Assistant Underwriter - Property & Casualty

Assistant Underwriter - Property & Casualty

Allianz UK have a fantastic opportunity to join our dynamic Property & Casualty team in Manchester as an Underwriting Assistant. This is a unique opportunity to launch or grow your career within a globally respected insurance brand, where your contributions truly matter and your growth is actively supported.

Allianz Insurance offers a generous study package to enable the actuarial qualification to be obtained through the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in the UK.

Our team values continuous learning, you can enjoy free access to top training platforms like Data Camp, Databricks Academy, and Linked In Learning. Additionally, we host Lunch and Learn sessions on key business topics hosted by experts across the team and monthly insight sessions, including the Data Science Forum and analyst forum, to refine your technical skills.

• The purpose of this role is to support with Underwriting activities by handling administrator task for the team.
• Assist in delivering excellent customer service and supporting Underwriters with completion of preparatory work.
• Participate in the Global P& C Academy accreditation to enhance your skills in Underwriting.
• Support with Risk, Pricing and claim management.

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

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

• Providing timely and accurate administrative support activity for internal and external customers ensuring that they have the tools required to undertake their role.
• Completing Underwriting support work and processing.
• Handling incoming internal and external customer queries both verbally and in writing.
• Building relationships with internal teams to deliver efficient processes and procedures.
• Applying and maintains underwriting standards on cases up to own underwriting authority and refers cases when appropriate.

We don't expect you to know everything from day one, but the following will enable you to hit the ground running:

• Full working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Understands team processes and procedures.
• Understanding of renewal, new business and mid-term adjustment procedures.
• Understands basic products and covers.

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

• Previous Insurance experience however this is not a requirement.

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…