Senior Financial Lines Underwriter & Team Lead - Sydney

Hooker And Heijden - Insurance And Underwriting Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellence Program

You Do You Day

Social club

Charity volunteering

Personal leave days

Job summary

Hooker & Heijden is seeking a Senior Underwriter – Financial Lines (Team Lead) in Sydney to lead a 3-person underwriting team. The role focuses on complex Professional Indemnity and Financial Lines risks, with responsibility for coaching, referrals, terms and broker negotiations.

The successful candidate will drive portfolio growth and profitability while contributing to underwriting guidelines and team development within a renowned specialist insurance recruitment environment.

Qualifications

• Senior Financial Lines or Professional Indemnity underwriting experience
• Team leadership, 2IC or mentoring experience
• Strong technical knowledge of wordings, pricing and risk selection
• Strong written and verbal communication

Responsibilities

• Underwriting complex Professional Indemnity and Financial Lines risks within your authority
• Leading, coaching and developing a team of 3 underwriters
• Reviewing and signing off referrals from the team
• Negotiating terms, conditions and pricing with brokers
• Building and holding senior broker relationships across the Sydney market
• Owning portfolio growth, retention and profitability targets
• Contributing to underwriting guidelines, pricing and team growth plans

Skills

Senior underwriter

Team leadership

Wordings knowledge

Pricing & risk selection

Job description

Hooker & Heijden is seeking a Senior Underwriter – Financial Lines (Team Lead) in Sydney to lead a 3-person underwriting team. The role focuses on complex Professional Indemnity and Financial Lines risks, with responsibility for coaching, referrals, terms and broker negotiations.

The successful candidate will drive portfolio growth and profitability while contributing to underwriting guidelines and team development within a renowned specialist insurance recruitment environment.