Strategic Underwriting Manager

• A great opportunity to work with one of Australia's largest general insurers
• Open to other locations Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide
• Own and develop relationship with our key stakeholders

About Hollard

Hollard Insurance is part of the Hollard Group of Companies and a top 5 General Insurer in Australia and New Zealand. We underwrite a broad range of general insurance products, including motor, home, contents, business, bicycle and pet, in proud partnership with some of Australia's biggest consumer brands and broker businesses. As an independent and privately owned company, we believe we can go further together – for our people, customers, communities and partners – through an innovative approach to providing insurance.

Our state-of-the-art facilities in North Sydney reflect our commitment to providing innovative workspaces that support hybrid and remote work.

About the Role

Reporting to the Senior Manager - Underwriting, this role is key to supporting the delivery of financial objectives for commercial products across Hollard.  Working with stakeholders across Hollard the role will be responsible for the establishment, management and monitoring of the risk appetite through appropriate design and reporting.

Key Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Achieving planned underwriting results for new and existing business.
• Design, review and monitor the strategic positioning of the underwriting risk appetite.
• Develop and maintain underwriting guidelines, rules and operational underwriting procedures.
• Monitor risk profiles and the changes to risk profiles within products, including risk accumulation and concentration.
• Work with functional teams and partners to see underwriting rules and features implemented effectively withing policy management systems.
• Provide insights, feedback on reinsurance programmes and ensure all policies, processes and procedures have been updated to reflect appropriate reinsurance treaties.
• Provide advice on difficult and complex underwriting issues.
• Provide appropriate sign off on underwriting referrals within delegated underwriting authority.

About You

• At least 10 years insurance industry experience in Commercial underwriting or underwriting management portfolio management.
• Personal loans in insurance exposure will be highly regarded
• Must have General Insurance experience
• A minimum of 5 years in a people management/leadership role or similar.
• Strong knowledge of underwriting major risks across commercial products.
• Experience in the development of effective underwriting policies, procedures, and controls to practically enable frontline teams.

Working at Hollard

At Hollard, you'll discover an environment where you can truly make an impact. We offer the best of both worlds – the opportunity, agility and creativity of a company growing with scale, alongside a focus on becoming a catalyst for enduring, positive, social change.

We're a tight-knit team, where authentic voices and unique perspectives matter. We work supportively, collaboratively and inclusively to help shape our future and create shared value for our communities.

Hollard proudly promotes flexible work including remote work, non-traditional work patterns, and work-family balance. We're also unapologetically committed to creating a workplace that values your diversity with a true sense of inclusion.  We actively seek to hire for your different lived experiences, including as it relates to disability, ethnicity, faith, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, gender diversity, sexual orientation, age, neurodiversity.

We're building something special. Working closely with our industry partners to reshape insurance for the better, we're people changing insurance.

Please note:

Even if you don't meet all our selection criteria, we encourage you to apply.

A full background check will be completed on the successful applicant.

We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies and kindly request that no unsolicited resumes are sent to Hollard in relation to this role or others. Only direct applications will be considered.

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