Commercial Motor Underwriting Manager

Role Description We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join the Allianz Commercial CUO Motor Team as a Commercial Motor Underwriting Manager, reporting to the Senior Underwriting Manager. The Commercial Motor portfolio is one of the largest lines of business in Allianz UK making it integral to the continued success of Allianz Commercial.  The role provides an exciting opportunity to shape the growth and profitability ambitions for the account, exploring market opportunities, developing improved segmentation and optimising the use of pricing data assets.

Location:

This is a hybrid role, with the expectation to be in office 2 days per week. We are flexible on location, but primary office locations are London and Guildford. Salary Information Pay:
Circa 72,000 per year.

Pay is dependent on experience, skills and location and is part of our total reward package.

The Role

Your role will vary day to day, but here is a bit of what you can expect:

Supporting the delivery of growth and profitability in line with the portfolio objectives.

Your responsibilities will include product development, underwriter development, thought leadership as well as supporting our regional offices.

Supporting the development of superior technical underwriting and analytical skills.

Developing and applying appropriate risk management offerings and techniques.

Maintaining and improving underwriting standards.

Ensuring that appropriate targets, objectives and development plans to support the accounts aspirations to grow profitably.

Collaborate closely with Senior Underwriting Managers and Principal Underwriters to strengthen underwriting capability and drive continuous improvement.

Support underwriting governance and audit activities across Mid-Market and Digital portfolios, ensuring regulatory compliance, robust controls, and the identification of risks and improvement opportunities.

Essential Skills To be a success in this role, you will have a strong commercial background as well as the following:

Outstanding Commercial Motor technical underwriting ability

In depth knowledge of the Commercial Motor market

Strong leadership skills

Proven account management skills

Strong negotiating/influencing skills

Engaging and confident communication skills

Excellent presentation skills Excellent numerical and analytical ability

We are looking for somebody with:

Experience of Underwriting Motor Fleet business

Experience of working within a general insurer environment with responsibility for top and bottom-line performance of a portfolio or suite of portfolios

Supervisory/management/team leadership experience

Strong record of delivery against challenging objectives

Proven ability to understand key underwriting concepts and principles

Professional qualified such as ACII or equivalent would be preferable

Responsible Artificial Intelligence usage

What We Will Offer You Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:

Flexible buy/sell holiday options

Hybrid working

Annual performance related bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Development daysA discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet Retail discounts

Volunteering days

Our Ways of Working Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz,…