It’s an exciting time to join the AXA Commercial team in Glasgow, as we undergo significant growth across our branches to support the overall strategic business plan. We're currently looking to strengthen the team and bring to market the opportunity for a Property and Casualty Underwriter to join us. This role provides a fantastic opportunity for you to build key foundations and shape the narrative, that will provide AXA the exposure and scope required for the future. The role encompasses many opportunities to contribute to the development and success of the branch account, whilst driving service excellence to our customers. The team ensure close collaboration internally, as well as engaging and building key relationships with the brokers and panel aligned business developers. What you’ll be doing: As Commercial Underwriter you’ll help drive and transform how we partner our brokers through responsive, flexible, and collaborative relationships. With a balance of technical and trading capability, you’ll be empowered to make decisions, supported by data, insight, and decision support tools. You’ll be focused on developing and delivering profitable growth, across new and existing business within the key markets. Underwrite Property & Casualty business profitably in line with established underwriting practices, using the full range of tools available. Build a reputation as a trading expert with a panel of intermediaries and build confidence in the branch ability through interaction with our Underwriting Technical Centre. What’s in it for you: We’ll equip you with the technical skills for tomorrow : It’s our job to support you in becoming an expert who has ownership over their work. We want you to be confident that you can make an impact by helping our customers. That’s why we offer continuous development to help our colleagues become experts in tomorrow. Build a career that’s as dynamic as the market we work in : We’re on a journey of transformation, so we’re investing in new technology that enables us to help our people and businesses thrive. Shape your career one decision at a time: We’ll support you to progress through the business and are committed to developing talent. We do this with training and tailored development plans, all in a highly experienced team. 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 at least 60% of your week away from home, either at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events. Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we’re able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you’re interested in joining us at AXA, please don’t hesitate to apply. What you’ll bring: Keep an open mind: Keen to learn and challenge the status quo, able to approach tasks from different perspectives while focusing on helping colleagues and customers. Stay curious: You’ll be perceptive of what our customers and the market want and bring that knowledge into your work, whilst making the most of AXA’s development opportunities. Be a team player: Able to use your unique skills and knowledge to collaborate with your colleagues, take accountability and discover new ways of doing things. Negotiation skills and the ability to build strong relationships. Pragmatic and confident decision maker with good numerical reasoning skills. Analytical skills with experience of account monitoring and action planning. Experience of working in a commercial P& C underwriting environment. As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom. This position has been defined as an Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) role under the IDD regime which means that in addition to pre-employment screening checks, the successful candidate will be subject to background screening every 4 years with an annual declaration in interim years. What we offer: At AXA UK, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive: Competitive annual salary Annual company & performance-based bonus Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions) Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary) 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 3 days leave AXA employee discounts Gym benefits To apply, click on the ‘apply for this job’ button, you’ll then need to log in or create a profile to submit your CV. We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don’t discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, we’re proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge. For our support, please send an email to mel.ainscoughaxa-insurance.co.uk. LI-Hybrid Who we are: AXA Commercial protects businesses, from multinationals to micro start-ups, giving them the confidence to thrive. We’re currently making our biggest ever investment to develop the expertise and skills we need to be the best. We’re a vibrant community where everyone is supported to learn, develop, and take ownership of their work.