Underwriting Team Manager

Role Description

Allianz Commercial South Region is looking for a dedicated Underwriting Team Manager to join our Chelmsford leadership team to lead and support one of our fantastic underwriting teams.

The right candidate will be a strong operational team leader who will work within an established team of Mid-Market P&C underwriters, taking ownership of day-to-day operational results. They will have the skill set to lead the team in a professional way, delivering a high standard of service to both external and internal customers.

This role is based in Chelmsford and will report into the Branch Manager.

About You

This is an excellent position for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our Chelmsford Leadership Team, working with a team of Insurance professionals who are recognised as experts within their field.

We offer a great environment to support and nurture development. This is an ideal opportunity for an individual constantly looking to develop and enhance their own skill set who will ensure the technical and professional development of their team is an ongoing priority and instil an ethos of continuous development.

Skills & Experience:

• Experience of leading a team, monitoring performance and ensuring your team is focussed on the key challenges at all times ideally within an insurance environment is desirable but not essential.
• You must enjoy interacting with others, building strong internal and external relationships and have excellent communication skills to drive and foster a positive team culture.
• You should be confident handling, analysing and interpreting data.
• You should thrive in a fast-paced environment and get a sense of achievement meeting goals and targets.
• Evidence of personal and professional development and commitment to undertake continued professional development is essential.
• Insurance experience is an advantage.

• You should have experience to effectively prioritise and organise work to maximise opportunities and deliver the business result by:
• Empowering your team to operate utilising best practice in operational efficiency.
• Enabling your team to operate to best advantage by ensuring technical training, authority level advancement and underwriting capability is maximised.
• Monitoring and reporting of relevant KPIs.
• Positively roll out new processes and enthusiastically support change and drive morale as required.
• Project management as required.

• Providing support to all stakeholders.
• Enthusiastically embrace One Allianz and understand the range of propositions that we have to offer, both within Allianz UK and globally.
• Ensure compliance, both personally and in your team, with corporate governance, Allianz Standards Underwriting (ASU) and regulatory requirements.
• Support Compliance and Corporate Governance across underwriting discipline.

What We Will Offer You

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
• Annual performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet

Our Ways of Working

Do you need some 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.

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.

Accessible Application for All

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role.

Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications.