Job Description

Job Title

: Risk & Governance Underwriter

Target Start Date:

ASAP

Contract Type:

Permanent, Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option available

Salary Range:

35,000 - 40,000 Dependant on experience

Location:

Eastleigh, Bournemouth or Gloucester - Hybrid, Flexible

Closing Date for applications:

Monday 23rd June

Risk & Governance Underwriter:

Ageas Insurance has an exciting opportunity available for a Risk & Governance Underwriter. As a Risk & Governance Underwriter, you will be heavily involved in the creation and completion of robust and well evidenced fair value assessments at all stages of a product's lifecycle, which will encompass new product approval, significant change approval, and in-life review.


The Risk & Governance Underwriter will contribute to the robust oversight of Ageas' products, and the value they offer to our customers. This oversight will cover how Ageas' products are designed, how they operate and are utilised, and how they are distributed to customers.

Main Responsibilities as Risk & Governance Underwriter:

You will also be involved in governing how Ageas' products are distributed to customers, and how distributors and co-manufacturers meet their own regulatory requirements, and the risk appetite of Ageas (including, but not limited to, remuneration). Contributing to overall reporting, ensuring your areas of focus are added to, and compliment, a holistic view of products and distribution. Concerns should be called out at all stages. Involvement in recommending appropriate actions to address concerns and improve customer outcomes. Actions may be internal, external, or a combination of the two, and can be investigative, corrective, or preventative in nature. Supporting the completion of other regular and ad-hoc regulatory tasks, including, but not limited to, MID compliance. Supporting and leading on the management of Risk Events and UW operational risks, as appropriate.

Skills and experience you need as Risk & Governance Underwriter:

A good degree of numeracy, alongside analytical skills, and the ability to interpret and present data for a wide audience. Ability to interpret detailed information and explain it in a clear and logical way. Proactive, self-motivated, and able to work with minimal supervision, with a desire to learn. An understanding of the regulatory environment of the insurance market (especially Consumer Duty and PROD) and what may impact Ageas' ability to meet its requirements An understanding of insurance products and their distribution, including how products designed, sold, and administered, and the relationship between a distributor and manufacturer.

At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve,

Top Employer

status in the UK.

Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy at Ageas:

Flexible Working-

Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it's within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares. We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.

Supporting your Health-

Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities - Mindfulness.

Supporting your Wealth-

Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.

Supporting you at Work-

Well-being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.

Supporting you and your Family-

Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks' full pay.

Benefits for Them-

Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.

Get some Tech-

Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.

Getting around-

Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.

Supporting you back to work-

Return to work programme after maternity leave.

About Ageas:

We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK.

Our People

help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers.



As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We're a signatory of the

Race at Work Charter

and

Women in Finance Charter

, member of

iCAN

and

GAIN

. As a

Disability Confident Leader

, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to

support and adjustments

throughout your recruitment experience. If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team to discuss how they can help. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. For more information, please see

Ageas Everyone

.

We have a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and professionalism.



Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we're always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we're open to discussing

flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share

arrangements. To find out more about Ageas, see

About Us

.

Want to be part of a Winning Team? Come and join Ageas.

Click on the 'Apply button' to be considered.

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Please be aware that Ageas will never ask for money at any stage of the recruitment process

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