Underwriting Technician Team Lead - Financial Lines

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 an Underwriting Technician Team Lead – Financial Lines, based in New York, NY, Alpharetta, GA or O’Fallon, MO 

 
Who we are 
Allianz Group 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. Join us. Let’s care for tomorrow. 
 

The Impact You Will Have 
The Underwriting Technician Team Lead (UT TL), reports directly to the Head of Global Business Operations North America and will excel at balancing UT production volumes, Underwriter satisfaction, and core leadership duties. The position requires flexibility when faced with changing and emerging priorities and should welcome direct feedback while providing the same to GBO Leadership. The UT TL will exhibit the ability to work and influence cross functionally and across disciplines to achieve established business goals. Within the role, it is expected the UT TL will work collaboratively and lead conversations, projects, and initiatives within GBO and other areas, all with a keen focus to foster a harmonious process and policy handling environment to support the business and the Allianz Commercial customer base. The UT TL will work alongside Operations Managers/leads as a peer on shared goals, ensuring the achievement and continued consistency in the UT role. The UT TL will have a group of Underwriting Technicians reporting directly to them and will be responsible for their performance, career development, and all other relevant people management responsibilities. This role will also be responsible for the production UT tasks affiliated with the assignment to one Underwriter, at minimum. 

 

Some of your specific responsibilities could include:  

• Managing the assigned direct report UT's output, supporting Underwriting production by reviewing and interpreting source underwriting materials regarding the completeness of required information - including broker presentation, slips, underwriting files and accounts/loss history, interactions with Underwriter/Broker in case of missing information.  

• Authorization in line with assigned limits.  

• Acting as trainer / SME for resolving an GBO Account Technician queries. 

• Ensuring UT team is accurately and efficiently populating front / mid Office IT system(s) (e.g., CUBE, GG, A1, Amanda, etc. [depending upon Line of Business] with policy data utilizing information received from all relevant sources.   

• Identifying opportunities to deliver enhanced services to Allianz Commercial clients (internal/external) across the span of Operational duties across function. 

• Assisting with escalations from brokers, working across functional areas to deliver timely answers and resolution, and utilizing said opportunities to drive process innovation and change in the organization.                                                  

• Utilizing product and process knowledge to offer suggestions and recommendations to