva is a place which values difference and provides equal opportunities for all.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working - spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

We prefer all applications to be submitted online, however if you require an alternative method of applying, please contact [email protected]