Casualty Manager, LM Re

Are you an Underwriting Manager or Senior Underwriter with
Casualty Reinsurance
experience across Australia and New Zealand, looking to join LM Re as the market‑facing representative for its growing Australian product line?

Do you like the sound of joining a company with a proven track record of promoting from within, and who puts a real focus on development & growth opportunities through structured induction sessions & training programs, professional skills training, project and/or travel opportunities?

Although this role is new to the Australian branch, you will benefit from the technical expertise of our senior team members locally & regionally and will have exposure to the Asia Pacific & global LM Re business.

Who are we?

At Liberty, we have the technology to support & aid underwriting decisions; however, you will draw on your technical excellence to truly underwrite the risk and tailor bespoke solutions, delivering world-class insurance across all major markets.

We empower our Underwriters by providing them with local authority to make efficient & impactful underwriting decisions We place importance on nurturing & enhancing your professional reputation, while fostering your personal growth and advancing your career to become a trusted & best-in-class Underwriter.

Liberty's leadership team and management have the stability, experience, and foresight to guide us through the ups and downs of the financial cycle while empowering our teams to focus on market relevance and delivering quality customer service. Other benefits include:

• Wellness and Inclusion
  – We offer a range of tools to support employee well-being and diversity, inclusion, and equity. This includes health webinars, cultural induction days led by senior leadership teams, EAP guidance, comprehensive health & medical coverage, generous parental leave, fresh fruits and snacks in the office, and more.
• Career Development
  – We offer a comprehensive induction program, promotions from within, extensive technical and non-technical training, regional and global travel and secondment opportunities, mentoring, management and leadership development programs, change management training, and more.
• Community and Environment
  – our charities align themselves with the Liberty philosophy of helping people live safer and more secure lives, and all Liberty employees are actively encouraged to get involved in giving back to the community. Whether that means participating in company-organised volunteering opportunities, participating in employee-led community groups, attending fund-raising events, or using your additional paid day of service leave each year to engage in community service.
• Life at Liberty –
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Why Liberty?

• Our underwriting & claims methodologies and technical expertise.
• Local Underwriting/Claims authority.
• Stable proven leadership.
• Our Market Approach is built on capability, consistency, and personal rapport.
• Market-leading products.
• Our product development team ensures we are quick to address gaps and introduce new products to the market.
• Autonomous, performance-oriented culture.
• Global organization - Opportunities for secondments.
• Profitable year on year since establishment.

Key responsibilities?

As The LM Re Casualty Manager, you will be responsible for the growth and profitability for the Casualty Reinsurance product line across Australia & New Zealand. You'll have distinct accountability for business results and responsible for maintaining underwriting integrity while delivering profitable growth across treaty casualty Reinsurance in the Australia & New Zealand region. You'll lead the marketing, underwriting and placement activities for complex, long tail and large loss casualty exposures, manages relationships with cedants & brokers in Australia & New Zealand. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Ensuring the provision of an excellent underwriting service to the broker community both personally and through the supervision of underwriting employees.
• Provide regular coaching and identifying development gaps, mentoring and leading by example whilst ensuring adequate communication across the team.
• Actively promoting and liaising with product lines and business units in order to provide excellent service via the Liberty Integrated Business Unit approach.
• Providing strategic input into product development and marketing plans.
• Reviewing and negotiating policy terms and conditions, assisting with policy wordings and endorsements.
• Preparing branch and portfolio reports for dissemination to senior management.
• Participating in the execution of marketing plans including representing Liberty at industry & social events.
• Compile and present training to brokers and industry stakeholders on relevant topics as required.
• Providing input into the financial and strategic planning process relative to the product line.

About you

• Strong relevant experience in casualty reinsurance underwriting and placement, ideally with direct Australia & New Zealand market experience; experience may be from a reinsurer, cedant (insurance company) or broking environment.
• Demonstratable track record of managing casualty treaty and facultative portfolios and achieving profitable outcomes
• Extensive experience negotiating casualty treaty wordings and reinsurance contracts with international, regional and Australia & New Zealand reinsurers.
• Experience working closely with actuarial, finance, claims and legal teams on casualty exposures and reserving.
• Familiarity with Australia & New Zealand regulatory and prudential considerations and reporting requirements (e.g., APRA and applicable New Zealand frameworks), and IFRS17 implications.
• Proficiency with PC based systems and applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and familiarity with bordereau/treaty administration platforms and exposure modelling tools.
• Strong commercial acumen.
• Advanced negotiation and influencing skills.
• Advanced stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical skills and experience with exposure analytics relevant to long tail casualty lines.
• Sound financial understanding including pricing, profitability, reserving impacts and capital management.
• Professional insurance/reinsurance qualifications or memberships (e.g., ACII, CPCU or equivalentagility.
• Professional insurance/reinsurance qualifications or memberships (e.g., ACII, CPCU or equivalent

What's Next?

Does this role sound like you or know someone great? If so, then we would love to hear from you.

If you believe you can make a positive contribution to our team and want to be part of Liberty's exciting future, we would love to hear from you. Please include an updated resume, and we will take it from there. Apply now

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