- Actively collaborate across the team, the State and the broader business to support the achievement of strategic goals and action plans
- Permanent opportunity
- Melbourne CBD location/hybrid work from home
Your Purpose:
Welcome to a place where you can chase real progress and drive real change. And that includes your own career. Being a part of our Vero team at Suncorp Group means being switched on, endlessly curious and always adaptable. In return, you’ll be supported to bring your own ideas to the table and challenge conventions – with the aim of making life a little brighter, simpler and better for our customers and each other.
The Senior Underwriter performs day to day operational underwriting functions within a State Underwriting team through the underwriting of individual policy renewals, new business and mid-term policy adjustments.
The role contributes to the execution of the Commercial Portfolio Strategy through the application within the State of product, pricing, customer retention and acquisition strategies to deliver the targeted Insurance Trading Result (ITR) for the Product(s)
The Senior Underwriter will grow and develop key intermediary relationships, deliver exceptional customer service, collaborate with other teams, remove any blockages to performance, escalate issues and proactively look for ways to simplify and improve the underwriting process.
What you’ll do:
- Underwrite new and renewal business within the scope of individual Delegated Underwriting Authority to achieve the strategic and financial goals of the Commercial Portfolio strategy
- Conduct renewal reviews to ensure business is re-underwritten in alignment with current underwriting, selection and pricing guidelines and implement corrective or remedial actions when appropriate
- Underwrite new business in alignment with current underwriting, selection and pricing guidelines
- Monitor ongoing policy performance to identify opportunities for remedial or corrective underwriting
- Monitor market, competition and intermediaries to identify opportunities for product or customer performance uplift.
What you will bring:
- Minimum of 5 years of product underwriting experience
- Demonstrated ability to influence in the commercial Broker and Adviser insurance market to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes
- Active member and involvement in appropriate industry groups
- Knowledge of relevant General Insurance practices and policies
- Good understanding of relevant Insurance products, industry, market environment, reinsurance structures and customer segment.
What's in it for you:
- Competitive salary package
- Discounts of up to 25% on our various Insurance
- Flexible working environment and arrangements; genuine focus on work-life balance
- Numerous discounts with our corporate partners (retail & shopping / travel & holiday / health & wellbeing)
- We offer support and various programs for our people: (Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Health & Wellbeing, Study Support, Employee Referral Program, Facilities for nursing mothers, Company share options, Social club, Years of Service Recognition).
What you will love about working with us:
We believe we are at our best when our workforce is as diverse, talented and passionate as the communities in which we live and operate, and where our people feel included, valued and connected. We are passionate about inspiring our people by creating a diverse, accessible, and inclusive culture, offering flexible work, career development and internal mobility, and building connected relationships amongst our team members and with our customers.
If this role sounds like the challenge you have been looking for please submit an application online today.
For more information or if you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or in the workplace, we encourage you to contact Annette_frasca@suncorp.com.au for a confidential conversation.
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