Property and Casualty Underwriting Manager

Role Description

Ready to shape the future of commercial underwriting? Elevate your career to new heights.

This is your moment to step into a role where your expertise drives real impact.

We're looking for a high-performing Underwriting Manager with deep expertise in Property and Casualty to drive growth and deliver results from our Leeds office.

The purpose of this role is to contribute towards delivery of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) through the monitoring of account performance, control of underwriting standards, business development activity and ensuring that business written is done so in a technically excellent manner, adhering to underwriting authority and standards.

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

• Monitors the performance of accounts and lines of business within the business unit, identifying under and over performance, implementing remedial and opportunity actions as appropriate.
• Delivers KPI targets across complex cases/portfolios worked upon to deliver the high level line of business strategies and understands Account Management principles and the impact of portfolio changes or individual cases on the account.
• Adheres to Underwriting Authority and understands the impact portfolio or case decisions have on Profit and Loss and the achievement of plan.
• Makes important Commercial business decisions when they are required to support profitable development of supplier relationships, supporting the distribution segmentation strategy and delivery of plan. Provides support to stakeholders on business development activities.
• Undertakes and reports on Underwriting Inspections (where required), account control and quality review programs.
• Produces Technical training material and is experienced in training, mentoring and coaching. In conjunction with Head Office and training coordinator, organises and leads Technical training. Participates in assessment, design and delivering of technical training as required.
• Liaises with all other appropriate internal parties including Sales and Distribution, Pricing, Claims and Operations and represents the Company at internal and external forums.

• An in-depth understanding of the make-up of policy wordings, clauses and non-standard covers available and their implications with an ability to convey that understanding.
• Able to identify cover and hazards influencing the acceptance, pricing or terms applicable to a risk and apply risk management techniques and appropriate underwriting rules to ensure sufficient breadth of risks is available to the Company.
• Understanding of the skills and tools required for effective Underwriting and has the ability to use these key skills to underwrite risks profitably.
• Understands causes and costs of claims and can apply appropriate risk management tools to mitigate loss.
• In-depth understanding of relevant legislation and its application by Line of Business.
• Demonstrates an understanding of Underwriting skills required to actively contribute to segmentation and product development activities.
• Understanding of Treaty and facultative reinsurance programmes and how facultative reinsurance can be used to widen risk acceptance or control exposure.
• Ability to interpret statistical data, including identification of trends, influences and anomalies on a case-by-case and local account basis.
• Full working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• High level Underwriting Authority in Line of Business achieved or being worked towards.

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.

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