Trainee Underwriter

27114 | Underwriting | Entry Level | Non-Executive | Allianz UK | Full-Time | Permanent

**Trainee Underwriter** - Graduate preferred

This is an excellent position for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our Commercial Insurance team in our Chelmsford Branch. You will be working with a team of Insurance professionals who are recognised as experts within their field.

The quality of our underwriters is pivotal to Allianz’s success, as a key member of the team you will be able to learn the fundamentals of underwriting whilst developing your trading and soft skills. You’ll be given opportunities to seek new business, develop existing relationships and renew existing cases. No risk is the same, so you’ll need to use your strong analytical and communication skills, as well as technical knowledge to influence our brokers and develop strong trading relationships.

We offer a great environment to support and nurture personal and technical development, including participation in our award winning underwriting academy.

This opportunity is ideal for either a new entrant or someone in the early stages of their career that is keen to gain and develop their technical expertise quickly. Whilst your career may start in underwriting Allianz offers a range of career paths covering Technical, Operational and Distribution channels.

**Skills & Experience**:

- Academic requirements: Education to degree level preferred.
- Experience of working in the financial sector is desirable but not essential
- Evidence of personal and professional development and commitment to study for the internal qualifications (Underwriting Academy) and the Chartered Insurance Institute exams (ACII) is essential
- You must enjoy interacting with others, building strong internal and external relationships and have excellent communication skills
- You should be confident handling, analysing and interpreting data
- You should thrive in a fast paced environment and get a sense of achievement meeting goals and targets

**Flexible Working**

Here at Allianz 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.

Helping you achieve a good work life balance is important to us. Lots of our colleagues work flexibly including part time hours and/or job shares and we are happy to discuss these opportunities with you.

This role will involve working from home combined with time in our Manchester office two days per week.

**Our Benefits**

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from - including: retail discounts and discounted insurance cover - so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:

- 22 Days holiday & 1 addition for birthday plus bank holidays
- Competitive Annual Salary
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Flexible buy/sell holiday options
- Annual company & performance-based bonus (6%)
- Generous pension contributions and Life Cover up to 4 x salary
- Flexible working arrangements available
- Professional mental health support for all employees
- Health and Wellbeing
- We can offer fulltime and part time hours
- Development days
- A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
- Retail discounts
- Access to Learning and Development opportunities such as LinkedIn Learning and our mentoring scheme

**Growing your career with Allianz**

We'll provide you with the tools to adapt and change with us, so you can grow your career, while building the skills needed for whatever the future brings.

**Inclusion & Diversity**

**Join us - Let’s Care For Tomorrow.**

**Job Level**:
Entry Level

**Location**:

- Chelmsford, ENG, GB, CM2 0PP**Available until**:
25/05/2023

**Area of Expertise**:
Underwriting

**Unit**:
Allianz UK

**Employing Entity**:
Allianz Management Services Ltd

**Job Type**:
Full-Time

**Remote Job**:
Hybrid working

**Employment Type**:
Permanent

**ID**:
27114