Commercial Motor Underwriting Manager

Allianz; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Annual bonus

Pension scheme

Development days

Insurance discounts

Job summary

Allianz in the United Kingdom is seeking a Commercial Motor Underwriting Manager to lead growth and profitability for the Motor portfolio. The hybrid role involves in-office presence, primarily in London or Guildford, with exposure to pricing data assets and market opportunities.

You will develop talent, improve underwriting standards, and partner with Senior Underwriting Managers to drive continuous improvement while ensuring regulatory compliance and governance across portfolios.

Qualifications

• Strong Commercial Motor technical underwriting knowledge.
• Experience in motor fleet underwriting.
• Proven line-management and leadership experience.
• Experience in general insurer environments with portfolio performance responsibility.
• Professional qualification like ACII preferred.
• Experience with AI usage in underwriting advisable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver growth and profitability in line with portfolio objectives.
• Develop products, underwriter talent, and thought leadership.
• Support regional offices and technical underwriting skills.
• Apply risk management techniques to underwriting offerings.
• Maintain underwriting standards and governance.
• Collaborate with senior managers to strengthen capability.
• Support audits and regulatory compliance across portfolios.

Skills

Motor underwriting

Leadership

Negotiation

Communication

Presentation

Analytical thinking

Underwriting Motor Fleet

Education

ACII or equivalent

Job description

Role Description

We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join the Allianz Commercial CUO Motor Team as a Commercial Motor Underwriting Manager, reporting to the Senior Underwriting Manager. The Commercial Motor portfolio is one of the largest lines of business in Allianz UK making it integral to the continued success of Allianz Commercial.

The role provides an exciting opportunity to shape the growth and profitability ambitions for the account, exploring market opportunities, developing improved segmentation and optimising the use of pricing data assets.

Location: This is a hybrid role, with the expectation to be in office 2 days per week. We are flexible on location, but primary office locations are London and Guildford.

Salary Information

Pay: Circa £72,000 per year.

Pay is dependent on experience, skills and location and is part of our total reward package.

The Role

Your role will vary day to day, but here is a bit of what you can expect:

• Supporting the delivery of growth and profitability in line with the portfolio objectives.
• Your responsibilities will include product development, underwriter development, thought leadership as well as supporting our regional offices.
• Supporting the development of superior technical underwriting and analytical skills.
• Developing and applying appropriate risk management offerings and techniques.
• Maintaining and improving underwriting standards.
• Ensuring that appropriate targets, objectives and development plans to support the accounts aspirations to grow profitably.
• Collaborate closely with Senior Underwriting Managers and Principal Underwriters to strengthen underwriting capability and drive continuous improvement.
• Support underwriting governance and audit activities across Mid-Market and Digital portfolios, ensuring regulatory compliance, robust controls, and the identification of risks and improvement opportunities.

Essential Skills

To be a success in this role, you will have a strong commercial background as well as the following:

• Outstanding Commercial Motor technical underwriting ability
• In depth knowledge of the Commercial Motor market
• Strong leadership skills
• Proven account management skills
• Strong negotiating/influencing skills
• Engaging and confident communication skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent numerical and analytical ability

We are looking for somebody with:

• Experience of Underwriting Motor Fleet business
• Experience of working within a general insurer environment with responsibility for top and bottom-line performance of a portfolio or suite of portfolios
• Supervisory/management/team leadership experience
• Strong record of delivery against challenging objectives
• Proven ability to understand key underwriting concepts and principles
• Professional qualified such as ACII or equivalent would be preferable
• Responsible Artificial Intelligence usage

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:

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options
• Hybrid working
• Annual performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Development days
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
• Retail discounts
• Volunteering days

Our Ways of Working

Do you need 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.

Inclusive Support & Accessibility

At Allianz, we are committed to fostering building an inclusive, accessible workplace where everyone can thrive. As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates and offer tailored adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace, whether that’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, flexible working arrangements, mentoring or coaching. We want to encourage candidates to speak with us about any adjustments they may need. We're here to support you.

If you have a disability or long-term health condition and meet the essential criteria, you can choose to be considered through our Offer an Interview Scheme.

Closing date 04/10/26

We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.

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