Underwriter Casualty, Brooklyn
AXA XL
- Melbourne, VIC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Growth and Development: Plenty of opportunities to grow and advance in your career.
- Supportive Environment: Work within a supportive and diverse team that values your contribution.
- Great Bonus Structure: Rewarding performance with a competitive bonus structure.
- Exciting Challenges: Build something great and impact the company's future.
- Fun Workplace: Enjoy a vibrant environment fostering creativity and camaraderie.
- Risk Assessment: Conduct thorough risk assessments of potential clients and policies to ensure that the company is taking on profitable business. Identify high-quality risks that align with the company's underwriting guidelines and have the potential for long-term profitability.
- Portfolio Analysis: Regularly analyse your existing portfolio to identify areas for growth and improvement. Evaluate the performance of current policies, identify trends, and assess opportunities for upselling or cross-selling additional coverage.
- Business Development: Engage with brokers, clients, and industry professionals to source new business opportunities. Attend networking events, industry conferences, and seminars to expand your professional network and generate leads for potential opportunities.
- Underwriting Strategy: Develop a strategic underwriting approach that balances risk management with profitability. Set clear underwriting guidelines, pricing strategies, and risk appetite to ensure the portfolio remains healthy and profitable.
- Relationship Management: Build strong relationships with brokers, clients, and other stakeholders to foster loyalty and trust. Provide exceptional service, be responsive to inquiries, and proactively address any issues or concerns to maintain satisfaction and retention.
- Continuous Learning: Stay informed about market trends, regulatory changes, and emerging risks in the insurance industry. Continuously enhance your knowledge and skills through training, certifications, and professional development opportunities to stay competitive and drive portfolio growth.
- Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field of business or finance. Advanced certifications or courses related to underwriting would be beneficial.
- Experience: Proven experience in the insurance sector, particularly in liability underwriting. Demonstrated success in business development and developing underwriting roles. Familiarity with underwriting processes, risk assessment, and policy analysis.
- Skills: Strong analytical skills, excellent communication skills, negotiation skills, collaborative work approach, and proficiency in underwriting tools, industry knowledge, and software systems.
- Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
- Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
- Enhanced family friendly leave benefits
- Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
- Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter
- Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society – are essential to our future. We’re committed to protecting and restoring nature – from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard – by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
- Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We're building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.
- Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. We’re training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.
- AXA Hearts in Action: We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as AXA XL’s “Hearts in Action” programs. These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day – the Global Day of Giving.