Senior Underwriter

4 months ago

Auckland City, New Zealand QBE Insurance Full time

**Primary Details**
Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

Permanent, full time
Auckland based
Hybrid working

**The opportunity**
- Due to an internal move, we have an opportunity for an experienced Property Underwriter to manage a Property Portfolio.
- Reporting to the Underwriting Relationship Manager, you will work take on more complex & diverse range of risk.
- Develop your leadership capability through mentoring and coaching within the wider QBE team.
- Auckland based role; hybrid working (3 days in the office) & happy to talk flexible.

**Your new role**

As a Senior Underwriter you will oversee and manage a portfolio in the commercial property space. Key elements of this role will include:

- Actively manage your portfolio and relationships with brokers and colleagues to achieve portfolio retention, growth and profitability targets.
- Represent QBE to our customers and broking partners in a professional manner.
- Demonstrate and share a detailed understanding of the market and trends.
- Lead and model QBE values around teamwork, customer focus, listening with empathy, sharing your expertise.
- Contribute to the development and mentoring of Underwriters and Assistant Underwriters

**About you**

As a seasoned Underwriter, you will enjoy the opportunity to further develop your leadership style through mentoring others in the team. In addition, you will have:

- An effective business partner, experienced in engaging with senior members of Insurance Brokers & with Customer presentations.
- Collaborative team leadership skills
- Social intelligence, conflict management and interpersonal skills
- High communication, influencing and negotiation skills
- Analytical and problem-solving skills

**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

**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
- 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

**** ** and let's make it happen**

Application Close Date: 04/09/2024 11:59 PM

How to Apply:
Equal Employment Opportunity:
QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.

Job ID 327643

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