**About us**
At Auto & General (A&G), we provide smarter products and solutions to safeguard our customers in their time of need. Our range of general insurance products protect customers on the road, at home and on holiday with various Car, Motorcycle, Home, Contents, Pet and Travel Insurance products as well as Roadside Assistance.
**The role**
The purpose of the Home Underwriting Analyst position is to support the Home Underwriting team with BAU activities as well as reporting, monitoring, and data analysing data to identify trends and provide recommendations. This position combines traditional underwriting tasks with analytics to contribute support to continuous improvements and implement automation processes across the Home Underwriting Team.
**Position accountabilities**
- Processing U/W referrals, making Underwriting decisions in line with authority limits, applicable policies and guidelines and current legislation (i.e., Underwriting Policy, Underwriting Guidelines, and other sources.
- Providing reporting and monitoring including analysis of trends, referrals, discounting, sales, policies and claims data
- Analysis of current underwriting process and rules, identifying the gaps and proposing recommendations and improvements.
- Support with the implementation and maintenance of business rules supporting Underwriting Guidelines and Policy across IT systems and completing testing of system changes solutions, improvements and audits of pricing systems.
- Assisting with updating and maintaining Underwriting Guidelines, Product Disclosure Statements, Certificates of Insurance, renewal letters, and other relevant documents and templates Monitoring competitors' activities and market trends and consider impact of market changes onto underwriting practice.
**What experience you'll bring**
- Professional background in a similar role. Experience within Claims and Domestic Property Insurance or General Insurance is highly advantageous.
- Tertiary qualification in mathematics, IT, business, economics, actuarial science, or related discipline.
- Experience in data analysis and prior knowledge of within programming or DB scripting (e.g. GCP, PowerBI, SAS, SQL).
- Knowledge of relevant regulatory regimes, compliance and legislation covering insurance, with a strong understanding of industry trends and best practices would be advantageous. Exceptional communication skills with the ability to engage senior stakeholders.
**Our Perks**
- **Location **- Our office is conveniently based in Toowong Village shopping centre - a city fringe location with access to retail, restaurants, various parking options and public transport.
- **Extra leave**:
- Enjoy additional leave days on us! You'll receive a paid 'ME' day and one paid volunteer leave day annually. Team members can also purchase up to two additional weeks of leave per year.
- **Paid parental leave**:
- We support our new parents with paid parental leave and other benefits.
- **Workplace giving**:
- If you're passionate about a cause, then we are too - we offer workplace giving and we'll dollar match your donations to registered charities.
- **Development opportunities**:
- We're championing your development with internal programs and access to a wide range of online courses.
- **Employee discounts**:
- You'll receive discounts on Budget Direct insurance products.
- **Reward and recognition**:
- We reward high performance with employee recognition, reward and incentive schemes.
- **Onsite facilities **- There are excellent end-of-trip facilities on offer and private spaces for nursing mothers.
- **Get social**:
- Join our vibrant social and community activities including annual celebrations, family fun days and regular events across each of our sites.
- **Perks App**:
- Access to an employee benefits and discounts app called 'Perks' offering your great discounts, offers and programs across a range of areas.
**Auto & General values individual differences and believes in fostering an inclusive culture that creates a great place to work for all.**
*A note from Auto & General to recruitment agencies: We politely ask that you avoid making any approaches or sending any unsolicited resumes to our Recruitment Team or Hiring Leaders across our business. Auto & General is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.