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Underwriting Technician
Location: Eastleigh
Salary: Circa £25,000

We are recruiting for an Underwriting Technician to join our well-established team in Eastleigh. This role would suit a self-starter, who has an eye for detail and the ability to juggle different priorities. Don't worry if this is something new for you, full training will be provided, all you need are strong excel skills an interest and tenacity to want to succeed in the role!

A bit about the job:

This role exists to support our large Corporate Private Medical Insurance (PMI) Underwriting team. You will be responsible for mailbox management, working closely with internal stakeholders, ownership of pricing preparation on new business quotations, renewals and signing off internal onboarding documents for large corporate PMI schemes. Additionally, you will assess and prepare large corporate private medical insurance new business quotations and policy renewals in readiness for pricing. You will work closely with our distribution and underwriting team to mitigate financial risk through the ownership of internal onboarding controls.

We would expect the successful candidate to progress in the role to achieve accreditation via Technician Academy.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

• Excellent communication skills both verbal and in written, can communicate effectively with stakeholders at different levels
• Strong numerical skills, can handle large quantity of complex business data and good excel skills
• Good organisation skills with the ability to prioritise work according to urgency
• Problem solving skills, be able to work independently to identify problems and solve problems to a satisfactory outcome
• Proactive, showing initiative when completing tasks by pre-empting issues and proposing solutions for them

What you'll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow - is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Starting salary of Circa £25,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 8% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• 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

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Aviva is for everyone:

We're inclusive and welcome everyone - we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way. So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you're in a job share just apply as a pair.

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

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We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you've applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we'll interview you.
We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Tawana Chin a call on 07789 624461 or send an email to [email protected] .