Senior Insurance Professional

20 hours ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia beBeeUnderwriting Full time
Job Description

We are seeking a seasoned insurance professional to join our team as a Senior Underwriter.

In this role, you will be responsible for underwriting new business and renewals of varying complexity and volume, operating within established underwriting guidelines, authority levels, and service standards.

You will collaborate closely with a team of underwriters, providing guidance, sharing expertise, and mentoring team members. You will also play a key role in building and maintaining strong broker relationships, applying your technical knowledge to support business outcomes, and staying up-to-date with industry developments and new product offerings.

A day in the role may look like this:

  • Actively manage your renewal and new business portfolio, maintaining strong relationships with brokers and colleagues to support retention, growth, and profitability.
  • Ensure compliance with all underwriting standards, procedures, and processes through consistent monitoring and review.
  • Provide timely, professional service and effective solutions to both customers and intermediaries.
  • Continuously develop your knowledge of legislation, best practices, underwriting, systems, products, and organisational guidelines.
  • Collaborate effectively with Underwriters and contribute to a supportive team environment.
  • Promote a positive and productive workplace culture through respectful and proactive engagement.
Required Skills and Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will have a proven background in the insurance industry and strong underwriting experience. You will also have the following skills and attributes:

  • Working knowledge of underwriting in a Property portfolio
  • Strong customer/broker relationship skills and focus
  • Proven knowledge of relevant market conditions for specific class/portfolio
  • The ability to negotiate and have difficult conversations with Brokers and Stakeholders
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong attention to detail
Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As an employee, you will have access to:

  • '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 insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums
  • Additional leave and support through our Family Domestic Violence First Responder Network
  • Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners
Others

We value our employees' 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
  • Platinum employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) - the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion
  • Ranked 3rd place in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2024 for medium-sized program as voted by graduates
  • Top 20 Workplaces for Dads in 2019 and 2020 (HBF Direct Advice for Dads)
  • Family First accredited employer since 2021

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