Senior Motor Fleet Underwriter | Southampton, UK

Allianz; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Allianz is seeking a Senior Motor Fleet Underwriter for its Southampton branch. This hybrid role offers an opportunity to develop key broker relationships while participating in professional training programs, enhancing your skills in underwriting and business development. You will handle significant accounts and strive for performance excellence within a supportive learning environment.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Annual performance related bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Development days

Discounts on insurance products

Access to training platforms like LinkedIn Learning

Qualifications

• Experience in motor fleet underwriting.
• Skilled in developing broker relationships.
• Ability to achieve financial and operational targets.

Responsibilities

• Act as a Senior Authority holder focused on large business retention.
• Build and develop successful broker relationships.
• Achieve agreed financial and operational performance targets.

Skills

Motor fleet commercial underwriting experience

Positive broker relationship management

Negotiation skills

Team player

Education

ACII qualification (preferred)

Job description

Role Description

An exciting opportunity for a Senior Motor Fleet Underwriter has arisen to join the successful Southampton branch on a hybrid basis.

You will play an active role in developing the branch account in terms of growth and profitability through negotiating and securing profitable business.

You'll participate in the Global P&C Academy accreditation, enhancing your skills in underwriting, risk engineering, pricing, and claims management while exchanging best practices across the Allianz Group. Furthermore, for pricing-based roles, Allianz Insurance offers a generous study package to enable the actuarial qualification to be obtained through the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in the UK.

Our team values continuous learning, you can enjoy free access to top training platforms like DataCamp, Databricks Academy, and LinkedIn Learning. Additionally, we host Lunch and Learn sessions on key business topics hosted by experts across the team and monthly insight sessions, including the Data Science Forum and analyst forum, to refine your technical skills.

Salary Information

Pay: Circa £52,500 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

As a Senior Motor Fleet Underwriter, your responsibilities will include:

• Acting as a Senior Authority holder focussed on winning and retaining business of a large and complex nature
• To build and develop successful Broker relationships
• To be visible in the local market, you will thrive on face to face contact with brokers and end customers

• Provide excellent service and develop business relationships with key clients

• To achieve agreed financial and operational performance targets

Essential Skills

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Motor fleet commercial underwriting experience

• The ability to build, develop and maintain positive broker relationships.
• A good team player, supportive to others with an enthusiastic and positive attitude
• Good influencing and negotiation skills.
• Strong capability for team working.

Desirable Skills

• Studying towards or prepared to study for ACII

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.

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.

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

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

Closing date 26/06/25

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