Primary Details

Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

Financial Lines senior underwriter

The opportunity

• Experienced Financial Lines Underwriter in a growing portfolio within the Steadfast, Advisernet & Rothbury team
• Opportunity to take on more complex & diverse range of risk.
• Down to earth, values driven culture, with focus on inclusiveness, collaboration and innovation.
• Hybrid working, and happy to chat flexible working
• Auckland based.

Your new role

You will be part of a team that is supportive, self-managing and is trusted to work autonomously.  You will have the opportunity to coach and develop other members within the direct team as well as receive any coaching from mentors in the broader business.

• Part of the Financial Lines/Casualty team in a varied and versatile role across all liability lines.
• Contributing to the overall strategy, planning an execution of policies, product plan and outcomes of complex portfolio balance
• Coach team members in order to achieve or exceed service standards and operational targets in the region.
• Underwrite complex risk business in accordance with the business plan, guidelines within individual earned or delegated underwriting authority

More information and the full job profile can be shared with applicants during the interview process. Please note if you are successful, this process will include a phone screen with our Talent Acquisition team, 2 interviews (either face to face or online via Teams) and background checks

About you

We are looking for a team player, who enjoys collaborating and supporting their colleagues but enjoys autonomy and being empowered to make your own decisions.  You will:

• Have experience in financial lines/casualty.
• Be an effective business partner, experienced in engaging with senior members of Insurance Brokers & with customer presentations. 
• Demonstrate complex analytical and research skills with ability to use risk profiling, pricing tools & loss models.

About QBE

We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage. 

We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

And our people will be at the centre of our success. We’re proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities.

With more than more than 11,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.

We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too?

Your career at QBE — let’s make it happen!

www.qbe.com/nz/about-qbe/careers

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

• ‘Hybrid Working’ – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance
• Our ‘Thriving at our Best’ wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
• 18 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
• The ability to maximise retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching
• Income protection, trauma insurance & Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance
• Additional leave and support through QBE’s Family Domestic Violence First Responder Network
• Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners

Rewards & Recognition

We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice
• 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards
• Gold Employer status for 4 years in a row 2019 - 2022 Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) – the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion
• Ranked 6th place in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2021 as voted by graduates
• Top 20 Workplaces for Dads in 2019 and 2020 (HBF Direct Advice for Dads)
• Family First accredited employer since 2021

Apply now!

APPLY NOW and let’s make it happen! 

Click APPLY to submit your application. Successful applicants will need to complete work rights, police and credit checks through our online provider as a condition of employment.

QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with accessibility requirements and adjustments, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our employee networks at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected]

Application Close Date: 21/10/2024 11:59 PM

How to Apply:

To submit your application, click "Apply" and follow the step by step process.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.