Senior Property and Casualty Underwriter - New Business

Allianz has an ambition to build a market leading Property and Casualty team within the Southern market. To support this, an excellent opportunity has arisen for a Senior Property and Casualty Underwriter to join our growing and already successful team in our Southampton office. Our Senior Property and Casualty Underwriters are at the forefront of key broker relationships, your role and skillset will be dedicated to the continued development of our ever growing account through a hunger to write and win new business. Your knowledge will play a pivotal role in the future development and success of the team. As part of your role, you will also have the opportunity to shape the future of the team through the training and development of underwriters. Your role will be varied and hands on with a variety of work including internal audits, assisting with account management and reporting. You will also be accountable for engaging fully in the cross sell culture, collaborating with your colleagues in other departments to support our ambitious growth plans. The role will play a key part in developing broker relationships including regular broker visits. Key Responsibilities

• Providing excellent service to our customers
• To build and develop successful broker relationships
• To be visible in the local market, you will thrive on face to face contact with brokers and end customers
• To develop business relationships with key clients
• To achieve agreed financial and operational performance targets
• To collaborate strongly with other departments to achieve the Company's goals in respect of service delivery
• Contribute to the development of others within the team
  
  You will be part of a close-knit team that works well together, to consistently deliver strong results. We are looking for someone that has an excellent knowledge of the Property and Casualty market and experience in writing new and profitable business and we would equally welcome applications from those with experience in any underwriting.
Skills & Experience: No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you have bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
• Outstanding technical underwriting skills in commercial Property and Casualty is essential.
• Excellent trading skills and a confident negotiator. Proven experience in handling large cases.
• Strong ability to build, develop and maintain broker relationships.
• Achievement orientated, able to organise own workload to meet tight deadlines and with a positive attitude.
• A good team player. Supportive to others with an enthusiastic and positive attitude.
• Confident and engaging communication skills with the ability to challenge and influence others.
• ACII qualified or progression towards - desirable
• Full working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
  
  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.
Diversity & Inclusion At Allianz, we prioritize diversity and inclusion, 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. We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success. We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it's assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.

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:
• 25 days holiday
• 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