Allianz Insurance
Underwriting Manager Motor Fleet
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Underwriting Manager Motor Fleet
Senior Underwriting Lead (Portfolio & Performance) – Allianz Birmingham
Role Overview
You will lead underwriting delivery within your business area, driving strong portfolio performance, technical excellence, and profitable growth. This is a key leadership role, where you will develop underwriting capability while ensuring disciplined, high-quality decision-making aligned to strategy.
Location & Working Arrangement
- Birmingham (our UK headquarters)
- Hybrid role: Expected to work in the office at least 2 days per week
Salary & Total Reward Package
Pay is dependent on experience, skills, and location and forms part of our comprehensive benefits package.
About the Role
Key responsibilities include:
- Monitor account and portfolio performance, identifying under- and over-performance and implementing corrective actions
- Deliver KPI targets across complex cases and portfolios, aligned with line of business strategy
- Apply underwriting authority with a clear understanding of profit-and-loss (P&L) impact and portfolio performance
- Make key commercial decisions to support profitable growth and strengthen distribution relationships
- Support business development activities in line with distribution segmentation strategy
- Conduct underwriting inspections, account control and quality reviews as required
- Design and deliver technical training, mentoring, and coaching for underwriting teams
- Partner with Head Office and training teams to establish technical capability frameworks
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Sales, Distribution, Pricing, Claims, Operations) to support delivery and performance
- Represent Allianz in both internal and external forums, engaging with key stakeholders
- Lead, motivate, and develop a team of underwriters to drive high performance and engagement
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Essential Requirements
The ideal candidate will possess:
- Strong technical underwriting expertise, including knowledge of policy wordings, clauses, and non-standard cover
- Ability to assess risk, pricing, and terms, applying risk management principles
- Understanding of claims drivers and strategies for mitigating risk
- In-depth knowledge of underwriting governance, legislation, and regulatory frameworks
- Ability to interpret statistical and performance data, identifying trends and growth opportunities
- Familiarity with reinsurance principles, including treaty and facultative arrangements
- Strong commercial acumen and expertise in portfolio and account management
- Proven leadership capability and experience in managing or developing underwriting teams
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to balance technical excellence with business performance and growth objectives
Desirable Qualifications & Experience:
- ACII qualification or equivalent industry experience
- Completion of underwriting academy modules or other professional development programs
- Knowledge of project or change delivery frameworks within underwriting environments
- Experience contributing to product development or segmentation activities
- A strong track record of delivering against challenging objectives
- Familiarity with responsible AI usage in underwriting
Benefits & Perks
Work Category: Trusted Recognized for your contributions, we offer:
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- Flexible buy/sell holiday options
- Hybrid working flexibility
- Annual performance-related bonus
- Contributory pension scheme
- Professional development days
- Allianz insurance discounts (up to 50% on car, home, and pet cover) + global retail discounts
- Volunteering days
- Global career opportunities across the Allianz Group
- Corporate benefits of a market-leading insurance brand
Our Ways of Working
We prioritize work-life balance and adaptability. Our flexible approach supports hybrid working models to maximize your performance while balancing personal commitments. Allianz is an ABI Flexible Working Charter signatory.
Culture & Inclusion
At Allianz, we foster an inclusive and ethical culture devoted to:
- Integrity & fairness
- Equality and gender equity (EDGE Certified, Women in Finance Charter member)
- Neurodiversity and disability inclusion (Disability Confident Employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Armed Forces Covenant gold standard)
- Supportive adjustments for employees with disabilities (assistive technology, flexible arrangements, mentoring, or ergonomic solutions)
Accessible Application Programme Under the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions. If eligible, fi opt into our "Offer an Interview" scheme to ensure fair representation.
Contact for support: 📧 Hr-recruitment@allianz.co.uk | ✉️ Aoife Magee (application coordinator)
Closing date: 08/07/2026 (or earlier if applications exceed expectations)
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