Senior Underwriter

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent

Location: Melbourne or Adelaide

Job Ref: REQ204201

About the role

Ansvar Australia, who are proudly part of Benefact Group, are looking for a Senior Underwriter to join our Melbourne or Adelaide office.

The Senior Underwriter is responsible for the personal underwriting of medium to complex risks within our portfolios, with a primary focus on new business development and strategic market engagement.

The primary objective of this role is the underwriting of new accounts in accordance with Ansvar guidelines and core sectors within the delegated underwriting authority. This function directly supports the Company's strategy for profitable business growth while maintaining underwriting excellence. The Senior Underwriter will also provide essential support for the renewal process to ensure portfolio stability and retention.

A fundamental aspect of this role involves developing and nurturing business from an allocated panel of Independent and Global brokers. The Senior Underwriter must demonstrate the ability to establish and maintain strong broker relationships with persistence and professional skill in pursuing target accounts. Additionally, they will be responsible for creating and executing targeted business plans to maximise opportunities within their assigned broker panel.

Within Ansvar, the Senior Underwriter serves as a technical resource and mentor, coaching and developing less experienced staff in both technical underwriting principles and interpersonal skills. The position requires someone who can demonstrate enthusiasm for our core markets while making sound underwriting decisions, both independently and in collaboration with colleagues and management.

The ideal candidate will embody Ansvar's commitment to disciplined underwriting while actively driving new business development to achieve portfolio growth and profitability targets in alignment with our strategic objectives.

Why join us?

We are embracing significant organisational change and need innovative thinkers and change makers who want to shape the future, not just be part of it.

Your Voice Matters: Work directly with decision-makers who champion fresh ideas and where you can make a genuine impact.

Diverse Opportunities: As a nimble, dynamic organisation, you'll gain exposure to challenging projects and cross-functional skills.

Meaningful Work: From our Community Education Programme to protecting heritage buildings and partnering with faith-based and community organisations, your work will make a tangible difference.

Be part of a collaborative, inclusive, ambitious culture committed to making a difference and working towards a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst Australia's Top 40 Best Workplaces to Give Back in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities, with all of our profits going to charity and good causes.

What you'll be doing

Maintain and develop key broker relationships through consistent visitation, ensuring that customer service is provided on high level.

Support the implementation of the Ansvar's Pricing Strategy and referral philosophy.

Personal underwriting of predominant New Business and certain renewal policies, schemes and endorsements with more complex risks within the region's portfolio

Develop and execute new business opportunities interacting with existing and new brokers. This includes a systematic approach to broker networking and detailed visitation plan.

Assist the Region Manager and Product Team in the underwriting and management of Commercial & Corporate policies/portfolio of business

What you'll need to have

Minimum 5 years' relevant insurance experience

Strong working knowledge of property underwriting and understanding of manuscript and agreed policy wordings

Ability to plan and action portfolio and business specific activities including coordination of activities with other lines of business and departments

Demonstrated ability to build positive and constructive working relationships with key stakeholders.

What we offer

A competitive salary - let's discuss it

Flexible, Hybrid working in modern CBD offices

Generous industry performance bonuses

Generous annual leave plus birthday, well-being, paid parental, volunteering & more

Tailored professional development programs

Recognised as the Best Australian Workplace for Fathers (2025)

Good Company Award Winner (2025)

About us

At Ansvar Insurance, we are transforming the way we operate. As specialists in the Care, Community, Faith, Education, and Heritage sectors, we are modernising our business while staying true to our purpose - protecting those who serve others.

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. 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.