Underwriter / Assistant Underwriter - Liability
4 weeks ago
**Job Information**:
Industry
Insurance
Work Experience
1-3 years
Salary
$80000 - $100000
City
Melbourne
State/Province
Victoria
Zip/Postal Code
3000
**About our client**
With offices located throughout Australia, Our client is a highly accomplished underwriting operation that has been operating for over two decades. Our clients 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. They are an award winning underwriter aiming to deliver only the best to their ever growing customer base.
**About the role**
What will your essential responsibilities include?
- Achieve individual new business target whilst maintaining strict adherence to underwriting authority and underwriting guidelines issued.
- Grow and retain existing renewal portfolio including administration of all renewals months allocated by Underwriting Manager.
- Review of new business submissions, loss runs, conduct research and underwriting assessment to determine degree of risk for each account and appropriate risk premium to charge.
- Administration of broker platforms including quoting, renewal generation and mid term alterations of new and existing policies.
- Develop existing and grow new broker and authorised representative contacts through regular visitation, business development initiatives, conference and expo attendance and education/training. Maintain distribution network and cross promote different products within the business.
- Provide mentoring, education and technical training to the internal staff and assist with personal development goals as required.
- Positive engagement with all internal stakeholders including casualty counterparts within the broader group, claims, actuaries and middle office.
- Development and build upgrades of online portal including requirements scoping, pricing and competitor analysis, liaise with project manager and user acceptance testing (UAT)
- Technical underwriting referral point for underwriters in state.
- Collaboration with senior teams on Tier 2 broker strategy and implementation of agreed marketing and visitation actions.
**About you**
We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:
- Graduate certification in preferable and ANZIIF Diploma qualified (or something similar)
- Minimum 2 -3 years experience in the insurance sector working with Casualty underwriting, BDM and/or development underwriting roles.
- Keen attention to detail and problem solving ability, with a clear understanding of the technical requirements of the role of an underwriter. Ability to put forward well reasoned arguments based on research and logic.
- Self starter and comfortable taking ownership for own work with the ability to work both independently and as part of a close team. Enthusiastic and always accountable.
- Displays effective communication skills and can present both internal/external on a range of topics whilst being adaptable to the needs of a particular situation.
- Eagerness to be involved in product and strategy development across the business.
- Ability to travel as required by the business.
- Desirable Skills - advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word and Powerpoint).
**Diversity & Inclusion**
We know that a diverse workforce and inclusive culture enable business growth and are critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attracting and retaining the most diverse workforce possible, while creating a strong, inclusive culture where everyone is welcome and can contribute and reach their highest potential.
- Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index - 2017, 2018
- Signatory to the CEO Action for Diversity
- Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter
- Twelve Colleague Resource Groups around the Globe
- Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
- Enhanced family friendly leave benefits
- Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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