Financial Lines Underwriter

Role Description

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an Underwriter to join our successful Financial Lines team  role will be located in London, Maidstone, Chelmsford or Bristol and you will be required to do 3 days a week on site/in office.

As part of this growth and ambition, we are now looking for a talented, ambitious and passionate underwriting professional to join us on our journey to build a ‘Best in Industry’ team which sets the gold standard within the Allianz Group.

The role will include everything from pricing risks, chasing new business, and analysing claims data, to implementing bespoke scheme arrangements; including answering day‑to‑day queries from Brokers, and ensuring that renewal terms are sent out in accordance with our compliance rules and regulations, developing broker relationships through regular broker visits and collaborating with your colleagues in other departments to support our ambitious growth plans.

Pay:
Circa £45,000
Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

As the Financial Lines Underwriter you will be responsible for;

• Underwriting new business enquiries received by brokers, actively engage in prospecting activities to secure new business growth.
• Negotiating within authority and referring where appropriate to maximise customer growth including persuading, influencing and convincing customers of the benefits of an opposed course of action.
• Providing excellent service to our customers
• Collaborating and building a successful relationship with the Regional and wider UK Financial Lines Team
• Building successful broker relationships
• Achieving agreed financial performance targets
• Collaborating strongly with other departments to achieve the Company’s goals in respect of service delivery
• Processing renewals and mid‑term adjustments
• Sending out documents to Brokers ensuring that we adhere to compliance and regulation

• Track record as a confident negotiator
• Experience of building, developing and maintaining positive broker relationships
• A good team player, supportive to others with an enthusiastic and positive attitude
• Highly customer focused with good influencing and negotiation skills
• Self‑motivated and able to work on own initiative

• Trading skills would be advantageous
• Responsible Artificial Intelligence usage.

We support the government scheme “Access to Work” please feel free to ask us about the access to work scheme.

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 days
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
• Retail discounts
• Volunteering days

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, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements.

Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive – Your work life balance is important to us.

At Allianz, we believe in fostering an inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our commitment to equal opportunities, gender equity, and balanced gender representation, is demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion,…