High Net Worth Underwriter

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Team - Underwriting & Claims - Life

Working Pattern - Remote role. Full time, 37.5 hours per week.

**We are happy to discuss flexible working!

****Top 3 skills needed for this role:

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  • Strong background in financial underwriting.
  • Good interpersonal skills.
  • Experienced underwriting in all Protection products.

**What this role is all about:

**To implement VitalityLife’s High Net Worth (HNW) underwriting proposition so that we develop a market-leading reputation for underwriting delivery, innovation and excellence.

**Key Actions

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  • Underwrite HNW cases in accordance with Vitality's underwriting philosophy and quality standards.
  • Meet and support brokers to help manage key large cases through the underwriting process.
  • Liaise with our reinsurers to ensure successful placement of business.
  • Work with our sales teams to develop bespoke financial underwriting solutions for key clients.
  • Educate the sales teams on the large case ‘underwriting journey’ and how to navigate this.
  • Help mentor and develop less experienced underwriters.
  • Identify how we can improve our HNW underwriting proposition, so that we have the most compelling HNW underwriting proposition in the market.

**What do you need to thrive?

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  • Broad experience of underwriting large cases requiring financial & medical underwriting.
  • A sound knowledge of the reinsurance and retrocession aspects of this business.
  • Existing relationships and credibility with advisors who work in this market.
  • A very high level of credibility and influence with the reinsurance market.
  • Experience of working closely with and mentoring senior underwriters (ideally including underwriters based at different locations).
  • An excellent knowledge of all aspects of financial and medical underwriting.
  • Strong presentation skills.
  • Good communicator and influencer/manages conflict well.
  • Good grasp of Microsoft office product.

**So, what’s in it for you?

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  • Bonus Schemes - A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
  • A pension of up to 12%- We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
  • Our award-winning Vitality health insurance - With its own set of rewards and benefits
  • Life Assurance - Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. **Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

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  • Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been.
  • Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
  • Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
  • Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
  • Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
  • Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
  • Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
  • Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
  • Be there for you when you need us.
  • Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.