Asset Finance Underwriter - United Kingdom - Legal & General

Description

Our aim at Legal & General Retail is to help our customers plan for the unexpected, achieve financial security for their tomorrow, and protect everything that's important to them.

To better understand our customers and meet their needs, we've brought our protection, retirement income, savings, lending, and advice, fintech and mortgage businesses under one umbrella.

Created at the start of 2022 through the merging of our long-standing and trusted retail retirement and insurance businesses, we're a fast-growing division with big, customer-centred ambitions.

We're recruiting for a Initial Risk Underwriter to join us. We're offering a competitive base salary and strong benefits package.
Responsible for assessing Life and Health Insurance applications and deciding if we can offer a policy
Analysing key risks in the initial application and ensuring customers are treated fairly
A degree level qualification with a medical or biology focus would be advantageous (but not essential)
Some understanding of the key risk factors relating to mortality and morbidity

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you.

The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
Generous pension contribution
Life assurance
Private medical insurance (permanent employees only)
At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years' service. There's also the option to buy and sell holiday
Competitive family leave
Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice
There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we've grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands.

We're all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.
At L&G, you'll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we're supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there's over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G.

Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.
We don't just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all.

That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status.

In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.
We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.
we're always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we're committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.