Allianz UK
Underwriting Manager Motor Trade
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Underwriting Delivery Manager
Key Leadership Role – Allianz
You will lead underwriting delivery within your business area, driving strong portfolio performance, technical excellence, and profitable growth. This is a critical leadership position where you will develop underwriting capability whilst ensuring disciplined, high-quality decision-making aligned to strategy.
Location
Candidates may be based at any of our South Region sites, with this being a hybrid working role (expectation to attend the office 2–3 times per week).
About the Role
Main responsibilities include:
- Monitor account and portfolio performance, identifying under- and over-performance and implementing appropriate actions
- Deliver KPI targets across complex cases and portfolios aligned to 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 activity in line with distribution segmentation strategy
- Conduct underwriting inspections, account control, and quality review activities when required
- Produce and deliver technical training, mentoring, and coaching to underwriting teams
- Partner with Head Office and training teams to design and deliver technical capability frameworks
- Collaborate with Sales, Distribution, Pricing, Claims, and Operations to support delivery and performance
- Represent Allianz in internal and external forums, engaging with key stakeholders
- Lead, motivate, and develop a team of underwriters to deliver strong results and high engagement
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Essential Skills
- Strong technical underwriting expertise, including policy wordings, clauses, and non-standard cover
- Ability to assess risk, pricing, and terms while applying risk management principles effectively
- Understanding of claims drivers and application of mitigation strategies
- Deep knowledge of underwriting governance, legislation, and regulatory frameworks
- Ability to interpret statistical and performance data to identify trends and opportunities
- Comprehensive understanding of reinsurance principles, including treaty and facultative arrangements
- Strong commercial acumen and grasp of portfolio and account management principles
- Proven leadership capability, with experience managing/building underwriting teams
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to balance technical excellence with business performance and growth objectives
Desirable Skills
- ACII qualification or equivalent industry experience
- Completion of underwriting academy modules or similar professional development
- Project or change delivery experience within underwriting environments
- Experience contributing to product development or segmentation activities
- Strong track record of delivering under challenging objectives
- Knowledge of responsible Artificial Intelligence (R-FAI) usage
Salary
Pay is dependent on experience, skills, and location, and is part of our total recompense package.
What We Offer
- Recognised and rewarded for a job well done. Customisable flexible benefits, including:
- Flexible buy/sell holiday options
- Hybrid working
- Annual performance-related bonus
- Contributory pension scheme
- Development days
- Discounts:
- Up to 50% off Allianz insurance product ranges (car, home, pet)
- Retail discounts
- Global career opportunities across the Allianz Group
- Fantastic training and development opportunities
- Volunteering days
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Our Values & Working Culture
Flexibility
Accommodates individual needs while maintaining business efficiency. Settling into a hybrid working approach is encouraged.
Allianz supports the ABI’s Flexible Working Charter.
Integrity • Fairness • Inclusion • Trust
- EDGE certified for gender inclusion
- Members of Women in Finance Charter
- Disability Confident employer
- Stonewall Diversity Champions
- Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter signatories
- Armed Forces Covenant Gold Standard Employer
Allianz passionately embraces neurodiversity and adapts applications to accommodate individuals with hidden disabilities, such as:
- Assistive technology, mentoring, or flexible arrangements to ensure success
Access for All
Allianz believes in inclusive recruiting. As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, candidates meeting the essential role skills are invited into the Offer an Interview Programme.
Support available for:
- Larger text assistance, hard-copy applications, or spoken interviews
Contact HR Recruitment for tailored support via: Hr-recruitment@allianz.co.uk
Closing Dates & Next Steps
- Closing date: 08 July 2026 (advert may close early with sufficient applications).
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