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Lead Underwriter
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We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Underwriter to join our team at QBE Insurance Group. As a key member of our underwriting team, you will be responsible for executing assigned lines of business strategy by consulting with agency leaders in assigned territories and evaluating risk to make sound decision-making and underwrite business that contributes to a profitable portfolio.
Key Responsibilities- Underwriting Excellence: Utilize product line subject matter expertise by performing analysis to review potential business prospects and recommend profitable risk selection.
- Complex Underwriting: Perform complex underwriting activities in accordance with all legal and regulatory requirements to ensure obligations are met.
- Relationship Building: Forge and maintain strong relationships with multiple agency leaders by utilizing high degrees of business acumen to deliver sound underwriting decision-making, ensure personalized and quality service, and garner support for department activities and business growth.
- Portfolio Optimization: Optimize assigned line/s of business portfolio growth by reviewing, classifying, evaluating, and rating complex business, communicating high-risk exposures to senior leaders, and providing feedback on recommendations.
- Leadership and Collaboration: Lead profitability and process/automation improvement initiatives by informing senior leaders on innovative underwriting best practices, guiding the development and implementation of strategic plans and training programs, and tracking team performance within assigned territory to identify gaps and promote efficiencies for alignment with department objectives.
- Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- Experience: 7 years relevant experience.
- Preferred Competencies: Strong working knowledge of products and insurance concepts, strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, strong working knowledge of underwriting processes and procedures, strong working knowledge of laws and regulations related to area of responsibility, and events affecting the industry, including understanding of competition and the marketplace for assigned line/s of business.
At QBE, we are deeply committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where each person is valued and respected for their authentic selves. We believe this is our moment: What if it was yours too? Our people will be at the center of our success. We're proud to work together, and encourage each other to enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies, and our communities.
