Asia Head, Underwriting, A&H

Overview
Asia Head, Underwriting, A&H at QBE Asia. The purpose of this role is to lead A&H and drive sustainable profitable growth by providing strategic and operational leadership ensuring governance, legal and regulatory oversight. The role involves developing and executing the underwriting and portfolio strategies, delivering the product's financial plan with the country teams, delivering underwriting technical excellence, creating the best-in-class value proposition and maintaining strong partners and customer relationships.
The Opportunity
Develop and communicate a strategic plan for sustainable profitable growth
Lead the underwriting team to ensure risk quality and proper insurance to value
Foster a collaborative approach to growing the business with multiple stakeholders
Develop and maintain risk appetite and underwriting guidelines following regulations
Your new role
Leverage technical expertise to expand customer base in collaboration with Distribution, Marketing, IT and Operations
Drive standardization of underwriting across all A&H products and territories
Capitalize on opportunities for continuous improvement on products, value propositions, processes, systems, and the customer journey
Build and maintain internal and external relationships
Develop sustainable underwriting and distribution operations for all A&H products
About you
Underwriting experience in a senior role
Experience managing a general insurance business
Leadership experience
Experience converting analysis into strategy
Senior stakeholder management experience
About QBE
What if you could have a positive impact – at work and in the world?
At QBE, we're enabling a more resilient future – for our customers, communities, environment, and for our people. We're building momentum to achieve something significant and know our people are at the centre of our success.
Our industry offers interesting and varied careers where you can help people to protect what matters most. As part of the QBE team, you'll get to spend every day working with people who are passionate, talented and kind. And with more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, our scale means we're big enough for your ambitions, yet small enough for you to make a real impact.
QBE Asia's operations is part of the QBE International Division, and has had a presence in Asia for more than 130 years with offices in: Singapore, Hong Kong & Macau, Malaysia and Vietnam. We continue to be recognised for our ongoing focus on digital innovation to deliver exceptional value and operational excellence for our customers, business partners, people and the community. We support ESG efforts through the QBE Foundation, which helps to create strong, resilient and inclusive communities, by focusing investment and efforts on two key areas where we believe we can have the greatest impact – climate resilience and inclusion.
Benefits
Flex and hybrid working options
Work from home policy
Paternity leaves matching with maternity leave
Well-being programs
Pensions
Medical benefits
Globally, access to online learning via LinkedIn Learning
On top of annual leaves, 3 additional days off (Family care leaves)
Study leave
Marriage leave
Internal Appreciation program with points to redeem nice merchandize and life experiences
Join us and enjoy a work environment that values your well-being and personal growth
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Your career at QBE — Let's make it happen.
Skills
Analytical Thinking, Coaching for success, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Financial Products, Influencing, Insurance Underwriting, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Navigating ambiguity, Portfolio Management, Risk Management, Strategic Leadership
How to Apply
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Equal Employment Opportunity
QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.
Job details
Seniority level: Executive
Employment type: Full-time
Time Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee
Job function: Finance and Sales
Industries: Insurance
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