Senior Motor Trade Underwriter

Allianz UK; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits package

Hybrid working

Annual performance bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Development days

Insurance product discounts up to 50%

Retail discounts

Volunteering days

Job summary

Allianz UK is seeking an experienced Senior Motor Trade Underwriter to join our National Centre of Excellence. You will own high-value new business, build broker partnerships, and drive profitable growth in a hybrid model with 2–3 days in office locations across the UK.

You’ll participate in the Allianz Global P&C Academy, enhance underwriting skills, and support professional qualifications like IFoA and CII. This senior role offers influence, visibility, and impact within a market-leading team.

Qualifications

• Underwrite and negotiate Motor Trade business, including complex/high-value risks, in line with Allianz underwriting standards and risk appetite.
• Develop and manage a new business pipeline, converting opportunities into profitable outcomes.
• Build and maintain strong, trusted broker relationships, acting as a visible underwriting partner.
• Actively engage with brokers through face-to-face meetings, networking and market activity where required.
• Achieve agreed financial and operational targets, supporting sustainable growth.
• Collaborate with distribution, operations, and underwriting colleagues to deliver seamless customer outcomes.
• Provide guidance to colleagues on referrals and quality assurance when needed.
• Deliver high-quality service with sound underwriting judgement and analytical rigour.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite and negotiate new and existing Motor Trade risks, including complex and higher-value cases.
• Develop pipeline and convert opportunities into profitable outcomes.
• Maintain strong broker relationships and act as underwriting partner.
• Engage with brokers through meetings, networking and market activity.
• Meet financial and operational targets to support growth.
• Collaborate with internal teams for seamless customer outcomes.
• Mentor and sign off referrals and help with quality assurance.
• Deliver consistently high-quality service using rigorous underwriting.

Skills

Motor Trade underwriter

Technical underwriting

Negotiation skills

Relationship management

Analytical ability

UK general insurance

Job description

Description

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Motor Trade Underwriter to join our National Centre of Excellence.

You’ll take ownership of complex, high-value new business, build strong broker relationships, and help drive profitable growth. This is a pivotal role within Allianz UK’s ambition to become the UK’s number one commercial insurer, offering real influence, visibility, and impact in a fast‑growing, market‑leading team.

You’ll participate in the Allianz Global P&C Academy, enhancing your skills in underwriting, risk engineering, pricing, and claims management while exchanging best practices across the Allianz Group. Allianz Insurance supports professional qualifications, such as IFoA and CII, where considered appropriate for business and individuals.

This is a hybrid role will involve working from home combined with a minimum of 2-3 days per week in one of our offices in Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Chelmsford, Bristol or Southampton.

Salary Information

Pay: Circa £55,000 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

As one of our Senior Motor Trade Underwriters, you’ll

• Underwrite and negotiate new and existing Motor Trade business, including complex and higher-value risks, in line with Allianz underwriting standards and risk appetite.
• Develop and manage a new business pipeline, converting opportunities into profitable outcomes.
• Build and maintain strong, trusted broker relationships, acting as a visible and credible underwriting partner.
• Actively engage with brokers through face-to-face meetings, networking, and market activity where required.
• Achieve agreed financial and operational performance targets, supporting sustainable growth.
• Collaborate effectively with distribution, operations, and underwriting colleagues to deliver seamless customer outcomes.
• Providing support and guidance to colleagues on lower license levels, signing off referrals and working on quality assurance
• Deliver a consistently high-quality service, applying sound underwriting judgement and analytical rigour to every decision.

Essential Skills

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Proven experience underwriting Motor Trade commercial insurance.
• Strong technical underwriting and risk assessment capability, including complex or non-standard risks.
• Demonstrated trading, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Excellent relationship management and communication skills.
• Strong analytical, numerical, and decision-making ability.
• Good understanding of the UK general insurance market.

Desirable Skills

• Experience in a new business or growth‑focused underwriting role.
• Experience working within, or supporting, a Centre of Excellence or national operating model.
• Responsible use of digital or AI-enabled underwriting tools to enhance service and decision-making.

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

Closing date 11/09/26

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

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