About The Role

Team – Underwriting & Claims - Life

Working Pattern - Hybrid / Remote based – 2 days per week in any of the Vitality Offices (Bournemouth, London or Stockport). Home working will also be considered. Full time, 37.5 hours per week.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

Broad experience of underwriting large cases requiring financial & medical underwriting
Ability to build trusted relationships and influence outcomes effectively
Able to demonstrate strategic thinking and mentoring ability

What this role is all about:

This role is all about delivering our High Net Worth (HNW) underwriting proposition with precision, innovation, and impact. You’ll be at the heart of complex case management, working closely with brokers, reinsurers, and internal teams to ensure our HNW clients receive a seamless, expert experience.

Key Actions

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?

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)
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 products

So, what’s in it for you?

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:

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.

About Us

We're really excited to announce that we have recently been awarded "Top 10 Best Places To Work" in The Sunday Times Awards 2024!

Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.

We’ve been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We’re successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people – and because we care.

Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.

Ready to find out if we’re the right fit for you? We can’t wait.

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Diversity & Inclusion

At Vitality, we’re committed to diversity and inclusion because it’s good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Vitality’s approach to sustainability

Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. #LI-Hybrid

If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.

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