Senior Underwriter Construction

Allianz Commercial; Paris; Hybride; EUR 78 000 - 104 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid working model

Private healthcare

Pension

Résumé du poste

Allianz Commercial is seeking a Senior Underwriter Construction based in Paris la Défense. You will underwrite profitable new and renewal business, negotiate terms with brokers, and manage key accounts while collaborating with global construction teams.

The role requires extensive experience in engineering lines, strong risk assessment, and a client-centric approach. The position offers a hybrid work model in France with a competitive base salary, performance-based bonus potential, and

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering, finance, insurance, risk management, economics or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of proven underwriting experience in engineering lines and construction.
• Fluent in English and French.

Responsabilités

• Underwrite new business and renewal accounts to meet targets within underwriting guidelines.
• Negotiate terms, pricing and conditions with brokers; manage regional portfolio capacity.
• Understand Nat Cat scenarios and catastrophe modeling for risk evaluation.
• Ensure contract certainty and use of pricing tools.
• Contribute to regional underwriting strategy and build broker/client relationships.
• Support learning of junior team members and assist with policy administration.

Connaissances

Underwriting

Risk assessment

Analytical skills

Negotiation

Communication

Client relationships

AI-driven insights

Formation

Engineering/Finance/Insurance/Risk Management or related degree

Outils

Catastrophe modeling

Global pricing tools

Description du poste

We are looking for a Senior Underwriter Construction, based in Paris la Défense.

Your Team

Allianz Commercial specializes in providing comprehensive and customized insurance services and solutions for clients across the entire construction industry. As industrial specialists, we have a long-standing tradition of supporting our clients with their construction risks, both in the French market and in global risk insurance placements, on a lead and follow basis. Allianz Commercial’s highly experienced underwriters have a proven track record of finding flexible solutions to the challenges brokers and their clients face. We have expert global construction insurance teams, backed by Allianz Commercial’s market-leading capacity and our ability to underwrite risks in over 200 countries and territories. Our underwriters are also able to deploy significant capacity on a global scale.

The Impact You Will Have

Reporting to the Regional Head Construction, you will underwrite profitable new and renewal business to meet the regional targets of the Construction Line of Business (LoB), in accordance with underwriting guidelines and underwriting authority. You will negotiate terms and conditions and take ownership of your own key accounts/clients as well as develop and maintain strong relationships with our broking and client partners in co-ordination with our distribution / client relationship team. You will actively listen to clients' needs to propose tailored insurance solutions that address their specific challenges. You will build and nurture strong, trusted relationships with brokers, positioning yourself as a strategic partner. You will negotiate terms and conditions in co-ordination with our distribution / client relationship team.

Some Of Your Specific Responsibilities Will Include

• Underwrite new business and renewal accounts to meet top and bottom-line targets in line with Underwriting Guidelines.
• Negotiate participation, pricing, terms and conditions with brokers. Proactively manage regional portfolio capacity.
• Underwrite and evaluate Natural Catastrophe Accumulation, ensuring an understanding of catastrophe modeling and interpretation of Nat Cat scenarios.
• Underwrite in line with LoB governance framework, eg. underwriting authorities, global underwriting guidelines, rules and principles.
• Ensure contract certainty is achieved on all accounts at time of inception.
• Ensure utilization of global pricing tools.
• Contribute to development and execution of regional Underwriting strategy for the Line of Business (LoB) and support key business initiatives.
• Proactively identify and understand clients' evolving needs to design and propose tailored risk solutions that support their business objectives.
• Develop and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with brokers, acting as a preferred and responsive underwriting partner.
• Drive innovative solutions by actively collaborating with local and global construction teams, leveraging cross-market expertise and best practices.
• Foster a client-centric approach, ensuring responsiveness and adaptability in all interactions with brokers and clients.
• Build, deepen and sustain long-term relationships with clients and brokers, ensuring a deep understanding of their strategic priorities and business need.
• Contribute to internal key projects.
• Ensure file is established and maintained for each risk and transaction.
• Assist with the learning and development of more junior team members.
• Proactively support completion of policy administration and credit control processes.
• Positively represent Allianz Commercial externally to the market.

What You’ll Bring To The Role

• Preferably a degree in Engineering, Finance, Insurance, Risk Management, Economics or other appropriate discipline
• A minimum of 5 years’ proven track record in underwriting profitable engineering lines and construction business. In depth understanding of LoB products and portfolio
• Specialized understanding of regional/local LoB insurance markets and competitor landscape
• Demonstrable, established relationships with brokers at peer group level and well-established within the market
• Good understanding of legal and regulatory framework
• Ability to assess risk inherent exposures and natural hazards relevant to LoB
• Ability to design, develop and implement consistent and robust wordings
• Ability to manage portfolio and analyze trends and loss scenarios
• Excellent analytical skills to analyze highly complex data, from multiple sources
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to persuade and motivate others
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain trusted, long-lasting partnerships with brokers at all levels
• Ability to integrate AI-driven insights into your work to optimize outcomes and support broader organizational goals
• Fluent English and French.

Role

For France, the base salary range for this position is between EUR 78 000 and EUR 104 000 (for a full-time role).

The specific salary offered considers:

• the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role,
• the applicant's own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialization, skills and experience.

The annualized amount represents a market range and will also be determined by the location of the role. In the situation where you do not meet all the job requirements or you significantly exceed these, the offered salary may be below or above the advertised range. In addition to your base salary, we offer an attractive performance-based variable component based on location specific regulations, and you may be eligible for additional benefits.

104392 | Underwriting | Professional | Allianz Commercial | Full-Time | 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.

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 matters, 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.

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