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About the Role

Shape and drive the underwriting strategy for the Natural Resources line of business, leading a global team to deliver significant returns and maintain market leadership. Integrate ESG and sustainability into the underwriting strategy, working closely with the ESG Climate Solutions team.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage global team, including direct reports and matrix management of functional reports.
Ensure organizational structure and process best fit to service external and internal customers.
Support the build out of an industry vertical focused on bringing all of Allianz's capabilities to clients/brokers.
Review current UW authority structure to ensure best fit to serve external and internal customers.
Review reporting lines (direct / matrix).
Manage cost center budgets within plan.
Develop, define and execute global strategy for line of business to drive profitable growth and a leading market position.
Identify market opportunities, including potential markets, target segments and clients, in liaison with Distribution, R&M and OEs.
Establish a robust People strategy aimed at culture of training, staff retention, internal promotion and thought leadership.
Align UW to specific UW lines while ensuring cross collaboration and training.
Develop in house training to develop incumbent and incoming employees to expand their expertise across multiple products with particular focus on renewable energy.
Reviewing UW year loss development patterns and underlying profitability over 5 years.
Align UW, engineers and claims to Specialty Target Operating Model.
Steer and control line of business portfolio globally to drive achievement of financial targets (e.g. full combined ratio).
Drive underwriting planning process and monitor adherence to plan with Global Portfolio Steering.
Proactively manage global underwriting treaty portfolio (in liaison with RI).
Drive and proactively monitor a consistent and coherent global underwriting governance framework.
Drive development and implementation of global underwriting Rules and Principles, guidelines and best practice processes and standards.
Assign underwriting authorities worldwide, ensuring robust, efficient controls in place.
Review operating structure including cross line client involvement.
Work with Product Management to proactively drive development and implementation of new and modified products.
Maximise efficiencies of product range.
Proactively support development and implementation of pricing tools.
Understand the existing Natural Resources portfolio (UW and investments) and profitability across Allianz Corporate at a minor line level.
Review of current pricing tools, and rate adequacy within each portfolio.
Proactively support acquisition of new business and retention of existing business (including client and broker negotiations where necessary).
Positively represent AGCS internally within the Allianz Group, and externally to the market.
Proactively drive involvement of functional areas in Underwriting process, including Distribution, ARC, Claims, Operations.
Develop our Differentiated Value Proposition.
Determine market share and capability and peer capabilities compared with Allianz Commercial.

Requirements

Deep knowledge of Natural Resources insurance products across global markets.
Expert understanding of global LoB insurance markets and competitor landscape.
Expert understanding of legal and regulatory framework.
Well recognized relationship building with brokers at peer group level and well established within local market.
Significant experience in leadership and development of direct teams internationally and within complex global matrix environments.
Robust understanding of policy administration life cycle, information collection, policy issuance, premium bookings, credit control, cancellation.
Ability to express ideas and messages clearly, both written and verbally.
Ability to 'sell' an improvised or prepared audience winning story.
Ability to persuade and motivate others to act, without executive authority.
Ability to analyze highly complex data, from multiple sources, in detail; identify and resolve issues before they transpire.
Ability to lead and manage a team of underwriters, including the ability to delegate tasks, steer team direction/goals.
Deep knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), with the ability to leverage AI-drive insights to shape strategic decisions and drive innovation across the organization.
Openness and high motivation to regularly change positions and collect experiences across Allianz Group.

Skills

Natural Resources insurance products
Global LoB insurance markets
Legal and regulatory framework
Relationship building
Leadership
Team development
Policy administration
Communication (written and verbal)
Persuasion
Motivation
Complex data analysis
Problem-solving
Team management
Delegation
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Machine learning (ML)

Location

Global

Work Type

Full-Time
Permanent
Hybrid

Experience Level

Management

Benefits

Generous bonus scheme
Pension
Career development
Digital learning programs
International career mobility
Flexible working
Health and wellbeing support
Private healthcare
Generous parental leave benefits

About the Company

Allianz Commercial is the center of expertise of Allianz Group, insuring mid-sized businesses, large enterprises, and special risks.
Customers include top consumer brands, financial institutions, industry leaders, the global aviation and shipping industries, as well as family-owned and medium-enterprises.
Covers unique risks such as offshore wind farms, infrastructure projects and film productions.
Provides a wide range of traditional and alternative risk transfer solutions, outstanding risk consulting and multinational services, and seamless claims handling.
Helps customers to prepare for what's ahead.

Equal Opportunity

Advocating for equal opportunities for all.
Inclusive workplace where people and performance both matter.
Culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.
Welcome applications regardless of 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.
Provide adjustments to candidates during the application and selection process if needed.