Commercial Technical Underwriting Manager

AXA Ireland is currently seeking a Commercial Technical Underwriting Manager in our Dublin office.

In this role you will be leading the technical underwriting for the SME product suite, which includes Commercial Property, Liability and Farm Products. The successful candidate will  lead a team of technical experts, supporting team development, managing portfolio performance, and contributing to the growth of the commercial and agricultural business.

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 week away from home. Away from home means either attendance at one of our head office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.

What You’Ll Be Doing:

• Development of risk appetite to support ambitions in Commercial lines market
• Product management & continuous development of suite of SME products
• Portfolio performance management including recommending actions required to maintain or improve profitability and/or business performance in line with company strategy
• Technical review of potential opportunities to grow our commercial portfolio
• Management of underwriting control framework for relevant products across AXA Ireland
• Lead and support development of suitable Pricing & Underwriting sophistication initiatives
• Point of referral & escalation for complex technical underwriting issues
• Ensuring continued adherence to AXA Group standards
• Management of team of Technical Underwriters

What We’Re Looking For:

• 5-7 years of total Commercial Underwriting  experience essential with 3 years of management experience, preferably in a technical underwriting role
• Bachelors degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience is essential.
• CIP Qualification essential, ACII desirable
• Adaptable work mindset with the capacity to meet tight deadlines effectively.
• Robust interpersonal skills, particularly in influencing and challenging colleagues across various organizational levels
• Outstanding written and spoken communication abilities.
• Highly organised with the ability to inspire and motivate teams to achieve critical organizational goals.

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 and/or the United Kingdom.

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

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.