Product Underwriting Manager - #143314
Allianz UK
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Brentwood
Contract type: Full time
Role Description
We have an opportunity for a Product Underwriting Manager to join our team. This will be a hybrid position based out of our Brentwood office.
As the Product Underwriting Manager you will contribute to definition and delivery of product proposition, features, underwriting approach, terms, validation controls, aping rules and customer experience across all distribution channels to support strategic aims.
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 £45,000 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 the Product Underwriting Manager, you will be responsible for:
We don't expect you to know everything from day one, but the following will enable you to hit the ground running:
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:
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.
[email protected]
For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: Matthew Mckevitt
If you are an at-risk candidate facing potential redeployment, please include this information in your CV .
Closing date 03/06/25
Join us - Let’s Care for Tomorrow.
We have an opportunity for a Product Underwriting Manager to join our team. This will be a hybrid position based out of our Brentwood office.
As the Product Underwriting Manager you will contribute to definition and delivery of product proposition, features, underwriting approach, terms, validation controls, aping rules and customer experience across all distribution channels to support strategic aims.
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 £45,000 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 the Product Underwriting Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Assisting the Underwriting manager to develop underwriting strategy in collaboration with the pricing managers.
- Using technical knowledge and awareness of customer needs to identify opportunities and threats.
- Monitoring market, technology and data developments, customer feedback and product performance MI
- Taking a cross-product and cross-functional view, identifying opportunities to improve the process
- Actively participating in management forums internally (e.g. Pricing Committee, Risk validation Steering and Product Forum).
- Analysing relevant product related regulatory bulletins (e.g. from ABI and FCA)
We don't expect you to know everything from day one, but the following will enable you to hit the ground running:
- Ability to identify opportunities or risks and make appropriate recommendations
- Ability to prioritise and manage own workload
- Good communication skills, including report writing and presentations
- Ability to interpret MI
- Understanding of underwriting appetite and governance process
- Ability to Manage stakeholders and also manage projects
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
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.
[email protected]
For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: Matthew Mckevitt
If you are an at-risk candidate facing potential redeployment, please include this information in your CV .
Closing date 03/06/25
Join us - Let’s Care for Tomorrow.
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