Senior Underwriter

Howden; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading underwriting agency in Auckland is looking for two Senior Underwriters to drive business across Liability, Property, and Motor lines. Candidates should have at least five years of experience and strong market knowledge. This role values a collaborative environment and offers a flexible work-life balance with competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Competitive salary and benefits

Commitment to work/life balance

Qualifications

• At least five years of underwriting experience across Liability, Property, and Motor.
• Strong market knowledge and risk assessment capabilities.
• Self-starter with a drive to grow business through team success.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to Sales Targets and KPIs.
• Underwrite and negotiate renewals and new business.
• Develop and maintain broker relationships.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Market knowledge

Risk assessment

Job description

• Flexible work environment with a focus on work/life balance
• Join a dynamic and forward-thinking business
• Let’s work together to achieve shared success

About the role

We’re looking for two (2) Senior Underwriters to join our Commercial underwriting team in Auckland. Your role would be to drive new and existing business across our Liability, Property and Motor lines.

This role will see responsibility for:

• Contribute to all allocated Sales Targets and KPI’s
• Underwrite and negotiate renewals and new business in line with delegated authorities within company guidelines
• Developing and delivering Key Broker Account plans
• Development and maintenance of broker relationships including visitations to client offices which may include presentations on underwriting appetite and understanding DUAL platforms
• Regular travel plans to get into your region
• Coordinate Whole-of-Account opportunities, working closely with internal stakeholders to convert these opportunities
• Ensuring excellent service standards are maintained
• Answering broker enquiries
• Working effectively with the team to accomplish agreed underwriting goals

About you

We're looking for a self-starter with great communication and organisational skills and with at least five (5) years underwriting experience across a range of product lines (Liability, Property and Motor experience preferred).

You’ll also have a demonstrated knowledge of industries and businesses that allow you to provide quality service to your clients, as well as strong market knowledge and risk assessment capabilities.

You enjoy working in a close-knit team and highly collaborative environment, have the ability to make decisions, a drive to grow business through team success and a hunger for personal development.

How to Apply

Are you the right fit for this role and the DUAL Team? Tell us why in a short paragraph that you share along with your Resume to our HR Team.

About DUAL

DUAL New Zealand is a Lloyds managing general underwriting agency focused on providing innovative insurance solutions for Financial Lines, Liability, Cyber, Property and Motor products. We’re a company committed to having fun at work while getting the job done. As a company we’re known in the industry as a group dedicated to giving back to the community by partnering with charitable groups and actively participating in fundraising events.

What you might not expect…

At DUAL we value work/life balance, health and wellbeing, family and giving back, which is why our benefits are reflective of this. We provide employees with a competitive salary and benefits, which will be flexible and dependent on the successful candidate’s individual skills and experience.

Our culture: people first

Our core values dictate how we live and work. We’re a group with independence and people at its heart and we’re a home for talent with a unique culture: the biggest small company in the world.

The focus on being a people-first business has always been at the very heart of the group; Our vision was to create an independent business with a unique culture and one that would survive and thrive as a business controlled by the people working for it. And finding the most talented and entrepreneurial people to join the group has been and will continue to be key.

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Get in touch

To find out more about DUAL New Zealand including who we are, what we’re up to and what we’re about, head to the DUAL New Zealand website or visit us on our LinkedIn page.