Senior Property and Casualty Underwriter

**Role Description** Are you an experienced Property and Casualty Underwriter and looking for a new role in a growing team - fantastic, we have something that might pique your interest A new opportunity has just become available and we’re looking for a Senior Property and Casualty Underwriter to join our New Business team in Southampton. Allianz has an ambition to build a market leading Property and Casualty team within the Southern market. To support this, an excellent opportunity has arisen for a Senior Property and Casualty Underwriter to join our growing and already successful team in our Southampton office. Our Senior Property and Casualty Underwriters are at the forefront of key broker relationships, your role and skillset will be dedicated to the continued development of our ever growing account through a hunger to write and win new business. Your knowledge will play a pivotal role in the future development and success of the team. As part of your role, you will also have the opportunity to shape the future of the team through the training and development of underwriters. Your role will be varied and hands on with a variety of work including internal audits, assisting with account management and reporting. You will also be accountable for engaging fully in the cross sell culture, collaborating with your colleagues in other departments to support our ambitious growth plans. The role will play a key part in developing broker relationships including regular broker visits. Key Responsibilities - Providing excellent service to our customers - 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 - To develop business relationships with key clients - 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 - Contribute to the development of others within the team **About You** Skills & Experience: - Outstanding technical underwriting skills in commercial Property and Casualty is essential. - Excellent trading skills and a confident negotiator. Proven experience in handling large cases. - Strong ability to build, develop and maintain broker relationships. - Achievement orientated, able to organise own workload to meet tight deadlines and with a positive attitude. - A good team player. Supportive to others with an enthusiastic and positive attitude. - Confident and engaging communication skills with the ability to challenge and influence others. - ACII qualified or progression towards - desirable - Full working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook **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: - 25 days holiday - 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 **Our Ways of Working** 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 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** 61438 | Underwriting | Professional | Allianz UK | Full-Time | Permanent Warning: When posting this job advertisment on an external job board, the length of the following fields combined must not exceed 3950 characters: "External Posting Description", "External Posting Footer" **Join us - Let’s Care for Tomorrow.** **Job Level**: - Professional **Location**: - Southampton, ENG, GB, SO14 3TG**Area of Expertise**: - Underwriting **Unit**: - Allianz UK **Employing Entity**: - Allianz Management Services Ltd **Job Type**: - Full-Time **Remote Job**: - Hybrid working **Employment Type**