Underwriting Manager, Financial Lines Brooklyn

3 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia AXA XL Full time

Underwriting Manager, Financial Lines Brooklyn

**Underwriting Manager, Financial Lines Brooklyn**

Melbourne VIC

This is a regulated role under the Central Bank of Ireland's Fitness and Probity regime.

With offices located throughout Australia, Brooklyn Underwriting is a highly accomplished underwriting operation that has been operating for over two decades. Brooklyn's insurance products are customised, market-specific solutions that are supported by specialist underwriting teams with recognised experience in Property, Casualty, Financial Lines, Marine and Specialty. Brooklyn is an award winning underwriter aiming to deliver only the best to our ever growing customer base.

The Underwriting Manager, Financial Lines manages a team across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. You will be leading product distribution and relationships across the professional lines products including commercial PI, Information Technology, Cyber, Management Liability and Financial Planners. This role requires technical knowledge of SME platforms.

**DISCOVER your opportunity**

What will your essential responsibilities include?

**Leading all operations of Brooklyn's International Financial Lines division including:
- Strategic planning
- Achieving business targets
- Broker relationships and development
- Staff advancement and mentoring
- Fostering culture
- Product and systems innovation
- Collaboration with AXA XL IFL colleagues
- Personal development

**Human Objectives
- Providing oversight and day-to-day direction to team members
- Staff mentoring
- Performance management
- Collaborate across all Brooklyn product lines
- Maintain and develop Broker relationships Australia-wide
- Liaison with AXA XL colleagues to foster and build strong internal working relationships
- Promote a spirit of team work, collaboration and fairness
- Foster and protect a cohesive workplace culture that aligns with the company's values and 'Our Commitments'

**Operational Objectives
- Overall portfolio management of the following business lines:

- Miscellaneous Professionals
- Design & Construction Professionals
- Registered Trainers
- Resources Professionals
- Financial Professionals
- Management Liability
- Management reporting (as required)
- Handling new business quotations, renewals and policy maintenance while providing advice and technical support to staff
- Supervision and improvement of the online quotation system
- Adherence to agreed Service Standards
- Maintenance of all delegated Underwriting Authorities to staff
- Maintenance adherence to all Underwriting Guidelines
- Reviewing all product wordings and collaboration with AXA XL IFL as to changes or improvements
- Ensure compliance with AXA XL corporate regulations and standards
- Business development activities
- New Product initiatives
- Systems innovation

**Financial Objectives
- Achieve annual Gross Written Premium target across all lines

You will report to the Head of Brooklyn.

**SHARE your talent**

**SHARE your talent**

We're looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

- Proven experience in managing and leading a team is essential
- ANZIIF Qualifications and/or degree qualified (preferred)
- Proven experience in underwriting Professional Indemnity, Liability and Management Liability classes
- Broad knowledge of both individual risk and portfolio management
- Excellent relationship management skills (internal and external)
- Understanding of key broker distribution channels and opportunities
- Enthusiastic, resilient and a willingness to learn
- Excellent communication skills
- Superior negotiation skills
- Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team
- Highly developed analytical and problem solving skills
- Leadership qualities
- Attention to detail and has sound judgment

**FIND your future**

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don't just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business - property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.

**Inclusion & Diversity**

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce enable business growth and are critical to our success. That's why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most diverse workforce possible, and create an inclusive cultur



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