The opportunity
This Senior Underwriter role will see you underwrite new business and renewals of high complexity and/or volume within set underwriting guidelines, authority levels and service standards and manage key portfolios with intermediaries. In this role you will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing relationships with brokers and intermediaries to successfully retain policies and grow the portfolio in a profitable well-structured manner for our Construction portfolio.
Primary Details
Time Type: Full time. Worker Type: Employee.
* Location: Melbourne or Sydney
* Type: Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
* Hybrid role, flexible working
Your new role
A day in the role may look a bit like this:
* Actively manage renewal portfolios and new business targets.
* Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders for profitable growth.
* Underwrite complex risks within defined authority limits, organisational policies, and underwriting standards.
* Monitor, review and comply with all underwriting standards, procedures and processes.
* Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers, brokers, and colleagues to achieve business retention, growth and profitability targets.
* Apply strong knowledge of QBE's capabilities, risk appetite, products and broker operations to deliver innovative solutions, while monitoring market activity and maintaining current regulatory and underwriting knowledge.
About You
To be successful in this role you will have a proven background in the insurance industry and strong underwriting experience.
* Proven years of relevant underwriting experience
* Relevant tertiary qualifications, specialist qualifications or equivalent
* Strong established customer/broker relationships
* Extensive knowledge of relevant market conditions
* Working knowledge of risk management, portfolio management and underwriting
Benefits
* Hybrid Working – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance
* Life Leave, supporting the life events we all experience, leaving your annual leave for rest
* 18 weeks' gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
* A range of discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services
Application Close Date
20/05/2026 11:59 PM
Equal Employment Opportunity
QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.
Skills
* Analytical Thinking
* Business Management
* Communication
* Critical Thinking
* Customer Service
* Financial ModelingFinancial Products
* Insurance Underwriting
* Intentional collaboration
* Managing performance
* Negotiation
* Problem Solving
* Risk Appetite
* Risk Management
* Stakeholder Management
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