Senior Underwriter

QBE Insurance; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Employee benefits

Job summary

QBE Insurance is seeking a Senior Underwriter to shape a high-value construction portfolio in Melbourne. You’ll manage complex new business and renewals, applying technical underwriting expertise within delegated authority to deliver profitable outcomes.

Join a collaborative, high-performing team and build strong broker relationships while driving growth and maintaining current regulatory and underwriting standards.

Qualifications

• Proven underwriting experience within the insurance industry.
• Strong technical underwriting skills for complex risks.
• Established relationships with brokers and commitment to customer service.
• Ability to balance risk, profitability and portfolio growth.
• Strong understanding of market conditions with a commercial mindset.
• Relevant insurance or tertiary qualifications, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Actively manage renewal portfolios and new business targets.
• Collaborate with stakeholders for profitable growth.
• Underwrite complex risks within delegated authority and guidelines.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with underwriting standards and processes.
• Develop relationships with customers, brokers, and colleagues to retain growth.
• Apply knowledge of QBE capabilities and market activity to deliver solutions.

Skills

Underwriting experience

Technical underwriting

Broker relationships

Portfolio growth

Market awareness

Education

Insurance/industry qualifications

Job description

Hybrid role, happy to talk flexible working

The opportunity

Join QBE's Construction team as a Senior Underwriter, where you'll play a key role in shaping and growing a high-value portfolio. Working across complex new business and renewals, you'll use your technical underwriting expertise to make informed decisions within delegated authority and underwriting guidelines. You'll build and strengthen relationships with brokers and intermediaries, helping to retain and grow business while delivering profitable, sustainable outcomes. This is an opportunity to manage key portfolios, influence results, and make a meaningful impact in a collaborative and high-performing team.

About QBE

At QBE, we get to the heart of what matters for our customers. And we do it all with a human touch.

We’re an international insurer with more than 13,000 people working across 26 countries – which means we’re big enough for your ambitions, yet small enough for you to make a real impact. It’s an exciting time. We’re building momentum towards our vision to become the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

What if you could have a positive impact – at work and in the world? As part of the QBE team, you’ll get to spend every day working with people who are passionate, talented and kind.

Your new role

• Actively manage renewal portfolios and new business targets.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders for profitable growth.
• Underwrite complex risks within defined authority limits, organisational policies, and underwriting standards.
• Monitor, review, and comply with all underwriting standards, procedures, and processes.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers, brokers, and colleagues to achieve business retention, growth, and profitability targets.
• Apply strong knowledge of QBE’s capabilities, risk appetite, products, and broker operations to deliver innovative solutions, while monitoring market activity and maintaining current regulatory and underwriting knowledge

About you

• Proven underwriting experience within the insurance industry
• Strong technical underwriting skills with the ability to assess and manage complex risks.
• Established relationships with brokers and a commitment to delivering exceptional customer service.
• Ability to balance risk, profitability and portfolio growth through effective underwriting decisions.
• Strong understanding of market conditions and trends, with a commercial mindset.
• Relevant insurance, tertiary or industry qualifications, or equivalent experience.

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

• ‘Hybrid Working’ – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance
• Life Leave, supporting the life events we all experience, leaving your annual leave for rest
• 18 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
• A range of discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services

To learn more about benefits of working with us, clickhere.

Rewards & Recognition

• 2025 Winner of Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award at the Insurance Business Australia Awards for our Respect@QBE program
• Platinum employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) – the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion
• Ranked in the top ten in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2025 for medium sized program as voted by graduates

Successful applicants will need to complete work rights, police and credit checks through our online provider as a condition of employment.

QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our networks please contact us at ***********@qbe.com