**Commercial Underwriter |Location - flexible, Melbourne preferred**
- Focus on servicing & building the large Motor Trades portfolio
- Engage with the broker network, building a reputation for exceptional service
- Allianz has a hybrid working environment, flexible working options are available
**Are you looking for an organisation that has a high level of integrity and professionalism? Do you want challenging work that enables international relationships and sharing of global best practice?**
The Commercial division is Allianz Australia's largest distribution channel whose customers include Commercial, Corporate and international buyer groups throughout Australia. We currently have an opening for a
**Motor Trades Underwriter** to join our dedicated National Motor Trades team.
**It will be your responsibility to**:
- Provide quotations for new business, renewals and endorsements aligned to the Underwriting Strategy, maintain regard to the needs and circumstances of customers and act as a coach and referral point for other underwriters as per referral processes.
- Manage workflows, such as new business, renewals and endorsements, to ensure delivery of quality products and services.
- Manage relationships across a designated portfolio, with a focus on underwriting commercial insurances as per delegated authority limits.
- Anticipate and provide solutions to customers' needs from available information, to design sustainable responses to suit their circumstances.
- Ensure business offering is aligned with divisional objectives, portfolio balance and Cycle Management strategies (growth and profit).
- Maximise retention of assigned accounts and ensure timely review of renewal business in conjunction with internal stakeholders' requirements.
- Stay abreast of market conditions and trends, maintain a market presence in the region and Line of Business community within Allianz, provide regular feedback to stakeholders on performance and take action to capitalise on business opportunities.
- Ensure appropriate actions are taken to ensure all contract certainty targets are adhered to.
**Important to your success**:
- Experience underwriting commercial risk is expected.
- A profile within the broking community and a reputation for providing a high quality of service would be welcomed.
- Ability to plan and prioritise effectively, organise tasks and manage competing resources and demands.
- Comprehensive understanding of relevant regulatory and/ or legislative compliance requirements.
- Proven analytical and critical thinking capability to interpret a range of data, identify patterns, trends and links that inform judgments and solutions.
- Ability to interpret and analyse complex information, extract meaningful insights and evaluate options for decision making.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of communicating with clarity, impact and influence.
**What's On Offer**
- Access on-demand lifelong learning and take control of your career development.
- Learn through being supported and encouraged to take on new challenges that will help you to develop new skills
- Be part of a team that's open-minded, supportive, approachable and genuinely focused on customer outcomes
- We understand about work-life balance, we have adopted a hybrid working approach and we are always willing to discuss flexible & remote working options with our employees. Allianz is an accredited FlexReady employer.
- Access a range of benefits, such as discounts at retailers, travel firms, health insurers, gyms and financial institutions, alongside a discount on Allianz insurance products.
**About us**
At Allianz, we care for all the things that make you, you. For feeling like you belong. For a place where learning never stops. For growing new skills and opening up exciting possibilities. For your curiosity to thrive and help transform an industry. And when life twists, there's flexibility for balance and the support you need. We know that flexible work comes in different forms, that's why we're embracing hybrid teams - enabling employees to maintain a balance of working both in the office and remote, supporting the needs of both the business and individual.
Allianz is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.
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**Job Level**:
Professional
**Location**:
- Sydney, NSW, AU, 2000**Area of Expertise**:
Underwriting
**Unit**:
Allianz Australia
**Employing Entity**:
ALLIANZ AUSTRALIA SERVICES PTY LTD
**Job Type**:
Full-Time
**Remote Job**:
Hybrid working
**Employment Type**:
Permanent
**ID**:
31244