Senior Motor Fleet Underwriter

Primary DetailsTime Type: Full timeWorker Type: Employee

• Location: Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane/Adelaide/Perth
• Type: Permanent opportunity
• Hybrid role, happy to talk flexible working

The opportunity

Are you an experienced fleet underwriter ready to take on complex and high-value portfolios? As a Senior Motor Fleet Underwriter, you will help shape the future of our motor fleet business. This role offers the opportunity to work on complex and high-value fleet underwriting cases across Australia.

Your new role:

A day in the role may look a bit like this:

• Contribute to underwriting strategy and planning by participating in team and national discussions, making informed decisions, and sharing best practices to support operational goals.
• Underwrite complex motor fleet risks within delegated authority, ensuring compliance with company policies and regulatory standards, while continuously improving underwriting processes.
• Manage key portfolios and accounts, deliver timely decisions, and build strong relationships with intermediaries, customers, and internal stakeholders to enhance satisfaction and collaboration.
• Drive technical performance by achieving underwriting targets, identifying new business opportunities, and maintaining deep knowledge of market trends, legislation, and underwriting systems.
• Provide coaching and technical support to team members, helping develop their expertise and ensuring consistent, high-quality service and profitable portfolio outcomes.
• Monitor portfolio performance, identify adverse trends, and collaborate with specialist underwriters and managers to implement corrective actions and maintain strong loss ratios.

About you

You will be a seasoned insurance professional with proven experience in fleet underwriting, capable of handling complex and high-value quotes and renewals. This is a technical, senior level role that demands deep expertise in commercial motor insurance.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Confidence in assessing and underwriting large, complex motor fleet risks within delegated authority, applying sound judgment and technical expertise.
• Skilled in navigating intricate policy structures and making informed decisions that balance risk and profitability.
• Experienced in managing renewals and portfolio performance, with a strong focus on achieving underwriting targets and maintaining healthy loss ratios.
• Effective in collaborating with internal underwriters and brokers, offering strategic input and technical support to drive business outcomes.
• Solid insurance background with proven experience in motor fleet underwriting and demonstrate deep knowledge of commercial motor products and market dynamics.
• Possess excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work independently while contributing to a high-performing team.

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 13,000 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? Your career at QBE — let's make it happen

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
• Life Leave, supporting the life events we all experience, leaving your annual leave for rest
• Free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
• 18 weeks' gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
• Voluntary super contributions and company matching
• Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums
• A range of discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services

Rewards & Recognition

We value our employee's experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• 2025 Winner of Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award at the Insurance Business Australia Awards for our program
• 2023 Most Inclusive Workplace at the Australian HR Institute (AHRI) 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 in the top ten in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2025 for medium sized program as voted by graduates
• Family Friendly Workplace accredited employer since 2021

Apply now

APPLY NOW and let's make it happen 

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QBE recognise 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

Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Business Management, Communication, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Financial Advising, Innovation, Insurance Regulations, Insurance Underwriting, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Portfolio Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Underwriting ManagementApplication Close Date: 16/10/2025 11:59 PM

How to Apply:

To submit your application, click "Apply" and follow the step by step process.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.

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