Strata Underwriter, Hub

Chubb; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Education assistance

Dress for your day Fridays

Discount health insurance

Stock purchase scheme

Job summary

Chubb is seeking an experienced underwriting professional in Australia to contribute to profit and growth through strategic book management and strong broker relationships. You will analyze risks, ensure compliance, and drive new business opportunities while maintaining rigorous underwriting standards.

The role focuses on sustaining profitable growth, collaborating with internal stakeholders, and delivering value to clients and brokers alike in a dynamic insurance market.

Qualifications

• Strong underwriting judgement, problem-solving skills and commercial awareness.
• Knowledge of pricing, alternative risk transfer, reserving and key account management.
• Confidence to tailor coverage, influence decisions and build trusted relationships.
• Experience training and supporting entry-level underwriters and new hires.

Responsibilities

• Achieve new business, rate and retention targets for the assigned portfolio, using portfolio analysis and strong account planning to support profit and growth.
• Follow underwriting, compliance and documentation standards, and assess new business, renewals and endorsements within authority.
• Meet producer targets, develop new business opportunities and manage the sales pipeline.

Skills

Underwriting judgement

Commercial awareness

Pricing knowledge

Relationship building

Job description

Job Description

About the Role

The primary purpose of this role is to contribute to the achievement of department, branch, and corporate goals relative to profit, growth, service producer and client relations.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities

Book Management

• Achieve new business, rate and retention targets for the assigned portfolio, using portfolio analysis and strong account planning to support profit and growth.
• Work closely with NUC and internal stakeholders to maintain a consistent broker approach, monitor open claims and prepare thoroughly for account reviews.

Underwriting Quality and Compliance

• Follow underwriting, compliance and documentation standards, and assess new business, renewals and endorsements within authority.
• Make recommendations on risks outside authority, support account trade-off decisions and contribute to profit, premium and market analysis.

Sales, Marketing and Broker Management

• Meet producer targets, develop new business opportunities and manage the sales pipeline.
• Build strong broker and key account relationships through regular communication, visits and collaboration to retain and grow business.

Qualifications

What You’ll Bring

• Strong underwriting judgement, problem-solving skills and commercial awareness.
• Knowledge of pricing, alternative risk transfer, reserving and key account management.
• Confidence to tailor coverage, influence decisions and build trusted relationships.
• Experience training and supporting entry-level underwriters and new hires.

Why Chubb?

Chubb celebrates diversity by fostering an inclusive, flexible and equitable workplace. We support applications from all members of our community and equitable access to our employment opportunities. We are open to discussing workplace flexibility in all our vacancies, to ensure we can attract the best candidates and accommodate individual needs, differences, disabilities and working arrangements. Please let us know if you require any adjustments to the recruitment process so we can support you to present your best self.

Chubb is a world leader in insurance. With operations in 54 countries and territories, 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. As an underwriting company, we assess, assume and manage risk with insight and discipline. We service and pay our claims fairly and promptly. The company is also defined by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength and local operations globally. Parent company Chubb Limited is listed on the New York Stock Exchange(NYSE: CB) and is a component of the S&P 500 index. Chubb maintains executive offices in Zurich, New York, London, Paris and other locations, and employs approximately 40,000 people worldwide.

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.