Commercial Underwriting Lead - InternationalPrimary DetailsTime Type: Full timeWorker Type: Employee
The opportunity Newly created Commercial Underwriting Lead role. Lead a high performing team. Auckland based, reporting to the Head of Corporate and Commercial. Your new role As the Commercial Underwriting Lead - International, you will play a pivotal role in shaping underwriting strategy and leading a team of skilled underwriters to drive growth, profitability, and operational excellence. This role requires both strategic insight and hands-on technical expertise, with a focus on managing and strengthening relationships with major trading partners to support mutual business growth.
Key Responsibilities: Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement strategic goals for underwriting portfolios to achieve profitable growth aligned with business objectives.
Major Partner Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for our major trading partners, fostering collaborative relationships that enhance business opportunities and align with strategic goals.
Team Leadership & Development: Lead, manage, and mentor a team, cultivating a culture of engagement, collaboration, and high performance.
Technical Expertise: Underwrite complex new business and renewals, provide specialist technical guidance, and act as a key authority on underwriting policies, guidelines, and industry standards.
Risk Management: Review and authorise risks within underwriting guidelines and authority levels, ensuring compliance with agreed SLAs, underwriting standards, and regulatory requirements.
Continuous Improvement: Contribute to quality improvement processes to enhance underwriting operations, ensure adherence to policies, and uphold compliance standards.
About you Extensive experience in commercial underwriting with a focus on managing key partner relationships.
Strong people management skills, with a track record of leading, coaching, and developing high-performing teams.
Proven ability to cultivate and manage strong partnerships with major trading partners, brokers, and intermediaries.
Advanced technical underwriting knowledge and a strategic approach to navigating complex business requirements.
Dedication to regulatory compliance and business standards, with a proactive approach to managing risk.
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 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!
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 3rd place in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers (medium programs) 2024 as voted by graduates.
Top 20 Workplaces for Dads in 2019 and 2020 (HBF Direct Advice for Dads).
Family First accredited employer since 2021.
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.
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