Senior Underwriter

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We are looking for a commercially astute individual, to join our Christchurch based team to look after an established portfolio and relationships

Summary about this job

Underwriting

Company: QBE

Location: Canterbury

Work type: Full Time

Salary: n\a

Phone: +64-4-201-6690

Fax: +64-9-660-4799

E-mail: n\a

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Detail information about job Senior Underwriter. Terms and conditions vacancy

  • Underwriting Property, Motor, Contract Works
  • Working within your Delegated Underwriting Authority
  • Positively contributing to the profitable growth of QBE's business

Our business, our culture

QBE is one of the top 20 global general insurers with operations in 37 countries around the world.

 

Working at QBE, we recognize the value of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and support a range of flexible work arrangements to promote a better family/life/work balance.

 

We offer you a dynamic workplace culture, one that values and leverages the unique ideas, capabilities and experiences you bring irrespective of where you are in the world. We believe this strengthens our ability to deliver on our business goals, particularly as it relates to innovation, growth and our focus on customers.

 

The opportunity

Are you a high performing underwriter, who thrives on variety and being known as an expert in your field, or perhaps you are a high performing Underwriting Assistant ready to step up for your next challenge?

 

We are looking for a commercially astute individual, to join our Christchurch based team to look after an established portfolio and relationships with our Broker partners.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Underwriting Property, Motor, Contract Works and some ancillary casualty lines new business and renewals
  • Providing quotations with fast turnarounds,
  • Working within your Delegated Underwriting Authority
  • Positively contributing to the profitable growth of QBE's business with multiple brokers in and around Christchurch and the wider South Island
  • Responding to customer enquiries in a timely and professional manner
  • Ownership of, and involvement in, team/branch or head office projects and QBE’s strategic initiatives

To be successful in this role you will possess:

  • 2 years or more experience in Commercial insurance environment
  • Team player
  • Open thinker
  • Able to build partnership relationships
  • Maker of good decisions
  • Accountable and able to work with some autonomy
  • An ability to time manage workload in order to meet deadlines
  • Excellent communication skills, resilience, problem-solving and process improvement experience- our aim is to partner with our Brokers
  • Have a clear understanding of QBE’s risk appetite to steer your new business and renewal portfolio
  • You will want  to help our business grow and build strong partnership relationships both internally and externally with brokers and customers

 

Benefits

You will be provided with a competitive remuneration structure and benefits, in an environment that offers support, flexibility and encourages initiative, career development and learning.

 

We offer a range of benefits and discounts including:

  • Paid Parental leave (inclusive of paid superannuation during this time)
  • Secondment opportunities
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Paid volunteer leave
  • Purchased leave
  • Product discounts
  • Superannuation matching

 

Applicants will be required to provide evidence of their eligibility to work in New Zealand, and at a minimum be required to undertake police and basic credit checks as a condition of employment.

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