Senior Underwriter, Commercial Property
This is a key position in our Property Team within the Technical and Business Performance area. As a Senior Underwriter, your major focus will be on executing innovative product solutions through customer-centric insights and implementing meticulous risk management strategies on a variety of sizeable scheme business.
You will use your technical knowledge to add value across QBE, with involvement in projects to make our underwriting processes more efficient and introduce greater levels of creating clarity and simplification where possible/justified.
Key Responsibilities:
* Build strong relationships with specific Major Trading Partners
* Use/Develop your Portfolio Management knowledge to provide insightful change across our scheme business
* Provide customer-centric insights, innovative product solutions, and meticulous risk management strategies
* Foster collective and aligned approaches that respond to the needs of our Major Trading Partners and Policyholders
* Participate in forums across the Property underwriting community to keep up to date with trends, changes, best practices, and to be aligned in underwriting ethos
* Involvement in ad-hoc projects to add value across the organisation
About You:
* Insurance professional with proven Property Underwriting experience at a Senior Underwriter Level
* Demonstrated maturity to manage outcomes of complex risks and to communicate effectively with internal and external customers
* The ability to plan to handle peak periods smoothly and efficiently
* A keen interest in analytics and policy wording critiquing
* The ability to effectively collaborate and work within a national team located across multiple locations
* A desire to mentor and guide less experienced underwriters to help them develop their skills and expertise
* An interest in learning new skills, which may take you down a product management path in the future
About QBE:
* We are an international insurer building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.
* We believe this is our moment - what if it was yours too? Your career at QBE - let's make it happen
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
* Free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
* 18 weeks' gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
* Voluntary super contributions and company matching
* Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums
* A range of discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services
Skills:
* Analytical Thinking
* Business Management
* Communication
* Critical Thinking
* Customer Service
* Financial Modeling
* Financial Products
* Insurance Underwriting
* Intentional collaboration
* Managing performance
* Negotiation
* Problem Solving
* Risk Appetite
* Risk Management
* Stakeholder Management
Skill development is encouraged at QBE with regular training programs available.
Equal Employment Opportunity: QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.