Senior Underwriter - Cyber & Technology E&O

QBE Insurance; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

22 weeks of paid leave for family grow

401(k) with company match up to 8%

Well-being program including coaching,

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Networks

Job summary

QBE Insurance in Chicago seeks an experienced underwriter to drive growth in its Specialty portfolio. You will evaluate risk for new business and renewals, ensuring profitability and market leadership.

You will collaborate with corporate intermediaries and clients, maintain strong broker relationships, and uphold underwriting standards to minimise risk. The role emphasizes market awareness, leadership in talent development, and contribution to strategic plans within a hybrid work model in

Qualifications

• Significant underwriting experience with regional exposure.
• Established customer and broker relationships.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate risk for new business and renewals to ensure profitable growth.
• Stay informed on market dynamics and demonstrate market cycle awareness.
• Provide senior technical and specialist product expertise to corporate intermediaries/clients.
• Adhere to underwriting standards to minimise risks.
• Develop and maintain relationships with customers, intermediaries and stakeholders.
• Support divisional underwriting function and succession planning.

Skills

Underwriting experience

Regional exposure

Customer relationships

Broker relationships

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Job description

The Opportunity: The purpose of this role is to support the implementation of specific business strategies by contributing to business development and growth through cultivating relationships with designated clients and making informed underwriting decisions to enhance the profitability of the portfolio. Key responsibilities involve generating new business, retaining renewals, and ensuring the overall profitability of a specific designated book of business within our Specialty insurance vertical.

Primary Details

• Time Type: Full time
• Worker Type: Employee
• Location: Chicago, IL
• Work Arrangement: This role is hybrid, where you will be expected to be in the office 2-3 days per week
• The salary range for this role is between $158,500-$237,500

Your new role

• Evaluate risk for new business & renewals to ensure profitable growth.
• Actively keep abreast of market dynamics and demonstrate market cycle awareness.
• Provide senior technical and specialist product expertise to corporate intermediaries/clients.
• Ensure ongoing personal technical development to achieve the ideal DAL state.
• Support divisional underwriting function to actively manage talent for succession planning.
• Adhere to underwriting standards, instructions, and good practice to minimise risks.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with customers, intermediaries, and stakeholders.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of channel strategic plans.
• Motivate and develop the team by demonstrating good leadership behaviours.
• Achieve overall local underwriting governance requirements and internal audit standards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Preferred Competencies

• Significant underwriting experience with regional exposure.
• Established customer and broker relationships.

Compensation Package: The salary range for this role is provided above. This is the national range for location(s) listed. The salary offer will be decided based on the role's complexity, its location, and the candidate’s professional background, including their education and experience. Beyond the base salary, regular full-time and part-time employees will also be eligible for QBE’s annual discretionary bonus plan based on business and individual performance.We encourage all candidates to apply, even if their salary expectations fall outside of this range, as we are committed to finding the right fit for our team.

QBE Benefits

• Hybrid Working – a mix of working from home and in the office
• 22 weeks of paid leave for family growth, with 12 weeks available to all parents on a gender-equal basis
• Competitive 401(k) program with company match up to 8%
• Well-being program including holistic wellbeing coaching, gym membership, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
• Tuition Reimbursement for professional certifications, and continuing education
• Employee Network and Community – QBE actively supports six Employee Networks, and many ways to give back to your community

To learn more, click here: Benefits | QBE US .

Why 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 center 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 our international scale means we’re big enough for your ambitions, yet small enough for you to make a real impact.

Join us now, so you can be part of our success – and we can be part of yours!

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QBE is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with QBE, please inform our Talent Acquisition team to let us know the nature of your accommodation request and your contact information.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; gender; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; protected veteran status; or disability or any other legally protected status.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Supplementary information

• Analytical Thinking
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Customer Service
• Financial Advising
• Insurance Underwriting
• Intentional collaboration
• Managing performance
• Negotiation
• Policy Development
• Portfolio Management
• Regulatory Compliance
• Risk Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Strategic Planning