Business Development Underwriting Manager

2 weeks ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Ecclesiastical Insurance Group Full time

Working hours: Full-time

Duration: Permanent

Location: New South Wales (based within the Sydney office)

About the role

Ansvar Australia, who are proudly part of Benefact Group, are looking for a Business Development Underwriting Manager to join our New South Wales team.

The Business Development Underwriting Manager – NSW is responsible for ensuring that their state's portfolio achieves its GWP budget within loss ratios through the development of new business and maintenance of existing accounts.

This role represents and promotes the interests of Ansvar Insurance with distribution partners and the insurance industry. The role reports to the State Manager NSW and based within the Sydney CBD office.

Joining our rapidly expanding and innovative Group presents a fantastic opportunity to develop your career and become an integral part of an inclusive, purpose-led organisation.

Key responsibilities
  • Manage the growth and maintenance of profitable, sustainable business within the VIC portfolio of business
  • Personal Underwriting of New Business cases, schemes and endorsements for the NSW portfolio
  • Assist Underwriting department in maximising the profitability of Casualty, Property, Financial Lines and SME portfolio's
  • Contribute to the alignment of risk and compliance management practises to Ansvar's strategic objectives by sitting in the first line of defence
  • Deliver professional and efficient customer service to clients, brokers and distribution partners as well as internal colleagues
Knowledge, skills and experience
  • Significant experience working in business development and Relationship Management roles within the general insurance industry, with excellent commercial lines product knowledge.
  • Excellent people skills and experience dealing directly with brokers and clients as well as maintaining good relationships with colleagues and business partners
  • As an experienced Business Development Underwriting Manager you will be highly disciplined, with excellent planning and time management skills and the ability to work effectively to deliver viable results for the Company.
What we offer
  • Learning and Development opportunities
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Flu Vaccinations
  • Reward & Recognition Program with discounts and deals at 100's of local retailers
  • Competitive Parental Leave Arrangement
  • Purchase additional Annual Leave opportunity
  • Hybrid work arrangement
  • Paid Volunteer day – 1 per year
  • Community Education Grant Program – Ansvar staff can participate in the review and selection of the Grant recipients each year, to determine who receives funding from Ansvar's profit pool
  • EAP access for staff and families
  • Participation in Ansvar's short term incentive scheme – up to 15%
About us

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and are currently the UK's 3rd largest corporate donor, having given away £200 million since 2016. We have ambitious plans to become the UK's number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group's size.

We believe it's essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.



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