Senior Financial Lines Underwriter / Underwriter

Chubb is the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurer. With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients.

Chubb Australia is currently experiencing a period of accelerated growth, and as we continue to excel and make our mark in the local market, we are looking for high potential individuals to join our dynamic and fast paced team.

Your Role:

The primary purpose of this role is to assist in the development and accomplishment of goals established for profit, growth, service and producer relations, while also contributing as a senior technical underwriter. This role extends to fostering relationships with customers and brokers by demonstrating Chubb's commitment to deploy its global coverage and risk management capabilities to meet the customer needs.

Your Responsibilities:

Underwriting Process / Analysis

• Assist in the positioning and negotiations associated with delivering profitable transactions to achieve financial plans for all applicable product lines.
• Follows established underwriting guidelines within the scope of delegated authority, determines acceptability of new lines and renewals.
• Utilises appropriate endorsements and applies adequate pricing structure.
• Consults with LOB product managers on risks exceeding delegated authority.
• Provide technical leadership for underwriting/marketing including risk referrals and portfolio management; serves as a resource regarding unique coverage needs.
• Consult with State Distribution Manager on retention and prospecting activity.
• Provide expertise in speciality line of business to major customers and brokers.
• Maintains awareness of claim activity with assigned book and communicates with adjusters as needed.
• Monitors underwriting results and premium and loss trends.
• Oversees underwriting judgement and authority of less experienced members of staff.

Production / Relationship Management

• Identify, analyse and develop sources of desirable new business opportunities including cross-departmental opportunities.
• Cultivate "zero relationship" prospects and "one-line" accounts into future Chubb clients.
• Preparing, delivering and negotiating quotations.
• Actively participate in business development activities through regular team meetings.
• Build and maintain long term relationships with key producers and insureds; deals with producer principals on complex underwriting issues.
• Reviews performance reports, inforce accounts, and makes quality-control recommendations.
• Visits producers and insureds alone and with senior staff in order to communicate Chubb philosophy and increase market share.
• Increase producers and insureds awareness of appetite, products and advantages through product presentations.

• Degree qualified.
• High degree of technical underwriting ability; oral and written communication, negotiation and presentation skills; Ability to effectively interact with brokerage, customer and internal stakeholders at all levels.
• Develop creative solutions to unique underwriting situations through making recommendations for tailoring coverage and manuscripting policies.
• Understand advance pricing techniques and modelling.
• Be familiar with developing marketing plans and handling complex accounts.
• Understand the underwriting appetites of the other departments and how those relate to interdepartmental accounts.
• Track record of high achievement in a team-based and results-oriented culture.
• Familiar with the products / services of key competitors.
• Have experience in the interpretation and analysis of claims and appropriate deployment of loss control resources.
• Strong communication skills: To assure healthy exchange of information & impediments.
• Proven ability to seek out new distribution sources.
• Possess or quickly obtain knowledge of Chubb's global capabilities and financials and ability to communicate that information to existing or new customers at all levels.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft systems including Excel Word and PowerPoint.

Chubb is committed to equal employment and celebrates individual differences by creating a workplace environment in which everyone feels welcomed, respected and valued. We offer you the opportunity to work as part of a dynamic and agile environment where continuous development is encouraged throughout your career, both locally and globally. Some additional benefits offered include a flexible working approach via our "My One Thing" initiative, education assistance, dress for your day every Friday, promotion of health and wellbeing (including discounted health insurance, daily breakfast and fresh fruit), and the option to enrol into the Chubb Limited discounted stock purchasing scheme.