Underwriter

Professional

Dublin, IE, D12 P651

Underwriting

Allianz UK

Allianz Management Services Ltd

Full-Time

Hybrid working

Permanent

54354

Non-Executive

Underwriter

We are not your average insurance company; in fact, we strive to be different. You will not find strict dress codes, jargon-filled documents, or unrealistic targets here. What you will find is a welcoming culture, a clear vision and teams of passionate people doing their best for our customers.

We are a large, multi-award-winning general insurance company, with nearly 7 million customers and aspirations for future growth. Having recently become part of the Allianz family, we’re proud to be one of the largest personal insurers.

Dublin Underwriter

Allianz Engineering are a modern multi-niche specialist Insurance and Inspection provider and part of the Allianz Group. The Allianz Group employs over 160,000 people in over 70 countries worldwide, each with their own in-depth experience of local markets and all focused on a common goal - local expertise and global presence.

Our Engineering teams play a vital role in enabling Allianz to succeed as a business and help our clients comply with their statutory, regulatory and operational requirements. If you are looking for a challenge and the responsibility of engineering underwriting, then this role is for you.

This opportunity is based in Dublin and offers the successful candidate a real opportunity to work closely with various stakeholders and understand how the Inspection business arm of a large Engineering Insurance company operates. It will give you invaluable insight into what it takes to work in fast paced role as part of a large well known corporation, as well as the skills and technical know-how you need to become a successful underwriter and technical specialist of the future.

The Role:

Your main role is to support business targets in relation to Engineering Inspection and Insurance products for Allianz Ireland. You will be servicing Broker and Client accounts in particular with quoting and selling of new business, renewal retention, control of lapses and credit control queries ensuring you underwrite within defined parameters in a consistent and profitable manner.

On a daily basis, you'll ensure customer satisfaction by building rapport, interacting with our Belfast and Manchester offices together with our Regional Distribution team. You will develop key relationships and providing excellent service to external and internal customers that will guarantee new business growth and retention.

Key Responsibilities:

• Quote and convert new business opportunities presented by brokers.
• Actively engaging in prospecting activities to secure new business growth.
• Handle general accounting queries within agreed service standards.
• Undertake the renewal of existing business cases with mid-term adjustments including compilation of data for referral.
• Process policy adjustments as requested by our customers
• Consistently demonstrate our People Attributes of customer and market excellence, collaborative leadership, trust and entrepreneurship
• Negotiate within authority and refer where appropriate to maximise customer growth including persuading, influencing and convincing customers of the benefits of an opposed course of action.
• Comply with the Financial Regulator’s Minimum Competency Code, Consumer Protection Code and any other relevant regulations.

Essential Skills & Desirable Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Creative approach to problem solving
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• A high level of motivation and commitment
• A willingness to learn and develop
• A positive attitude and a growth mindset
• Flexibility, resilience, and intellectual curiosity
• Ability to collaborate, prioritise tasks, and work on multiple assignments

Accessible Application Process For All

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we enable access to candidates with disabilities or long term health conditions through the Offer An Interview Scheme. This supports people that meet the essential skills required for the role by offering an interview for the position applied for.

Please let us know if you would like to be part of the Offer An Interview Scheme during your application

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all if you need the application form in an alternative format or require any other assistance such as Larger Text, Hard Copy Or Spoken Application

We want all our of candidates to shine in the recruitment process.

Please contact our recruitment and resourcing team.

And we can answer all of your questions and queries on “ How To Apply ? ” and what we can do to assist you along the way including any adjustments you may need to support you in your future career with us.

Allianz achieved the Great Place to Work certification in 2024

Great Place to Work is a worldwide certification given to organisations who are recognised as an employer of choice by their people.

What we can offer you as an employer

You will be 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 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.

• 25 Days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• A competitive pension
• An annual bonus scheme based on company and personal performance
• Discounted retail vouchers
• Great value dental insurance
• ElectriX EV salary sacrifice scheme
• A generous 25% discount off our general insurance products including home, pet and travel as well as up to 50% discount on your car insurance.

Our Ways of Working

Do you need some 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.

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.

Our Purpose and Values

We secure your future

Be Brave | With Heart | Everyone Counts | Inspiring Trust

Our purpose and values are more than just words on a website - they are the why and how of who we are. They influence everything we do and guide us how to do it. Created by our people, for our people, they shape our culture, bring us together, and inspire us to be the best. Building an inclusive and diverse culture for us all to succeed.

Diversity & Inclusion

We value diversity and inclusion and back this up with our accreditations.

Allianz is EDGE certified for gender inclusion, members of the Women in Finance Charter, a Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion members, signatories of Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter, and an Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.

We recognise the strength of neurodiversity in the workplace, and the far-reaching benefits of embracing a spectrum of thinking styles and innovative capabilities. We proudly welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, and can offer tailored adjustments to remove barriers and set you up for success in your career, please contact us with the above methods provided.

We encourage our people to advocate for what they need, we listen, and we act – this could include providing assistive technology, ergonomic specialist equipment, mentoring and coaching, or flexibility in the way you work, among a wide range of other adjustments.

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