Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Underwriter to join our successful Real Estate Team. This opportunity is ideal for either a new entrant or those with experience in the insurance industry who are keen to gain and develop their technical expertise.

You will play an active role in contributing towards the delivery of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across your team, underwriting business & building strong relationships with both internal & external customers.

The quality of our Underwriters is pivotal to Allianz’s success, 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.

At Allianz UK, your growth is our priority. From global training through the P&C Academy to CII study support, we equip you with the tools to thrive. You’ll unlock premium access to platforms like DataCamp, Databricks Academy, and LinkedIn Learning, plus gain insider knowledge through expert-led insight sessions that sharpen both your technical edge and commercial impact.

This is a hybrid role will involve working from home combined with a minimum of 2-3 days per week in our London office.

Salary Information

Pay: Circa £31,000 - £35,000 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

Your role will vary day to day, but here is a bit of what you can expect:

• Providing excellent service to our customers.
• Handle general customer queries via the telephone, Live chat or email within agreed service standards.
• Underwrite new business, renewals and mid-term adjustments.
• Support Senior Underwriters and Underwriters on their cases as well as handling own cases, all within own authority level
• Negotiate within authority, referring where appropriate to maximize customer retention.
• Anticipate likely objections and build effective responses.
• To collaborate strongly with other departments to achieve the Company's goals in respect of service delivery.

Essential Skills

We don't expect you to know everything from day one, but the following will enable you to hit the ground running:

• Passionate about your own development.
• Evidence of personal and professional development and commitment to further development is essential.
• Good numerical, written and verbal communication (including telephony) skills are essential.
• You should be confident handling, analysing and interpreting data.
• You must enjoy interacting with others, building strong internal and external relationships and have excellent communication skills.
• Practical knowledge of MS Office and MS Outlook.

Desirable Skills

• Real Estate or Commercial Underwriting experience
• Responsible Artificial Intelligence usage

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.

Inclusive Support & Accessibility

At Allianz, we are committed to fostering building an inclusive, accessible workplace where everyone can thrive. As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates and offer tailored adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace, whether that’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, flexible working arrangements, mentoring or coaching. We want to encourage candidates to speak with us about any adjustments they may need. We’re here to support you.

If you have a disability or long‑term health condition and meet the essential criteria, you can choose to be considered through our Offer an Interview Scheme.

Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for any assistance with during the recruitment process including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications. Hr-recruitment@allianz.co.uk

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 24/07/26

We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.

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102188 | Customer Services & Claims | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz UK | Full-Time | Permanent

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