Underwriting Team Manager in London

An exciting opportunity for a Property and Casualty Underwriting Team Manager has arisen to join the successful London branch. The purpose of the role is to lead a London Market trading team to ensure we deliver for our customers and our financial objectives. The role holder will coach and lead the team to drive high performance with their underwriters and achieve business targets.

Responsibilities

• Managing, motivating and developing the team to achieve individual, team and departmental targets.
• Actively planning and managing the resources and workloads to achieve set targets and service levels.
• Identifying and understanding the needs of customers and managing relationships with brokers and other key stakeholders.
• Analyzing management information to improve performance.
• Resolving escalated complaints and technical referrals from the team.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory bodies and that service is delivered in accordance with agreed SLAs.
• Being a member of the regional leadership team, identifying business improvements and methods to increase staff engagement, efficiency, and productivity.

Essential Skills

• Capability to lead and drive high performance with your team.
• Knowledge of setting clear targets, focusing on priorities, regularly reviewing performance to agreed SLAs and adjusting where required.
• Knowledge of London Market underwriting.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to get things done and encourage the team to be open and willing to change.
• Proven experience in developing skills and talent with a team.
• Maintaining a strong technical focus through training and appropriate qualifications together with coaching team members to improve their current performance.
• A working and up-to-date knowledge of the relevant regulatory policies, framework, and procedures.
• A working knowledge of the respective policy administration systems.
• Organizational skills. Proficient in MS Outlook, Word and experienced to a base level of Excel.

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.

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

Closing date 03/02/26. We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.