Senior Underwriter
Toronto, ON, CA, M5H3P5
Let’s care for tomorrow.
Your ambitions. Your dreams. Your tomorrow
Whether it’s aircraft, international business or offshore wind parks, Allianz Commercial has an extensive range of risks covered when it comes to protecting businesses.
We are looking for a Senior Underwriter for our Property Team. This will be a hybrid role based in Toronto.
Your Team
Allianz Commercial (AzC) specializes in corporate property insurance for the most complex and challenging risk exposures in more than 200 countries and territories. With a focus on larger international risk portfolios, we offer tailor-made 'All Risks' property damage and business interruption insurance through our Allianz Commercial Property network.
Our experience speaks for itself, insuring the majority of Allianz Commercial Property Fortune 500 companies, managing over 1000 Allianz Commercial property insurance programs, and fielding an underwriting team averaging over 20 years’ experience, backed up a worldwide team of risk consultants and claims specialists.
When it comes to underwriting insurance products for well-known famous sports venues, sports/entertainment facilities, major airlines, retail/wholesale companies, banks and manufacturers, we do it all!
The Impact You Will Have
As a Senior Underwriter, you will play a crucial role in driving the success of our Property Line of Business by underwriting profitable new and renewal business. Your expertise will ensure we meet our targets while adhering to underwriting guidelines and authority. You will be instrumental in negotiating price, terms, and conditions, and maintaining ownership of key accounts and clients. Your ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with producers and clients will be pivotal in partnership with Market Management, contributing to our overall business growth and sustainability.
Some of your specific responsibilities could include:
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Underwrite Profitable Business: Evaluate new and renewal accounts to meet top and bottom-line targets. Proactively manage capacity and assess Natural Catastrophe Accumulation, ensuring a robust understanding of catastrophe modeling and interpretation of scenarios for relevant lines of business.
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Underwriting Approach and Compliance: Ensure underwriting aligns with governance frameworks, including Underwriting Authorities, Underwriting Guidelines, Rules, and Principles. Achieve contract certainty at inception and utilize global pricing tools effectively.
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Policy Documentation and Administration: Ensure accurate policy documentation is issued and maintained. Support policy administration and credit control processes proactively.
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Market Management: Support the acquisition of new business and retention of existing business through client and producer negotiations. Liaise with Distribution on market management initiatives.
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Relationship Management: Represent Allianz Commercial positively in the market. Drive involvement of functional areas in the underwriting process and develop strong relationships with key producers, clients, and stakeholders.
What You’ll Bring to the Role
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Technical Expertise: Proven track record in underwriting profitable business within Property, with a robust understanding of products and portfolios. Minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
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Risk Assessment and Management: Ability to assess risk inherent exposures and natural hazards relevant to Property.
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Portfolio Management: Experience in managing underwriting books, analyzing trends, and developing portfolio strategies.
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Pricing and Market Insight: Ability to analyze performance against benchmarks and ensure satisfactory progress. Understanding of legal and regulatory frameworks.
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General Skills: Strong analytical skills, communication, and presentation abilities. Proficiency in IT skills, particularly in Office applications. Influencing skills to motivate others without executive authority.
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Education and Certifications: Preferably a degree in Economics, Finance, Insurance Management, or Business Administration. Progress towards professional insurance qualifications (e.g., CIP).
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Language Skills: Proficiency in English. French desirable as well.
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A basic understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential applications in business is essential.
Join us and make a significant impact in a dynamic and challenging environment. If you are ready to drive change and innovation while fostering relationships and delivering results, we encourage you to apply!
85152 | Underwriting | Professional | Allianz Commercial | Full-Time | Permanent
What’s in it for you?
Let’s care about everything that makes you, you
We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. We offer a hybrid working model, which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working. Please feel free to discuss flexible working arrangements with us.
Let’s care for your financial wellbeing
We believe in rewarding performance with a great compensation and benefits package (details vary by location), including a generous bonus scheme and pension.
Let’s care for your opportunities to progress
From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
Let’s care for life’s twists and turns
From our support for flexible working, health and wellbeing (including private healthcare and generous parental leave benefits), to helping people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach. We've got your back.
Let’s care for our society and our planet
With opportunities to be engaged in shaping a future that is safe, inclusive and sustainable, we care for the tomorrows of our people, our industry and our clients.
Care to join us?
Allianz Commercial is the center of expertise of Allianz Group, insuring mid-sized businesses, large enterprises, and special risks. Our customers include top consumer brands, financial institutions, industry leaders, the global aviation and shipping industries, as well as family-owned and medium-enterprises. We also cover unique risks such as offshore wind farms, infrastructure projects and film productions. Our clients trust us to provide a wide range of traditional and alternative risk transfer solutions, outstanding risk consulting and multinational services, and seamless claims handling. Allianz Commercial helps customers to prepare for what's ahead.
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At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matters, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.
We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.
Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.
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