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About the Role

This role is pivotal in the successful delivery of a new Policy Administration System (PAS) programme, supporting the next phase of underwriting and operational capabilities for Orvia Underwriting. You will partner with various teams and external vendors to shape how insurance products are built, traded, and managed.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with underwriting, pricing, and data teams to define detailed, build-ready requirements for insurance products.
Design and document risk capture question sets, data structures, validation rules, and product workflows.
Ensure all rating models and required data inputs are accurately captured and aligned with pricing requirements.
Define underwriting rules including eligibility criteria, referral triggers, authority limits, and declinature logic.
Gather and document policy document generation requirements, including schedules, invoices, policy wordings, and lifecycle communications.
Work with finance teams to define premium bordereaux and accounting output requirements.
Act as the key liaison between Orvia stakeholders and the PAS vendor's delivery team.
Clarify requirements, resolve ambiguities, and ensure solutions are delivered in line with agreed scope and business needs.
Maintain full requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
Support project planning, sequencing, dependency management, and release readiness activities.
Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) efforts across multiple product releases.
Create test plans, coordinate testing activities, and ensure comprehensive test coverage.
Support business users throughout the testing process to drive high-quality outcomes.
Record, manage, and track defects through to resolution and retesting.
Assist with product go-live activities and transition into business-as-usual operations.
Own and maintain project documentation, including requirements, specifications, analysis, decision logs, and change history.
Ensure Jira (or equivalent tooling) is used effectively as the single source of truth throughout delivery.

Requirements

Proven experience as a Business Analyst delivering insurance product build or configuration projects within a Policy Administration System environment.
Strong experience producing structured requirements documentation covering rating structures, risk capture question sets, underwriting rules, and policy and document templates.
Ability to work confidently with underwriters, actuaries, and pricing teams, challenging assumptions and driving clarity where required.
Experience working alongside third-party software vendors where requirements ownership sits with the business and delivery ownership sits with the vendor.
Hands-on UAT experience, including test planning, defect management, and test execution support.
Strong Jira (or similar) administration and documentation skills.

Skills

Business Analysis
Insurance Product Build
Policy Administration System (PAS)
Requirements Documentation
Rating Structures
Risk Capture
Underwriting Rules
Policy Templates
Document Templates
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Test Planning
Defect Management
Test Execution
Jira Administration
Jira Documentation
Insly
Acturis
Novidea
Instanda
Genasys
OpenGI
Duck Creek
Guidewire
MGA Experience
Delegated Authority
London Market Experience
Insurance Accounting
Bordereaux Production
Management Information
Reporting

Location

UK
Netherlands
Germany

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Experienced

About the Company

Orvia Underwriting is Ardonagh’s pan-European MGA, currently operating across the UK, Netherlands and Germany, with ambitious plans for further growth.
Orvia Underwriting is a pan‑European MGA built on connection and capability—delivering precise, insight‑driven underwriting and exceptional service for brokers and insurer partners.
At Orvia Underwriting, we believe in connection through expertise. Our pan‑European platform brings together the strongest underwriting talent in the industry.
Orvia is a home for specialists who want to push boundaries, learn from one another, and consistently deliver market‑leading results.
We connect brokers and insurance capacity through deep underwriting expertise and a culture defined by collaboration and trust.
Our success is built on strong relationships and a shared commitment to delivering the right outcomes for our partners.
Service is our competitive edge. Fast, reliable and responsive, we are built around the needs of brokers.
Powered by deep capacity partnerships, our underwriting combines speed, precision and consistency, strengthening confidence at every interaction.
A destination for exceptional talent. Attracting and developing top underwriting professionals is central to our ambition.
We invest in our people, creating opportunities to grow, lead and shape the future of underwriting at Orvia.

Equal Opportunity

Orvia Underwriting is an equal opportunities employer, with a growing and thriving diversity, equity and inclusion strategy; we are committed to a working environment that is free from discrimination, is inclusive, and empowers our people to bring their whole self to work and reach their full potential.