Senior Technical Underwriter

AXA Ireland is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Underwriter dealing with our Commercial Property and Casualty business.

Reporting to the Commercial Technical Underwriting Manager, you will support the implementation of underwriting standards in AXA Ireland as an expert in the relevant classes of business in line with stated risk appetite.

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work majority of your working week away from home. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.

What You’Ll Be Doing:

• Documenting of risk appetite for each class of business and continuous review of same
• Produce reports with clear findings and recommendations on products, underwriting footprint and market opportunities as requested
• Identifying new product and/or process opportunities to improve products and strengthen Underwriting rules to reduce claims and/or improve overall customer experience
• Responsibility for smaller non material classes of business/product/Scheme offerings
• Reviewing and developing our Product wordings to adapt to changes in the trading environment and AXA Group requirements
• Engaging with our Reinsurance colleagues and providers to maintain the required level of coverage
• Engaging with our colleagues in AXA Group and other AXA entities to share expertise and leverage the capabilities of the organisation as a whole
• Use portfolio analysis to identify areas of concern and development of action plans
• Develop and deliver Underwriting training programmes to sales and Underwriting staff on product features and acceptance rules, rating and risk appetite
• Work with Trading Underwriting and Claims teams to ensure effective implementation of Underwriting standards
• Act as business lead or underwriting subject matter representative on cross functional projects
• Act as a point of referral for complex technical queries from staff in sales, claims, AXA Legal Services, broker partners, digital, marketing and other underwriting staff

What We’Re Looking For:

• A minimum of 6 years’ experience in a risk acceptance and rating environment, with a sound knowledge of market trends is essential.
• CIP Qualified essential, with MDI or ACII desirable 
• Proven experience in decision making on a wide range of technical underwriting scenarios .
• A proven ability to develop excellent relationships, maintaining consistently strong focus on professional standards and results, and a track record of delivery in technical underwriting.  
• Strong negotiation, influencing and interpersonal skills
• Pragmatic decision maker with good analytical and numerical reasoning
• Sound understanding of insurance market and specifically our suite of Commercial products.
• Experience of working in teams and successful record of delivery
• Excellent relationship management skills and experience of building successful long-term relationships both internal & external. 
• Strong customer advocate with clear understanding of the impact of Underwriting standards on customer journeys and customer facing staff

This role is an allocated Controlled Function under Fitness & Probity Regime, which means the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced level of background screening requirements. You can find more information on axa.ie/careers.

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorized to work in Ireland.

This recruitment campaign will be used to support permanent, temporary and/or extension for any upcoming similar positions.

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Would you like to wake up every day driven and inspired by our noble mission and to work together as one global team to empower people to live a better life? Here at AXA we strive to lead the transformation of our industry. We are looking for talented individuals who come from varied backgrounds, think differently and want to be part of this exciting transformation by challenging the status quo so we can push AXA - a leading global brand and one of the most innovative companies in our industry - onto even greater things.

In a fast-evolving world and with a presence in 64 countries, our 166,000 employees and exclusive distributors anticipate change to offer services and solutions tailored to the current and future needs of our 103 million customers.

Proud to be part of the AXA Group, at AXA Ireland our values are at the heart of everything we do. We work together as One AXA, embracing our differences to make our teams great. We believe integrity, courage and our customer-first approach is what makes us a great place to work. AXA is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from across all communities.

One of the best things about joining AXA is our rewards package. At AXA Ireland, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package reflects that. You can expect to receive:

•    Competitive salary with annual review
•    Annual company & performance-based bonus
•    Contributory pension scheme (up to 10% employer contributions)
•    Life Assurance
•    Generous annual leave plus Bank Holidays
•    AXA employee discounts
•    Education support and plenty of learning opportunities.

AXA is proud to support the needs of our employees and as such understands everyone has individual work and home life responsibilities. We are therefore happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, should this be a requirement for you.

At AXA, we want to become one of the most inspiring companies to work for and to achieve this ambition, we need the best talent to come and work for us. We look for candidates with the right skills and values to join us and selection is based on a fair and equal process. As a financial services company, all successful candidates will require employment checks, so we can ensure regulatory compliance.

We’re proud to be committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all backgrounds. 

AXA Insurance dac consider applicants on the basis of skills, experience & qualifications and without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, disability or any other legally protected status.