Senior Underwriter - Liability

QBE Insurance; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Wellbeing coaching

Parental leave

Job summary

QBE Insurance invites applications for a Senior Underwriter - Liability to join our Commercial Underwriting team. This role requires technical underwriting excellence, broker engagement and leadership to coach others.

You'll underwrite complex new business, renewals and endorsements within delegated authority, build relationships, monitor portfolio performance and contribute to profitability and sustainable growth.

Qualifications

• Extensive commercial underwriting experience with strong liability expertise.
• Ability to manage a profitable portfolio through broker engagement.
• Excellent stakeholder management with brokers, clients and internal teams.
• Experience coaching junior underwriters and sharing technical knowledge.
• Analytical mindset with ability to interpret portfolio performance and market trends.
• High attention to detail and commitment to underwriting governance.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite complex new business, renewals and endorsements within delegated authority.
• Build and maintain strong broker relationships to drive profitable growth.
• Identify opportunities while maintaining underwriting discipline and compliance.
• Coach and share expertise with Underwriters to build capability.
• Monitor portfolio performance and contribute to profitability strategies.
• Ensure accurate underwriting administration, pricing, risk assessment and policy management.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Commercial Acumen

Communication

Critical Thinking

Customer Value Management

Decision Making

Insurance Underwriting

Intentional collaboration

Managing performance

Policy Development

Portfolio Management

Risk Management

Sound Judgment

Stakeholder Management

Strategic Management

Job description

Primary Details

Time Type: Full timeWorker Type: Employee

Please see more information about QBE careers here

• Perth, WA or Adelaide, SA
• Permanent position, full-time hours
• Hybrid and flexible work arrangements

The opportunity

We're seeking a Senior Underwriter - Liability to join our Commercial Underwriting team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced underwriting professional who is passionate about delivering technical excellence, influencing outcomes, and supporting the development of others. You'll join a collaborative and high-performing team where your expertise will help shape underwriting performance while contributing to QBE's continued success in the market.

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

• Underwrite complex new business, renewals and endorsements within delegated authority, delivering timely and commercially sound decisions.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with brokers to drive profitable growth and exceptional service outcomes.
• Identify, develop and secure profitable business opportunities while maintaining underwriting discipline and compliance standards.
• Support, coach and share technical expertise with Underwriters across the team to build capability and underwriting excellence.
• Monitor portfolio performance, identify trends and contribute to strategies that optimise profitability and sustainable growth.
• Ensure accurate underwriting administration, pricing, risk assessment and policy management activities are completed to a high standard.

About You

• Extensive commercial underwriting experience, with strong technical expertise in Liability insurance and complex risk assessment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and grow a profitable portfolio through sound underwriting decisions and broker engagement.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills with brokers, customers and internal teams.
• Experience coaching, mentoring or supporting the development of junior underwriters and sharing technical knowledge.
• Commercially minded with strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret portfolio performance and market trends.
• High attention to detail, excellent communication skills and a commitment to underwriting governance, policies and procedures.

Benefits

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
• Free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
• 18 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super

To learn more about benefits of working with us, click here .

Rewards & Recognition

We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• 2025 Winner of Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award at the Insurance Business Australia Awards for our Respect@QBE program
• 2023 Most Inclusive Workplace at the Australian HR Institute (AHRI) Awards
• Ranked in the top ten in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2025 for medium sized program as voted by graduates

To learn more about our achievements, click here .

Skills

Analytical Thinking, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Critical Thinking, Customer Value Management, Decision Making, Insurance Underwriting, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Policy Development, Portfolio Management, Risk Management, Sound Judgment, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Management

Equal Employment Opportunity

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.