We are looking for a Junior Underwriter Liability, based in Copenhagen.
Your Team
Allianz Commercial specialises in providing comprehensive and customised insurance services and solutions for clients across the whole Liability industry and as industrial specialists have a long-standing tradition of supporting our clients in respect of their Liability risks placed in the Nordic market and elsewhere in the world on both a lead and follow basis.
Allianz Commercial’s highly experienced underwriters have a proven track record of finding flexible solutions to the challenges brokers and their clients face. We have expert global Liability insurance teams who are backed up by Allianz Commercial’s market leading capacity and our ability to underwrite risks in over 200 countries and territories. Our underwriters are also able to deploy significant capacity on a global scale.
The Impact You Will Have
You will take ownership of the underwriting process within your area of expertise, making independent decisions that ensure policies are delivered accurately and on time. Through close collaboration across functions and strong peer-level relationships with brokers, you will enhance our market responsiveness and strengthen Allianz's position — all while operating effectively within our global matrix environment.
Some Of Your Specific Responsibilities Could Include
- Underwrite new and renewal accounts within your delegated authority, contributing to top and bottom line targets while supporting new business acquisition and client retention in line with the Underwriting Strategy
- Proactively prepare underwriting information — including client/market research and claims data — and assist in pricing risks using global tools
- Ensure underwriting compliance with the LoB governance framework, including Underwriting Authorities, global MSU, and Underwriting Guidelines, while supporting contract certainty and FAC Reinsurance binding ahead of inception
- Establish and maintain complete policy files for each risk, ensuring accurate documentation is issued and supporting the administration of International Insurance Programs
- Manage timely and accurate premium booking and credit control processes, working proactively with Operations and other functions to resolve outstanding accounts queries
- Positively represent AGCS in the market, driving cross-functional involvement from areas such as MMC, ARC, Claims, and Operations in the underwriting process
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key brokers, clients, and stakeholders at peer level
- Build effective internal relationships across functional areas to support seamless collaboration within the global matrix.
What You’ll Bring To The Role
- Ability to assess risk exposures and natural hazards relevant to the Line of Business, with a foundational understanding of underwriting risk factors
- Analytical pricing skills — able to evaluate current performance against benchmarks with an understanding of market dynamics, business needs, and customer requirements
- Experience in contract drafting and interpretation, with the ability to design, develop, and implement consistent, robust policy wordings
- Solid understanding of the policy administration lifecycle, including information collection, policy issuance, premium bookings, credit control, and cancellation processes
- Understanding of the legal and regulatory framework relevant to the insurance industry
- Strong communication and influencing skills — able to clearly express ideas in writing and presentations, and to persuade and motivate others without direct authority
- Sharp analytical mindset — able to absorb information from multiple sources, examine data in detail, and draw well-founded conclusions
- 1–3 years of experience working in a complex, global matrix organisation
- A willingness to learn and explore how AI can enhance your role and the broader organization is expected.
- Fluent Danish (able to negotiate) and working knowledge of English
Further Information
For Denmark, the base salary range for this position is between DKK 367,000 and DKK 489,000. The specific salary offered considers:
- the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role,
- the applicant's own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialization, skills and experience.
The annualized amount represents a market range and will also be determined by the location of the role. In the situation where you do not meet all the job requirements or you significantly exceed these, the offered salary may be below or above the advertised range. In addition to your base salary, we offer an attractive performance-based variable component based on location specific regulations, and you may be eligible for additional benefits.
102790 | 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 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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