Life Underwriter or Senior Underwriter
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Team- Adviser Service Life
Working Pattern -Home based. Full time, 37.5 hours per week.
We are happy to discuss flexible working!
Top 3 skills needed for this role:
- Experience in underwriting Life, Critical Illness and Income protection
- Excellent customer focus and making the right decision
- Ability to manage workloads independently and to work as a team
What this role is all about:
In this role, youll play a vital part in helping people protect what matters most. Youll review applications for life, serious illness, and income protection cover making decisions that truly make a difference. Working closely with supportive colleagues across underwriting, operations, and distribution, youll ensure every outcome is fair, consistent, and high-quality.
Youll also be a trusted partner to our key distributors, building strong relationships through expert guidance and collaboration. This is your chance to make an impact while living our values: embracing innovation, working together, and always doing the right thing.
Key Actions
- Underwrite life, serious illness, and income protection applications in line with Vitalitys underwriting philosophy and quality standards.
- Collaborate with brokers to guide applications through the underwriting process smoothly and efficiently.
- Provide authorisation and support for applications assessed by less experienced underwriters.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of Vitalitys underwriting and service propositions.
- Work closely with internal teams to ensure consistent, high-quality outcomes and a joined-up approach to member protection.
- Proven experience in underwriting life, serious illness, and income protection applications.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships with brokers and internal teams.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, regulated environment with a focus on quality and consistency.
So, whats 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
If you are successfulin your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:
- Help you to be the healthiest youve 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.
About The Company
Were incredibly proud to be recognised for the culture we've created recently being named one of Glassdoors Best Places to Work 2026, and in 2024 we were delighted to be awarded Top 10 Places to Work in the Sunday Times Awards.
Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.
Weve 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. Were 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 were the right fit for you? We cant wait.
Diversity & Inclusion
At Vitality, were committed to diversity and inclusion because its good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
Vitalitys 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. xbpsjku If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.
- Location:
- Shrewsbury
- Job Type:
- PartTime
- Category:
- Insurance
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