Underwriter, Insurance

Role Description

We’re growing and we’re looking for a talented Property & Casualty Underwriter to be part of our successful Manchester team. A fantastic opportunity to shape your career in insurance.

Our Underwriters are at the forefront of key broker relationships and your role and skillset will be dedicated to the continued development of our ever growing account through the retention of existing business or a hunger to write and win new business. All roles will support business targets in relation to the servicing of Broker and Client accounts, and queries, ensuring you support and underwrite within your authority in order to deliver an excellent customer journey.

• Building strong relationships with brokers, negotiating effectively, and providing excellent customer service at all times.
• Working as part of a close-knit team to offer renewal terms and new business quotations before deadlines, along with mid-term adjustments, survey preparation, and other types of policy transaction as needed.
• Thorough checking and issuing of documents to clients.
• Learning about different areas of the business from industry-leading Underwriters
• Support the wider teams by being proactive, enthusiastic and by challenging yourself to go out of your comfort zone.
• Provide suggestions to continuously improve the business in an ever-changing environment

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

You will have an understanding of how to approach the evaluation of risks, as well as how to foster strong relationships with our broker clients. You’ll have the opportunity to develop a range of technical, commercial, and operational skills that are vital to your development and the business. You will become a key part of a team that will support you to accelerate your development.

You will work closely alongside Senior underwriters in a culture that is passionate about developing you. You will get underwriting exposure to a number of lines of business and there is great scope for progression.

• Previous experience in Underwriting, within Property and Casualty would be advantageous
• Passion about your development
• Confidence to take own initiative and be proactive within a team
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Attention to detail and good analytical skills to support in decision-making

• Existing CII qualification or a commitment to progressing towards CII qualifications is necessary for working within this technical team

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

• 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, Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.

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