Policy Documentation and Administration

• Ensure accurate policy documentation issued to broker (where AGCS responsibility to do so) or broker has issued documentation (where broker responsibility).
• File maintenance – ensure file is established (whether electronic or paper) and maintained for each risk and transaction handled.
• Proactively support completion of policy administration and credit control processes.

Underwriting Strategy & Leadership

• Contribute to development and execution of regional Underwriting strategy for LoB regionally.
• Training, developing and coaching of less experienced staff (including Underwriters).
• Manage complex referrals from underwriters and spokes and re-underwrite complex business as appropriate.
• Delegate work as appropriate.

Market Management

• Proactively support acquisition of new business and retention of existing business for large clients (including client and broker negotiations where necessary).
• Proactively liaise with MMC on market management initiatives.

Relationship Management

• Positively represent AGCS externally to the market with key brokers / distribution channels.
• Proactively drive involvement of functional areas in Underwriting process, including e.g. MMC, ARC, Claims, Operations.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key brokers and clients and other relevant stakeholders (e.g. risk managers).

What You’ll Bring To The Role

• At least 5 years’ experience as an Underwriter, Broker or relevant equivalent in the Marine Liability sector.
• Ideally CII qualified or equivalent or working towards it.
• Experience underwriting profitable business in the Marine Liability segment of large corporate international insurance.
• Recognised relationships with clients and brokers at peer group level and are well established within the market.
• Specialised understanding of international and local Marine Liability insurance markets and competitor landscape.
• Capable of leveraging data and analytics to make business more efficient and effective.
• Good understanding of the legal and regulatory framework.
• Ability to design, develop and implement consistent, robust wordings for contracts.
• Experience in applying artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to improve business processes and decision-making is highly beneficial.

Job Details

• Role: Underwriting
• Level: Professional
• Company: Allianz Commercial
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Contract Type: Permanent

What’s in it for you?

Let’s Care About Everything That Makes You, You

We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. We offer a hybrid working model, which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working. Please feel free to discuss flexible working arrangements with us.

Let’s Care for Your Financial Wellbeing

We believe in rewarding performance with a great compensation and benefits package (details vary by location), including a generous bonus scheme and pension.

Let’s Care for Your Opportunities to Progress

From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.

Let’s Care for Life’s Twists and Turns

From our support for flexible working, health and wellbeing (including private healthcare and generous parental leave benefits), to helping people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach. We've got your back.

Let’s Care for Our Society and Our Planet

With opportunities to be engaged in shaping a future that is safe, inclusive and sustainable, we care for the tomorrows of our people, our industry and our clients.

Care to Join Us?

Allianz Commercial is the center of expertise of Allianz Group, insuring mid-sized businesses, large enterprises, and special risks. Our customers include top consumer brands, financial institutions, industry leaders, the global aviation and shipping industries, as well as family-owned and medium-enterprises. We also cover unique risks such as offshore wind farms, infrastructure projects and film productions. Our clients trust us to provide a wide range of traditional and alternative risk transfer solutions, outstanding risk consulting and multinational services, and seamless claims handling. Allianz Commercial helps customers to prepare for what's ahead.

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At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.

People With Disabilities

We want to give all our candidates the best opportunity to succeed. If you need any adjustments to be made during the application and selection process, please email agcsglobalcareers@allianz.com

Recruitment Agencies:

Allianz Commercial has an in-house recruitment team, which focuses on sourcing great candidates directly. Allianz Commercial does not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired. When we do use agencies, we have a PSL in place, so please do not contact managers directly. Failure to comply could/may result in the disqualification of the candidates and/or the termination of our contract and/or fees not being paid.