Underwriting Apprentice

Summary

We are looking for 4 Apprentices to join our London-based Underwriting teams for a 3.5-year contract. You will undertake rotations in the Construction, Financial Lines, Liability and Property LargeCorp Underwriting teams, who are all based in our central London offices.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

Training course

Senior insurance professional (level 6)

Hours

Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 14 September 2026

Duration

3 years 6 months

Positions available

4

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

Working with the Underwriters to ensure that all activities align with the Line of Business (LoB) governance framework, including:

• Underwriting Authorities, guidelines, rules and principles
• Participating in key underwriting tasks, such as managing business pipeline, conducting initial risk assessments, using pricing and other tools to evaluate potential policies and working with brokers to support customer servicing
• Co-ordinating with onshore and offshore operations teams to manage premium bookings, ensuring all details are accurately recorded and processed and queries resolved
• Helping with audit tasks, supporting the teams to review and ensuring compliance with underwriting processes
• Gaining hands-on experience in various functional areas of the underwriting process and communications with brokers and customers, providing valuable support across the team

Where you'll work

ALLIANZ HOUSE
60 GRACECHURCH STREET
LONDON
EC3V 0HR

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

DAVIES LEARNING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Training course

Senior insurance professional (level 6)

What you'll learn

• Technical ability: Applies specialist technical knowledge and experience to unfamiliar and/or complex situations. Proactively responds to insurance market changes to deliver positive outcomes to all stakeholders. Consistent application of legal insurance principles, knowledge of the market structure and its processes and procedures and documentation to a range of complex situations.
• Relationship development and management: Engages and networks proactively with clients/customers and colleagues/senior management, as required to deliver business outcomes. Manages customer/stakeholder expectations effectively. Uses interpersonal skills and networks to influence and gain support, to deliver positive business outcomes.
• Communication: Uses a range of advanced communication techniques to convey complex information. Negotiates effectively. Seeks out opportunity to communicate complex information clearly and negotiate effectively by applying advanced communication techniques.
• Ownership and initiative: Contributes to the development and implementation of operational plans within business area. Manages people and/or processes to ensure the operational and strategic needs of business are met. Challenges existing processes and procedures to improve the customer/client/ stakeholder experience. Uses a structured, evidence-based approach when taking ownership for resolving identified problems. Able to provide a clear rationale when making decisions.
• Governance: Uses in-depth knowledge of regulatory requirements to support organisational compliance. Uses understanding of risk to contribute to anticipating, identifying and managing exposures within their business area.
• Advice and support: Consistently supports others and collaborates to achieve results in line with business strategy. Takes a leadership role within team when appropriate. Is alert to sector developments and notifies others where they impact on own business area.
• Management of information & data: Obtains and analyses relevant information and data to evaluate performance and influence business results. Uses data analysis to challenge existing business processes/procedures. Proficient in the use of bespoke and/or generic IT software and systems needed to facilitate the analysis and evaluation of data.

Training schedule

Senior Insurance Professional Level 6.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 6-9)
• Maths (grade 6-9)

A Level in:

Any subject (grade A* to C)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Initiative