ART Business Development and Underwriting, APAC

We are looking for an Alternative Risk Transfer Business Development and Underwriting, APAC, based in Singapore.

 

Your Team

In ART at Allianz Commercial, we are committed to creating innovative tailored insurance, reinsurance and other non-traditional risk management solutions for a range of corporate and financial clients globally. We specialize in helping clients mitigate their most complex risks with custom multiyear and/or multi-line structures covering a broad range of risks, leveraging our expertise in alternative risk transfer and the global capabilities of the Allianz Group.

 

The Impact You Will Have

Reporting ART Global/Regional Team, you will lead a coordinated regional go‑to‑market strategy and underwriting approach, actively cultivate and strengthen key external relationships, and foster robust internal partnerships to drive business growth and collaboration.

 

Some of your specific responsibilities could include:

With support from the ART Global and Regional Teams, local Underwriters, and APAC Regional Distribution teams, you will define strategic focus areas for ART business development across the APAC region to drive targeted and profitable growth.

• You will identify market opportunities and develop effective engagement strategies with brokers, local Allianz OEs, and clients to strengthen ART's market presence.
• You will nurture and maintain strong relationships with key brokers, clients, and other critical stakeholders, ensuring high‑quality engagement and a strong external representation of Allianz Commercial's full LoB offering.
• You will further refine the ART APAC go‑to‑market approach and ensure sustainable, profitable ART growth across the region ensuring AZ ART is continually visible in the market alongside ART Business Development Head, and Regional Distribution
• Be an integral part of key deal teams within the region to promote ART knowledge to key managed clients or during RFPs.
• Provide ongoing education of both internal and external stakeholder on ART and how clients can be identified and supported with solutions.

 

What You'll Bring to the Role

• Minimum 7 to 10 years of experience in an Underwriting or Business Development role within industrial / specialty insurance business; ability to implement tools and methodologies to develop market, competitor, and client insight, drive cross‑LoB collaboration, assess competitive landscapes, and generate meaningful client insights.
• Strong networking capabilities, with demonstrated experience in building and maintaining long‑term, profitable relationships at senior levels within both broker and client organizations.
• Underwriting Expertise: ability to triage, assess, understanding of complex risks, with capability in designing insurance solutions. Experience with structured products, unbundled fronting, and their practical application.
• Significant experience operating within a complex, global matrix organization, demonstrating agility, collaboration, and effective stakeholder management.
• Strong Communication & Influence: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate clear, compelling messages and deliver persuasive narratives to diverse audiences. Demonstrated ability to motivate, influence, and drive action.
• APAC Market Knowledge: Experience working in the Asia Pacific region, strong familiarity with its specificities, including territorial regulatory requirements, market dynamics, client needs, and emerging opportunities.
• Analytical Capability: Ability to interpret and analyze complex data from multiple sources, identify key issues, and proactively address potential risks or challenges.
• Language Skills: Fluent in English.
• Experience in applying artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to improve business processes and decision-making is highly beneficial.

 

95650 | 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. 

 

People with disabilities: 
We want to give all our candidates the best opportunity to succeed.  If you need any adjustments to be made during the application and selection process, please email [email protected]

 

Recruitment Agencies:  
Allianz Commercial has an in-house recruitment team, which focuses on sourcing great candidates directly.  Allianz Commercial does not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters.  Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired.  When we do use agencies, we have a PSL in place, so please do not contact managers directly.  Failure to comply could/may result in the disqualification of the candidates and/or the termination of our contract and/or fees not being paid.