Underwriting Governance Specialist – HK & Macau

QBE Asia; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Life Leave

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Job summary

QBE Asia in Hong Kong/Macau seeks an experienced Underwriting Governance professional to implement group underwriting standards and drive portfolio reporting. You will collaborate with regional teams to strengthen governance and ensure timely escalation of issues.

The role focuses on delegated authority management, peer reviews, risk assessments, and ongoing improvement initiatives. You will train stakeholders and maintain up-to-date guidelines across HK and Macau, contributing to a robust

Qualifications

• Experience in underwriting governance and DUAs is required.
• Ability to collaborate with regional governance teams and stakeholders.
• Track record of compliance with underwriting guidelines.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills for portfolio governance.

Responsibilities

• Implement consistent underwriting policies in HK and Macau.
• 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.
• Assist Regional governance team on Delegated Underwriting Authority management. 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.
• Assist in periodic declaration and attestation on the topic of Underwriting Governance.
• Provide clarification to the wider community on the topic of Underwriting Governance.
• 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 Internal and External Audit findings on Underwriting Governance (i.e. compliance to standard, number of breaches, risk assessment) are generally satisfactory.
• Ensure local UW guidelines in place, regularly reviewed, up to date, communicated and cascaded

Skills

Administration Management

Analytical Thinking

Business Reporting

Communication

Critical Thinking

Customer Service

Financial Products

Insurance Underwriting

Intentional collaboration

Managing performance

Policy Analysis

Regulatory Compliance

Risk Management

Sourcing Analytics

Stakeholder Management

Job description

QBE Asia in Hong Kong/Macau seeks an experienced Underwriting Governance professional to implement group underwriting standards and drive portfolio reporting. You will collaborate with regional teams to strengthen governance and ensure timely escalation of issues.

The role focuses on delegated authority management, peer reviews, risk assessments, and ongoing improvement initiatives. You will train stakeholders and maintain up-to-date guidelines across HK and Macau, contributing to a robust