Head of Underwriting - Motor

Allianz Management Services Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance provider in the UK is seeking a Head of Underwriting - Motor to guide the technical direction of its Personal Lines portfolio. This hybrid position involves product management, technical governance, and collaboration across teams. Ideal candidates will have significant underwriting experience, knowledge of industry standards, and a proven ability to drive innovation in motor insurance. Competitive salary and flexible benefits are included.

Benefits

Flexible buy/sell holiday options

Hybrid working

Annual performance related bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Professional development days

Discounts on insurance products

Retail discounts

Volunteering days

Qualifications

• Substantial underwriting and/or portfolio management experience is essential.
• Knowledge and experience of underwriting rules and product development.
• Insurance industry knowledge required, participation in industry discussions preferred.
• Previous role in a senior underwriting position is a must.
• Project management steering experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert underwriting guidance and oversee risk acceptance.
• Drive technical leadership across the business.
• Develop and maintain appealing insurance products.
• Ensure compliance with governance and regulatory standards.
• Assess new underwriters and develop existing team.

Skills

Underwriting and portfolio management experience

Knowledge of underwriting rules development

Experience in personal lines trading environment

Insurance industry knowledge

Previous senior underwriting position

Project management experience

Job description

Head of Underwriting - Motor

Role Description

Join Allianz UK as our Head of Technical Underwriting - Motor and lead the strategic and technical direction of its Personal Lines Motor portfolio. This high‑impact role involves providing expert underwriting guidance, overseeing risk acceptance, and driving technical leadership across the business. The successful candidate will analyse emerging trends, translate insights into product innovation, and drive the development and implementation of underwriting strategy.

With responsibility for product management and technical governance, this role offers the opportunity to shape the future of motor insurance at Allianz through collaboration, innovation, and expert decision‑making.

This is a hybrid role requiring attendance at either our London, Bournemouth or Birmingham office. (50% per month)

About You

As our Head of Technical Underwriting, you’ll :

• Full technical responsibility for risk acceptance criteria and terms applied to new and existing customers.
• Develop and maintain products that are fit for, and attractive to, our target market and offer good value.
• Ensure full compliance with all relevant governance and regulatory standards, including timely closure of audit actions and appropriate product monitoring and control.
• To play a key role in the assessment of new underwriters, both at recruitment stage and initial sign off stage and the active development of the existing team.
• To grant individual underwriting authority, and ensure operation within authority at both individual and smart circle level.
• To steer projects and strategic activity, assessing impact on our existing underwriting capability and assisting with practical implementation.
• To attend industry events to keep abreast of underwriting issues and developments
• Take on a leading role in representing underwriting across the business, wider insurance industry and to customer via media channels and public speaking engagements

Essential skills

• Substantial underwriting and / or portfolio management experience
• Knowledge and experience of underwriting rules development, product development and personal lines trading environment
• Insurance industry knowledge required, and experience of taking part in wider industry discussions preferred
• Previous senior underwriting position held
• Previous project management / steering experience preferred

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.

Integrity, Fairness, Inclusion & Trust

At Allianz, we believe in fostering an inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our commitment to equal opportunities, gender equity, and balanced gender representation, is 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.

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For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact : Matthew Mckevitt

Closing date – 05 / 12 / 2025

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

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