Market Lead, Engineering, Underwriting

Underwriting Specialist

To provide underwriting, technical support, assist in the development and management of a profitable business portfolio under the specified insurance class according to the company's guidelines and delegated authorities.

Your New Role

Strategy and Planning:

• Contribute to the operational objectives of the underwriting function.
• Assist in developing the annual business plan for the portfolio.
• Participate in meetings to support strategy development.

Policy, Process and Procedures:

• Perform underwriting activities in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Follow underwriting standards to manage risk and improve efficiency.
• Support continuous quality improvement initiatives.

Environmental Awareness/Customer Focus:

• Provide technical expertise to identify issues and opportunities.
• Deliver timely and efficient service to brokers and clients.
• Maintain professional working relationships with customers.
• Monitor market trends to inform effective operations.

Technical Performance:

• Assess risk for new business according to applicable standards.
• Identify potential opportunities for new business and self-insurance prospects.
• Develop measurement techniques and reporting systems.
• Build knowledge related to legislation, best practices, underwriting criteria, systems, and organizational guidelines.
• Participate in aggregate management and peer review processes.

People Management:

• Support team motivation and development.

About You

• Degree or equivalent qualification preferable.
• Working experience with substantial experience gained within the General insurance industry.
• Thorough understanding of class specific underwriting and procedure and insurance/reinsurance knowledge.
• Ability to assess risk and use of risk profiling and pricing tools and loss models.
• Strong organizational, prioritization, interpersonal, communication, and negotiating skills.
• Ability to analyze data and use for decision-making.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Established customer/broker relationships would be an asset.
• Strong level of numeracy and literacy skills would be an asset.
• Extensive knowledge of relevant market conditions for specific class/portfolio would be an asset.

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 merchandise and life experiences

Join us and enjoy a work environment that values your well-being and personal growth!

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

Skills: Analytical Thinking, Communication, Critical Thinking, Customer Value Management, Decision Making, Insurance Underwriting, Intentional Collaboration, Managing Performance, Negotiation, Policy Development, Portfolio Management, Problem Solving, Risk Management, Strategic Leadership, Waterfall Model

How to Apply:

To submit your application, click "Apply" and follow the step by step process.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.