Asia Head Underwriting Property

QBE Insurance (Singapore) Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company in Singapore seeks a strategic leader to drive business growth and operational management. This critical role involves overseeing portfolio strategy, ensuring compliance with regulations, and fostering key stakeholder relationships. The ideal candidate should have extensive underwriting experience and a strong customer-centric mindset. Join us for competitive benefits including hybrid working options and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Flex and hybrid working options

Work from home policy

Paternity leaves matching with maternity leave

Well-being programs

Pensions

Medical benefits

Access to online learning via LinkedIn Learning

3 additional days off (Family care leaves)

Study leave

Marriage leave

Internal Appreciation program

Qualifications

• Underwriting experience in a senior role.
• Experience in managing a general insurance business.
• Leadership experience.
• Experience converting analysis into strategy.
• Commercial acumen with senior stakeholder management experience.
• Customer centricity mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, coach and mentor the team to ensure effective resource allocation.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders.
• Deliver timely management information to support decision-making.
• Translate strategies into operational objectives.
• Develop networks to ensure seamless delivery of insurance.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Coaching for success

Communication

Critical Thinking

Decision Making

Financial Modeling

Influencing

Insurance Underwriting

Intentional collaboration

Managing performance

Navigating ambiguity

Policy Development

Portfolio Management

Stakeholder Management

Strategic Leadership

Job description

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee

The purpose of this role is to lead and drive business growth by providing strategic and operational management to ensure profitable sales, growth, and strong customer relationships. This involves providing leadership in product strategy, pricing, and portfolio management, while ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. The role also includes driving profitable growth, managing resources effectively, and overseeing the country's P&A for designated business lines within the organisation.

The Opportunity

• Drive the design, development and implementation of Portfolio strategy across the value chain that aligns with the overarching strategy.
• Manage the portfolio P&L to deliver to portfolio targets.
• Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, including product, pricing and underwriting.
• Develop and drive product strategies to underpin product profitability and sustainable growth.

Your new role

• Lead, manage, coach and mentor the team to ensure effective resource allocation and optimal performance.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders to maximise influence.
• Deliver efficient, accurate and timely management information to support decision-making.
• Translate strategies and plans into operational objectives for the business unit.
• Develop networks and relationships internally and externally to ensure seamless delivery of the insurance value chain.

About you

• Underwriting experience in a senior role.
• Experience in managing a general insurance business.
• Leadership experience.
• Experience converting analysis into strategy.
• Commercial acumen with senior stakeholder management experience.
• Customer centricity mindset.

About QBE

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.

QBE Asia’s operations is part of the QBE International Division, and has had a presence in Asia for more than 130 years with offices in: Singapore, Hong Kong & Macau, Malaysia and Vietnam. We continue to be recognised for our ongoing focus on digital innovation to deliver exceptional value and operational excellence for our customers, business partners, people and the community. We support ESG efforts through the QBE Foundation, which helps to create strong, resilient and inclusive communities, by focusing investment and efforts on two key areas where we believe we can have the greatest impact – climate resilience and inclusion.

Benefits

Excited to share our comprehensive benefits package at QBE! 🌟

• Flex and hybrid working options
• Work from home policy
• Paternity leaves matching with maternity leave
• Well-being programs
• Pensions
• Medical benefits
• Globally, access to online learning via LinkedIn Learning
• On top of annual leaves, 3 additional days off (Family care leaves)
• Study leave
• Marriage leave
• Internal Appreciation program with points to redeem nice merchandize and life experiences

Skills

• Analytical Thinking
• Coaching for success
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Decision Making
• Financial Modeling
• Influencing
• Insurance Underwriting
• Intentional collaboration
• Managing performance
• Navigating ambiguity
• Policy Development
• Portfolio Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Strategic Leadership

How to Apply

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Equal Employment Opportunity

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

Global Disclaimer

• The duties listed in this job description do not limit the assignment of work. They are not to be construed as a complete list of the duties normally to be performed in the position or those occasionally assigned outside an employee’s normal duties. Our Group Code of Ethics and Conduct addresses the responsibilities we all have at QBE to our company, to each other and to our customers, suppliers, communities and governments. It provides clear guidance to help us to make good judgement calls.