Senior Underwriter, Engineering

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

The purpose of this role is to lead a team in developing and executing channel strategic plans while providing expert technical guidance on a range of products to intermediaries and clients. This role involves overseeing underwriting activities and managing the profitability of Engineering business.

The opportunity:

- Evaluate risk for new business & renewals to ensure profitable growth.
- Actively keep abreast of market dynamics and demonstrate market cycle awareness.
- Provide senior technical and specialist product expertise to corporate intermediaries/clients.
- Ensure ongoing personal technical development to achieve the ideal DAL state.
- Support divisional underwriting function to actively manage talent for succession planning.

Your new role:

- Adhere to underwriting standards, instructions, and good practice to minimise risks.
- Develop and maintain good working relationships with customers, intermediaries, and stakeholders.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of channel strategic plans.
- Motivate and develop the team by demonstrating good leadership behaviours.
- Achieve overall local underwriting governance requirements and internal audit standards.

About you:

- Significant underwriting experience with regional exposure.
- Established customer and broker relationships.
- Tertiary Degree or equivalent combination of education and work 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

Excited to share our comprehensive benefits package at QBE

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 #EmployeeBenefits #WorkLifeBalance #CareerDevelopment

Join us now, so you can be part of our success - and we can be part of yours.

Your career at QBE — Let’s make it happen.

Global Disclaimer:
The duties listed in this job description do not limit the assignment of work. They are not to be construed as a complete list of the duties normally to be performed in the position or those occasionally assigned outside an employee’s normal duties. Our Group Code of Ethics and Conduct addresses the responsibilities we all have at QBE to our company, to each other and to our customers, suppliers, communities and governments. It provides clear guidance to help us to make good judgement calls.

Skills:
Analytical Thinking, Communication, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Financial Advising, Insurance Underwriting, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Negotiation, Portfolio Management, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Succession Planning, Talent Management

How to Apply:
Equal Employment Opportunity:
QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.