Property & Casualty Underwriter

Property & Casualty Underwriter – Allianz UK

Join us for a challenging role as a Property & Casualty Underwriter at Allianz UK, based in Leeds (Hybrid, 3 days in office per week).

This is an exciting opportunity for us and one which will provide significant strides in our journey towards becoming the UK’s Number 1 Commercial Insurer. Allianz UK will drive profitable growth across this important segment and establish ourselves as the employer of choice.

As a result of this proposition, we’re looking for an experienced Property & Casualty Underwriter to join our fast paced and already successful team.

Pay:
Circa £40,000 per year, based on relevant experience, skills, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

• Handle general customers’ queries via telephone and in writing within agreed service standards.
• Underwrite existing cases and process mid‑term adjustments, including analysis and compiling data for authority referrals.
• Handle internal claims and account queries.
• Negotiate within authority and refer where appropriate to maximise customer retention, persuading, influencing and convincing customers of the benefits of an opposed course of action.
• Anticipate likely objections and build effective responses.
• Build strong relationships with brokers, negotiate effectively, and provide excellent customer service at all times.
• Work as part of a close‑knit team to offer renewal terms before deadlines and thoroughly check and issue renewal documents to clients.
• Learn about different areas of the business from industry‑leading underwriters.
• Support the wider teams by being proactive, enthusiastic and challenging yourself to go out of your comfort zone.
• Provide suggestions to continuously improve the business in an ever‑changing environment.

• Passion about your development.
• Taking initiative and being proactive within a team.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Attention to detail and good analytical skills.
• Good decision‑making skills.
• Existing CII qualification or a commitment to progressing towards CII qualifications is necessary.
• A good team player, supportive to others with an enthusiastic and positive attitude.
• Full working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

• 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

We support hybrid working patterns and flexible working hours where possible. If it’s right for customers, the business and you, we’ll do everything we can to make it happen.

Allianz is an equal opportunity employer committed to fairness, inclusion and trust. We are proud to hold accreditations such as EDGE, Women in Finance Charter membership, Disability Confident, Stonewall Diversity Champion, and more. We welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates and offer tailored adjustments.

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long‑term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme. Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application.

For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact:
Matthew Mckevitt or email .

Closing date: 09/01/26. We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.

• Job
• Job Category:
  Underwriting
• Professional Level: Professional
• Contract:
  
  Full‑Time | Permanent
• Location:
  
  Leeds, England, United Kingdom
• Senior Level: Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Finance and Sales
• Industry: Financial Services and Insurance