Home Underwriting Manager

**About us**

Auto & General (A&G) is the fastest growing insurance business, providing general insurance solutions to all Australians since 2000.

Our range of general insurance products protect customers on the road, at home and on holiday with various Car, Motorcycle, Home, Contents, Pet, and Travel Insurance products as well as Roadside Assistance. We provide insurance for leading brands including Budget Direct, ING, Qantas, and Virgin Money.

We work together as a team to 'safeguard a brighter future' for our customers, our people, and the broader community. We foster a culture of high performance with high integrity (we call it the A&G Way) and expect every team member to bring 100% effort, energy, and dedication to delivering our goals. In return, we invest in our team members with generous rewards, benefits, development opportunities and job security.

**Purpose of the role**

Leading a highly effective team of Underwriters, the Home Operations Underwriting Manager is responsible for supervision and support of all aspects of underwriting Home Insurance Products, ensuring a robust risk selection process. The Home Operations Underwriting Manager is required to identify and analyse existing or emerging risks as well as opportunities for improvements and automation and work with all stakeholders to implement solutions that meet the current and future requirements of the business. The Home Operations Underwriting Manager is to drive the updates and maintenance of the underwriting policies and procedures, as well as supporting product initiatives and projects.

**The role**

As a leader at A&G, you're expected to role model our values, culture, and ways of working. This involves driving high performance with high integrity, and finding solutions that mutually benefit our customers, business, employees, and suppliers. As a leader, we expect you to demonstrate commercial discipline, challenger ambition, effective risk management and a One Team mindset.

In addition to the above, responsibilities will include:
- Supervising Home Underwriting and BAU activities, ensuring compliance with A&G UW Guidelines, UW Policy, and procedures within the company's risk appetite.
- Managing the team of Underwriters; incorporating recruitment, training, and development, supporting productivity and engagement, establishing targets and KPIs, and other managerial duties.
- Assisting the Senior Home Underwriting Manager in developing and maintaining underwriting policies and procedures in compliance with industry regulations and internal standards.
- Assisting in formulating strategy for the A&G Home Insurance portfolio.
- Proposing and implementing process improvement and automation initiatives.
- Monitoring project progress, assisting with testing and post-implementation reviews.
- Working closely with the Home Product management team to integrate underwriting insights into product strategies.
- Supporting implementation of new products and improvements to existing products and product options.
- Supporting and collaborating with Product teams including Product Delivery, Motor, Pricing, and Risk and Governance.
- Coordinating with departments such as C&A, Sales and Service, CDR, Marketing and Partnerships for cohesive product development, procedures and management.
- Analysing Australian insurance market and trends, identifying emerging risks and opportunities.
- Performing any other tasks as directed by the Senior Underwriting Manager and/or General Manager Home Underwriting and Product.

**What experience you'll bring**
- 5+ years General Insurance underwriting and/or claims experience; experience with Domestic property insurance products will be highly regarded.
- Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline, e.g., business administration, economics, commerce, finance, mathematics, etc. and / or professional qualification (e.g., ANZIIF) preferred.

**Our perks**
- **Extra leave**:

- Enjoy additional leave days on us You'll receive a paid 'ME' day and one paid volunteer leave day annually. Team members can also purchase up to two additional weeks of leave per year.
- **Paid parental leave**:

- We support our new parents with paid parental leave and other benefits.
- **Workplace giving**:

- If you're passionate about a cause, then we are too - we offer workplace giving and we'll dollar match your donations to registered charities.
- **Development opportunities**:

- We're championing your development with internal programs and access to a wide range of online courses.
- **Employee discounts**:

- You'll receive discounts on Budget Direct insurance products.
- **Reward and recognition**:

- We reward high performance with employee recognition, reward and incentive schemes.
- **Onsite facilities**:

- There's excellent end-of-trip facilities on offer and private spaces for nursing mothers.
- **Get social**:

- Join our vibrant social and community activities including annual celebrations, famil