State Underwriting Manager Wa

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee
- Location: Perth, Western Australia
- Type: Permanent, full time

The opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Underwriting Manager to join our Elders Insurance Team in Perth. You will provide underwriting, technical support, assist in the development and management of a profitable business portfolio under the specified insurance class according to the Company’s guidelines and delegated authorities.

Your new role:
In this role, you will shoulder leadership responsibilities in managing and retaining our regional renewal portfolio. You will also be responsible for leading a team of Underwriters, upholding underwriting guidelines, authority levels, and service standards while acting as a strategic business partner for the Elders Insurance Agency Network.

Your will:

- Assume a leadership role in the meticulous management and retention of our package portfolio, ensuring strict adherence to established underwriting guidelines, authority levels, and service standards.
- Establish and maintain strategic business partnerships within the Elders Insurance Agency Network, contributing proactively to the network's overarching success.
- Lead and inspire a team of Underwriters, fostering a culture of excellence and aligning team actions with the QBE DNA

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have proven experience
- Proven track record in underwriting, showcasing exemplary portfolio management skills.
- Exceptional leadership acumen, capable of motivating and guiding a team towards collective success.
- Profound understanding of underwriting guidelines, authority levels, and service standards.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, crucial for cultivating effective partnerships.
- technical expert in identifying issues and opportunities within the specified insurance class.

About QBE

We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future - helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage. We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

And our people will be at the centre of our success. We’re proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities. With more than more than 11,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.

We believe this is our moment - what if it was yours too?

Benefits

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

- ‘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
- 12 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
- The ability to maximize retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching
- Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums
- Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners

Rewards & Recognition

We value our employee’s 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
- Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) Platinum Employer since 2022 - the definitive national LGBTIQ+ benchmark for workplace inclusion recognising employers achieving Gold status for 4 or more years
- Ranked 6th place in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2021 as voted by graduates
- Top 20 Workplaces for Dads in 2019 and 2020 (HBF Direct Advice for Dads)
- Family First accredited employer since 2021

QBE recognises the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our networks please contact us at

Application Close Date: 15/10/2024 11:59 PM

How to Apply:
Equal Employment Opportunity:
QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.