Senior Household Underwriter

Job Title: Senior Household Underwriter

Contract Type: Permanent, Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option availableSalary Range: £48,000 - £65,000Location: Hybrid -Eastleigh, Bournemouth, Gloucester, LondonClosing Date for Applications: Tuesday 19th NovemberSenior Household Underwriter: 

To contribute to the profitable development and maximise the performance of the Ageas Household portfolio by assisting in the development and improvement of pricing, underwriting and products through all distribution channels.

Main Responsibilities as a Senior Household Underwriter:

• To provide senior underwriting management of the Household underwriting portfolio, working with external partners and Ageas staff to develop and grow profitable accounts and deliver against our strategic ambition and Plan KPIs.
• To research, develop and recommend new underwriting concepts utilising market and competitor analysis to maximise account profitability.
• Own the underwriting management of an agreed portfolio of key accounts and products, working alongside external partners and Ageas Distribution teams in their development and growth.
• To evaluate new scheme, affinity and product propositions in order to identify potential profitability and recommend any necessary underwriting changes.
• To support the development of a highly skilled and enthusiastic team of Underwriting experts.

Skills and experience you need as a Senior Household Underwriter:

• Ideally have experience of working in a Household Underwriting environment, with Personal Lines experience.
• Experience in managing through the performance cycle and clear understanding of the drivers of underwriting results across all key performance indicators. Able to balance the technical and commercial priorities together in successfully managing a portfolio
• Strong numeracy skills with an ability to analyse, interpret and identify trends within large volumes of data and to make and present clear and accurate recommendations.
• Computer literate, able to use Microsoft Office and be willing to learn new applications. Proficiency in data manipulation and reporting tools such as SAS and PowerBI.

Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy within the Senior Household Underwriter role based in any UK Office:

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.

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 – Yoga, Mindfulness.

Supporting your Wealth – Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.

Supporting you at Work - Well-being activities, yoga, 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

Getting Around – Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover

Get some Tech – Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.

Supporting you back to work - Return to work programme after maternity leave

About Ageas:We’re one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our people help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work, which is echoed in the service we provide to over four million customers.As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter and a Disability Confident Employer (which means interviews are guaranteed for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum role criteria). For more information please see Ageas Everyone.Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we’re always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we’re open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share arrangements.

Want to be part of a Winning Team? Come and join Ageas.

Click on the ‘Apply button’ to be considered for our Senior Household Underwriter opportunity at Ageas in any UK Office.