Senior Underwriting Leader - A&H Growth & Strategy

Qbena; Edina (MN); Hybrid; USD 212,000 - 318,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

22 weeks family leave

401(k) with company match up to 8%

Well-being program

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Networks

Job summary

QBE North America is seeking a high-impact Head of A&H Underwriting to lead a profitable underwriting team in Edina, MN. The role drives standardized practices, sets risk parameters, and guides strategic portfolio growth while ensuring quality and value in risk selection.

You will oversee new and renewal business, manage budgets, and foster collaboration across peer groups to enhance profitability and market competitiveness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Experience leading underwriting teams and driving profitability.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage an underwriting team for A&H by overseeing and evaluating new and renewal business to ensure risk quality and proper insurance to value.
• Drive standardization of specialty underwriting by defining risk assessment parameters, setting quality service standards and developing and leading self-audit initiatives to foster consistent and profitable risk selection.
• Foster a collaborative approach to growing the business by communicating with peers, identifying profit and loss trends, developing strategic portfolio growth initiatives and informing team on changing underwriting guidelines to drive achievement of department profitability objectives.
• Capitalize on opportunities for continuous improvement by reviewing reports on loss ratios, conducting research on market trends and best practices and leading the implementation of innovative underwriting strategies to ensure organization is competitive in the marketplace.
• Build, foster and maintain internal and external relationships by leading the delivery of training, utilizing individual credibility to inform on risk exposure decision-making processes and leading team to efficiently underwrite prospective business to meet service expectations and enhance organizational reputation.
• Develop sustainable underwriting operations for specialty lines by analyzing, refining and enhancing current practices to ensure future planning aligns with long-range business growth objectives.
• Manage budgeted resources by anticipating expenditures, accurately forecasting resource needs/costs and properly accounting for expenses to meet requirements and achieve fiscal responsibility.

Skills

Underwriting leadership

A&H underwriting

Risk assessment

Strategic thinking

Team management

Communication

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

QBE North America is seeking a high-impact Head of A&H Underwriting to lead a profitable underwriting team in Edina, MN. The role drives standardized practices, sets risk parameters, and guides strategic portfolio growth while ensuring quality and value in risk selection.

You will oversee new and renewal business, manage budgets, and foster collaboration across peer groups to enhance profitability and market competitiveness.