Senior Underwriter, Financial Lines

Senior Underwriter, Financial Lines

Senior Underwriter, Financial Lines

Apply locations Wallich Street, Singapore

Time Type: Full time

Posted on: Posted Yesterday

Job Requisition ID: 334228

Primary Details

The purpose of this role is to support the team in achieving profitable growth by providing underwriting advice, technical support, and training to develop individuals within the team. This role involves managing complex underwriting cases, contributing to product strategy, and building relationships with intermediaries to drive business growth. The role also includes underwriting new business and renewals within set guidelines and authority levels to meet business objectives.

The opportunity

• Actively seek out and underwrite risks across the suite of Financial Lines products in QBE’s Wholesale (Facultative Reinsurance) markets of Asia, in a profitable manner and according to authority level and established guidelines. This entails Wholesale/Facultative RI underwriting, with some Retail Underwriting responsibilities.
• Monitor portfolio for profitability and growth and take corrective measures as needed.
• Maintain and adhere to all underwriting file documentation standards.
• Participate in special and strategic projects impacting the business.

Your new role

• Materially contribute to the development and implementation of the Business Unit's Business Plan.
• Actively manage renewal portfolio and new business targets.
• Underwrite complex risks following defined limits of authority, organisational policy and underwriting standards.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with customers, brokers and colleagues.
• Monitor and communicate activity within your portfolio, brokers and competitors and report on opportunities and risks to improve results.
• Contribute to continuous quality improvement processes.
• Deliver timely decisions and problem-solving solutions to customers and intermediaries.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders for profitable growth.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of current legislation, best practices, underwriting, systems, products and organisational guidelines.

About You

• Significant underwriting experience in the insurance industry, across the full suite of Financial Lines products, including operations, sales, underwriting, and claims.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and time management skills.
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills, effective negotiation skills, and skilled presentation aptitude.
• Strong customer-service focus; able to organize and prioritize to meet multiple demands and commitments.
• Team player that enjoys collaboration.
• Established customer/broker relationships.
• Use of risk profiling, pricing tools, and loss models.
• People management experience.
• Level 4-5 underwriting authority.

About QBE

What if you could have a positive impact – at work and in the world?

At QBE, we’re enabling a more resilient future – for our customers, communities, environment, and for our people. We’re building momentum to achieve something significant and know our people are at the centre of our success.

Our industry offers interesting and varied careers where you can help people to protect what matters most. As part of the QBE team, you’ll get to spend every day working with people who are passionate, talented and kind. And with more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, our scale means we’re big enough for your ambitions, yet small enough for you to make a real impact.

QBE Asia’s operations is part of the QBE International Division, and has had a presence in Asia for more than 130 years with offices in: Singapore, Hong Kong & Macau, Malaysia and Vietnam. We continue to be recognised for our ongoing focus on digital innovation to deliver exceptional value and operational excellence for our customers, business partners, people and the community. We support ESG efforts through the QBE Foundation, which helps to create strong, resilient and inclusive communities, by focusing investment and efforts on two key areas where we believe we can have the greatest impact – climate resilience and inclusion.

Benefits

Excited to share our comprehensive benefits package at QBE!

• Flex and hybrid working options
• Work from home policy
• Paternity leaves matching with maternity leave
• Well-being programs
• Pensions
• Medical benefits
• Globally, access to online learning via LinkedIn Learning
• On top of annual leaves, 3 additional days off (Family care leaves)
• Study leave
• Marriage leave
• Internal Appreciation program with points to redeem nice merchandise and life experiences

Join us and enjoy a work environment that values your well-being and personal growth!

Join us now, so you can be part of our success – and we can be part of yours.

Your career at QBE — Let’s make it happen.

Global Disclaimer
• The duties listed in this job description do not limit the assignment of work. They are not to be construed as a complete list of the duties normally to be performed in the position or those occasionally assigned outside an employee’s normal duties. Our Group Code of Ethics and Conduct addresses the responsibilities we all have at QBE to our company, to each other and to our customers, suppliers, communities and governments. It provides clear guidance to help us to make good judgement calls.

Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Communication, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Financial Advising, Innovation, Insurance Underwriting, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Policy Development, Portfolio Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Succession Planning, Talent Management

How to Apply:

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

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

About Us

We are an international insurer and reinsurer offering a diverse portfolio of commercial, personal and specialty products, as well as risk management solutions. Our product portfolio includes property, motor, crop, energy, marine and aviation. We employ a team of around 13,000 people in 27 countries around the world.