Legal Expenses Underwriter

Allianz Popular SL.; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading insurance company as an Underwriter in Bristol, where you'll manage portfolios and develop strong relationships with brokers. This hybrid role offers excellent career development opportunities, a supportive environment, and a competitive salary package. Enjoy flexible working options and a range of benefits including bonuses and pension schemes.

Benefits

Flexible buy/sell holiday options

Annual performance related bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Discounts on insurance products

Qualifications

• Experience in underwriting Legal Expenses insurance.
• Ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines.
• Commitment to progressing towards internal and CII qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Manage portfolios with a focus on growth and profitability.
• Handle new business and renewal referrals across ATE & BTE accounts.
• Collaborate with other departments to achieve service delivery goals.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Relationship Management

Attention to Detail

Numerical Reasoning

Decision Making

Education

GCSE Maths and English

Tools

MS Office

MS Outlook

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for an Underwriter to join our successful Legal Expenses business.

Working as part of a close-knit team based in Bristol, we offer a great environment to support and nurture personal and technical development, including participation in our award winning Excellence in Technical underwriting academy.

No risk is the same, so you’ll need to use your analytical and communication skills, as well as technical knowledge to ensure customer satisfaction, influence our distributors and develop strong trading relationships to ensure customer retention.

You will play an active role managing our portfolios with a focus on growth and profitability across out ATE & BTE accounts.

We are looking for an underwriter who can trade and underwrite new business and renewals with our brokers and distributors.

You will have involvement in all aspects of Underwriting and account management including working with policy documentation updates, product refreshes, pricing and handling referrals.

This is a hybrid role based out of our Bristol Victoria St office.

Salary Information

Pay: Circa £37,000 per year.

Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

About You

• Providing excellent service to our customers
• To build and develop successful Broker relationships
• To develop business relationships with key stakeholders
• Handle new business and renewal referrals across ATE & BTE accounts
• Manage policy wording library and documentation updates
• Assist in managing the constant review of the shape and quality of incoming business. Ensuring that Pricing/Underwriting integrity is maintained
• Providing detailed analysis of portfolio experience and provide tangible actions to ensure continued profitability
• Support distribution in creation of legal expenses schemes for key pipeline targets
• To achieve agreed financial and operational performance targets
• To collaborate strongly with other departments to achieve the Company's goals in respect of service delivery
• Excellent relationship management skills.
• Practical knowledge of MS Office and MS Outlook.
• Good Numerical and verbal reasoning skills.
• Excellent verbal influencing and trading skills.
• An understanding of the general insurance market
• GCSE Maths and English or relevant equivalent experience
• Taking initiative and being proactive within a team
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Attention to detail and good analytical and decision making skills
• Experience in underwriting Legal Expenses insurance
• Passionate about your own development, so commitment to progressing towards internal and CII qualifications is necessary for working within this technical team
• Ability to multi task at pace and the ability to work hard on own initiative and be achievement oriented.
• Able to organise own workload to meet tight deadlines and support the team in delivering excellent service levels
• A good team player. Supportive to others with an enthusiastic and positive attitude.
• Resilient and adaptable to change.

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
• 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 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.

For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: Daniel Leeming

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

Join us - Let’s Care for Tomorrow.

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72504 | Underwriting | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz UK | Full-Time | Permanent