Assistant Underwriter

Job Description:

Assistant Underwriter, Brooklyn Financial Lines

Melbourne, Victoria

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 customized, market-specific solutions that are supported by specialist underwriting teams with recognized experience in Property, Casualty, Financial Lines, Marine and Specialty. The team provides a diverse and inclusive learning culture with excellent opportunity for growth.

We are looking for an Assistant Underwriter in our Financial Lines team to support an experienced and dynamic team of Underwriters in all tasks related to underwriting and administration support as well as managing the online portal referrals.

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

What you'll be DOING

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Managing/servicing/processing an allocated portfolio for SME accounts across Brooklyn Financial Lines products, including Professional Indemnity, Technology Liability, Cyber and Management Liability insurance policies.
• Handling and resolving underwriting enquiries via phone and email from clients/insurance brokers.
• Preparation of reports, providing assistance to underwriters and other business functions including business operations and credit control as required.
• Develop a solid network with all internal stakeholders within Brooklyn and the broader AXA XL group, claims, actuary and middle office.
• Adherence to Underwriting Rules & Guidelines, service standards and regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Promotion of a collaborative work culture with unwavering commitment to teamwork and team success.
• Attend internal and external meetings and events with clients and brokers.

You will report to the Underwriting Manager- Financial lines.

What you will BRING

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

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Adaptable and able to work in an exciting and fast paced environment
• Ability to deliver exceptional customer service and represent the team as first point of contact
• High attention for details, analytical skills to visualize, gather information, articulate and solve problems
• Accountable, takes ownership for own work and self-organized to meet deadlines
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills
• Working rights for Australia
• Excellent communication skills

Desired Skills and Abilities:

• Recent experience in the insurance/financial services sector
• Exposure to administration/claims

Who WE are

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.

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What we OFFER

Inclusion

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 enables business growth and is critical to our success. That's why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most inclusive workforce possible, and create a culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential. It's about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.

• Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
• Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
• Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits
• Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
• Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter

Learn more at AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Total Rewards

AXA XL's Reward program is designed to take care of what matters most to you, covering the full picture of your health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial security. It provides competitive compensation and personalized, inclusive benefits that evolve as you do.

We're committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.

Sustainability

At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our Sustainability strategy, called "Roots of resilience", focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.

Our Pillars:

• Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society – are essential to our future. We're committed to protecting and restoring nature – from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard – by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
• Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far-reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We're building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.
• Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. We're training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.
• AXA Hearts in Action: We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as AXA XL's "Hearts in Action" programs. These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day – the Global Day of Giving.

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