Property & Liability Underwriting Manager

Allianz UK; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance provider is seeking a Property and Liability Underwriting Manager to join their Head Office team. This hybrid role in London requires expertise in commercial underwriting and portfolio management, focusing on delivering KPIs and fostering technical excellence. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, extensive underwriting experience, and the ability to mentor junior staff while ensuring profitability in decision-making.

Benefits

Flexible buy/sell holiday options

Annual performance related bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Development days

Discounts on insurance products

Retail discounts

Volunteering days

Qualifications

• Outstanding commercial underwriting skills with portfolio management experience.
• Ability to select appropriate products and rates while recognizing hazards.
• Understanding internal and external provider processes.
• Aware of causes and costs of claims and risk management tools.
• Strong data analysis skills for recommendations and decisions.
• Effective account management with large cases.

Responsibilities

• Deliver KPI targets across complex cases.
• Adhere to Underwriting Authority for profitability decisions.
• Monitor portfolio performance to identify opportunities.
• Produce technical training materials and mentor underwriters.

Skills

Technical underwriting skills

Data analysis skills

Account management expertise

Negotiation skills

Leadership abilities

Job description

Role Description

We have an exciting role to join our Head Office Property and Casualty Underwriting Team, as a Property and Liability Underwriting Manager.

This is a key role within the P&C Insights and Portfolio Management Team. It will play a leading role in delivering the planned objectives including developing our underwriting strategy across the portfolio.

The purpose of this role is being a Commercial Property and Liability technical expert, contributing towards delivery of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) through the monitoring of account performance, control of underwriting standards, business development activity and ensuring that business written is done so in a technically excellent manner, adhering to underwriting authority and standards.

This role will play a pivotal part in developing the technical excellence capabilities of the Property account, supporting the transformational change and creating a proposition seen as best in the market.

This is a hybrid role based in our Guildford office.

About You

Reporting into the Head of Property and Casualty Account Manager, this role will also be responsible for the following:

• Delivers KPI targets across complex cases/portfolios worked upon to deliver the high level line of business strategies and understands Account Management principles and the impact of portfolio changes or individual cases on the account.
• Adheres to Underwriting Authority and understands the impact portfolio or case decisions have on Profit and Loss and the achievement of plan.
• Makes important Commercial business decisions when they are required to support profitable development of relationships, supporting the distribution segmentation strategy and delivery of plan.
• Undertakes and reports on Underwriting Inspections, account control and quality review programmes.
• Produces Technical training material and is experienced in training, mentoring and coaching. Participates in assessment, design and delivering of technical training as required.
• Be a senior technical referral point liaising and collaborating with underwriters and underwriting manager’s throughout the branch network by supporting, guiding, encouraging and coaching.
• Monitors the performance of the portfolios, identifying under and over performance, implementing remedial and opportunity actions as appropriate.
• Makes important Commercial business decisions when they are required to support profitable development of the portfolios, supporting the distribution segmentation strategy and delivery of plan.
• Train, coach and develop Regional underwriters and team members

Essential Skills

To be a success in this role, you will have outstanding and proven technical underwriting skills in Commercial Underwriting and Portfolio Management experience as well as the following:

• Able to select the appropriate product for a trade/risk and apply/recommend appropriate rates and terms having recognised any increased hazards and collected sufficient information to allow a decision to be made or referral agreed.
• Understanding of the skills and tools required for effective Underwriting and has the ability to use these key skills to underwrite risks profitably.
• Understands internal and external provider processes and how this may impact on product delivery and performance.
• Aware of causes and costs of claims and risk management tools and their application.
• Understands the make-up of policy wordings and clauses with a basic understanding of non-standard covers available.
• Strong data analysis skills and ability to make recommendations and decisions
• Effective account management experience and expertise in handling large cases and arrangements
• Driven, confident negotiator, strong people skills, achievement orientated, ability to lead a team

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 18/11/25

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

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