Trainee Medical Underwriter

Due to the growth and demand for private medical insurance within the UK we have an exciting opportunity for a trainee medical underwriter to join our team in Sheffield. You will join a supportive, well-established team and get full training and development on a career path to become a fully qualified medical underwriter. This is a great job for someone with an insurance background, ideally within private medical insurance or someone with an interest in the field who wants to become a qualified underwriter working for one of the UK’s leading Insurance, Wealth and Retirement businesses. A bit about the job: The post holder will support our medical underwriting team to provide outstanding service to our customers, as well as assessing risk. You will:

• Adhere to underwriting rules, policies and controls
• Support underwriting teams by gathering customer medical information, policy management and data administration
• Provide multi-channel support and assistance to our customers and brokers
• Build your knowledge by networking with experienced/specialist colleagues for technical guidance
• Identify and recommend opportunities for improvements on processes, products and service

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Good communication skills, ability to tailor approach to audience
• Experience of working in private medical underwriting is desirable
• Knowledge of medical terminology and conditions would be beneficial
• Ability to organise self, work on own initiative and cope with varying workloads and pressure
• Understands the needs of the customer to ensure they are treated fairly and the ability to have empathy and build rapport with customers

What you’ll get for this role:

• Starting salary of £25,500 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Aviva will contribute up to 14% to your personal pension (dependent on your contribution)
• Eligibility for annual performance bonus
• Family friendly parental and carer’s leave
• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days
• Up to 40% discount for Aviva products
• Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars
• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme
• 21 volunteering hours per year

Aviva is for everyone: We are 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. To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here 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 07787 251496 or send an email to tawana.chin@aviva.com.