Specialist Underwriting Governance

QBE Hong Kong & Shanghai Insurance Limited; Hong Kong; Hybrid; HKD 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working – a mix of working from

Life Leave, supporting the life events

Free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutr

Job summary

QBE Hong Kong & Shanghai Insurance Limited is strengthening its underwriting governance across Hong Kong and Macau. The role focuses on implementing consistent underwriting policies, maintaining procedures, and ensuring regulatory compliance across the region.

You will collaborate with local and regional stakeholders, manage the Delegated Authority framework, and support risk assessments and peer reviews to drive timely improvements and a strong underwriting community.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing underwriting policies and governance.
• Ability to collaborate with regional stakeholders on risk and compliance.
• Familiarity with delegated authority processes and peer reviews.

Responsibilities

• Implement consistent underwriting policies in HK and Macau.
• Communicate UW governance to stakeholders to ensure compliance.
• Administer the Delegated Authority framework for Underwriting.
• Administer Peer Review processes for Underwriting in HK & Macau.
• Monitor compliance with underwriting guidelines and perform regular reviews.
• Support annual risk assessment exercises with the underwriting team.
• Collaborate with Regional governance on ad-hoc improvements.

Skills

Underwriting governance

Stakeholder collaboration

Risk assessment

Tools

DUA framework

Job description

The purpose of this role is to ensure the implementation of underwriting policies in compliance with Group standards, collaborate with various departments to develop portfolio reporting, and identify and upscale issues for necessary actions in a timely manner. Play a key role in strengthening underwriting governance across Hong Kong and Macau, helping to ensure consistent standards, sound controls and regulatory compliance. Work closely with local and regional stakeholders to support delegated authority, peer reviews, risk assessments and continuous improvement initiatives. Build your expertise in a collaborative regional environment where your work will directly contribute to a strong and effective underwriting community.

About us

At QBE, we get to the heart of what matters for our customers. 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. We're building momentum towards our vision to become the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

Your new role

Implementation of consistent underwriting policies, procedures and practices in HK and Macau in compliance with the Group, Regional and local UW Standards

Provide necessary communication on UW governance to all stakeholders to support compliance to governance standard

Administration of Delegated Authority framework for Underwriting in HK and Macau including system sanctions

Administration of Peer Review process on Underwriting in HK & Macau

Monitor compliance with underwriting guidelines and standards and undertake regular reviews

Assist and facilitate the process for the annual risk assessment exercise with the underwriting team

Collaborate with Regional governance team on ad-hoc improvement projects to strengthen the governance standard in the underwriting community

Ensure peer reviews completed timely as per Asia guidelines and appropriate actions taken on identified gaps and improvements

Ensure local DUAs are reported to the Regional team in compliance with Asia DUA guidelines

Ensure local UW guidelines in place, regularly reviewed, up to date, communicated and cascaded

About you

Provide necessary training on underwriting (UW) governance to all stakeholders to ensure compliance

Administration of Delegated Authority (DUA) framework for Underwriting, including central management of DUA agreements

Monitor compliance with underwriting guidelines and standards, conducting regular reviews

Support the development of business plans, strategy, and budgets in collaboration with Product Leaders

Collaborate with the Catastrophe Modelling team to monitor, assess, and manage exposures effectively

Ensure timely completion of peer reviews and take appropriate actions on identified gaps and improvements

Maintain local UW guidelines, conduct regular reviews, and ensure they are up to date and cascaded appropriately

• 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
• Free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice

Unlock job insights

What if you could have a positive impact – at work and in the world?

At QBE, we’re enabling a more resilient future – for our customers, communities, environment, and for our people. We’re building momentum to achieve something significant and know our people are at the centre of our success.

Our industry offers interesting and varied careers where you can help people to protect what matters most. As part of the QBE team, you’ll get to spend every day working with people who are passionate, talented and kind. And with more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, our scale means we’re big enough for your ambitions, yet small enough for you to make a real impact.

What if you could have a positive impact – at work and in the world?

At QBE, we’re enabling a more resilient future – for our customers, communities, environment, and for our people. We’re building momentum to achieve something significant and know our people are at the centre of our success.

Our industry offers interesting and varied careers where you can help people to protect what matters most. As part of the QBE team, you’ll get to spend every day working with people who are passionate, talented and kind. And with more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, our scale means we’re big enough for your ambitions, yet small enough for you to make a real impact.