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Property Underwriter

Leveraging our deep expertise and insights QBE offers commercial personal and specialty products and risk management solutions to help people and businesses manage risks. Today we employ more than 13000 people around the world.

QBE Europe SA/NV is headquartered in Brussel and while we are international in our outlook we are also proudly local in our operations with our Spain offices in Madrid and Barcelona.

With our comprehensive product offering and underwriting expertise we are able to cover a wide range of business risks helping our clients to identify them and minimise their exposure.

If you are looking to progress your career within insurance and want to be part of a successful organisation with strong growth ambitions then read on.

The Opportunity:

Reporting into the Property Portfolio Manager; to underwrite business in accordance with the business plan and within delegated underwriting authority.

Your responsibilities for this role may include but are not limited to:

• Contribute to the delivery of the annual business plan for the respective business unit by making appropriate decisions
• Apply the reinsurance strategy in order to safeguard the Property portfolio
• Participate in all relevant meetings in order to share and develop strategy knowledge and best practice
• Positively promote the department division and company as a whole in order to maximize brand leverage
• Perform underwriting activities in accordance with all legal and regulatory requirements to ensure obligations are met
• Adhere to underwriting standards instructions and good practice to minimize risk and maximize efficiency
• Ensure the recording and measurement of insurance risks (including DUAs if relevant) to ensure accuracy and good practice
• Understand and comply with any reinsurance requirements to minimize risk and to deliver business plan objectives
• Establish strengthen and develop relationships with stakeholders including customers brokers business partners and colleagues to maximize influence and achieve business objectives
• Demonstrate an understanding and awareness of market dynamics and market cycle to enhance business performance
• Maintain expertise and team knowledge through identifying appropriate learning and development activities
• Underwrite insurance risks in accordance with the business plan and the delegated underwriting authority to meet business objectives including: Negotiating rates terms and conditions for existing and new business Compliance of production and issue of contract certainty documentation (non Lloyds) Ensuring compliance with internal and external regulations and guidelines Ensuring contribution to the business plan and objectives Support credit control in payment collection
• Participate in the review and analysis of the portfolio to identify progress toward business objectives
• Ensure entries are properly and promptly recorded on EO systems to ensure accuracy of data in relation to: Underwriting Aggregate exposures
• Contribute to the aggregate management and peer review processes to encourage and develop excellence
• Motivate and coach team members to ensure the relevant knowledge and expertise is shared for their continuing personal and professional development

About you

You will need to be able to display you have the following qualifications and experience:

• 4 to 5 years of experience in Property risk underwriting
• A high level of numeracy and literacy
• Proven organizational prioritisation and analytical skills
• Demonstrable interpersonal communication and negotiating skills
• Ability to analyse data and use for decision making
• Attention to detail
• Excellent teamwork skills: ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues and contribute to a positive environment.

Preferred Competencies/Skills:

• Thorough understanding of class specific underwriting and reinsurance knowledge
• Proven knowledge of relevant Property market conditions
• Familiar with relevant QBE underwriting systems
• Intermediate level understanding of relevant software including Excel and other departmental software packages
• Knowledge of legal and regulatory requirements
• Knowledge of QBE underwriting process and procedures including EPAs
• Strong proficiency in English.

At QBE we are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all emloyees. Our positions are open to individual with disabilities and we actively promote inclusion and diversity in our workplace.

Why QBE At My Best

At QBE we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best thats why we have created At My Best. Its our connection our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesnt fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. Its in the culture of our business our QBE DNA to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA.

Were an international insurer thats building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict whats around the corner but at QBE were asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.

QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation https://qbeeurope/careers/flexqbe/.

With more than more than 13000 people working across 27 countries were big enough to make a real impact but small enough to provide a friendly workplace where people are downtoearth passionate and kind.

To find out more about why you should work for QBE visit our careers website.

QBE Awards

Some of the awards QBE are proud to have won been a finalist for and shortlisted for include;

AXCO Global Insurance Awards 2024 Winner: Network Management of the Year

Insurance Business UK 5Star Cyber Awards 2024: QBE rated as a 5Star Cyber Insurer

UK IT Industry Awards 2023 Winner: Green Technology Innovation of the Year

Working Dads Employer Awards 2023 Winner: Parental Policies Award

Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2023: QBE rated as a 5Star Employee

You can view all our awards here

Inclusion of Diversity

We are striving to create a workplace culture where all our people feel included and we are committed to building a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we operate in. We are proud to have partnerships with organisations such as Stonewall and Working Families and our commitment to the Women in Finance Charter the UN Womens Empowerment Principles and Race at Work charter helps keep us accountable and transparent. For more information on our strategy targets please take a look at our Careers Page

Accessibility

Here at QBE we are promoting an accessible workplace for all which includes supporting candidates to perform at their best during their recruitment process. If you require any accommodations please make your Talent Acquisition contact aware.

ESG & Sustainability

At QBE we believe that integrating sustainability into our business helps us deliver on our purpose of enabling a more resilient future. Our three key focus areas include fostering an orderly and inclusive transition to a netzero economy enabling a sustainable and resilient workforce and partnering for growth through innovative sustainable and impactful solutions. For further information regarding QBEs sustainability targets including our netzero pledges and inclusion of diversity targets and our awardwinning impact investment initiative Premiums4Good please visit our Sustainability homepage and read our latest Sustainability Report

What nextIf you have a passion to contribute to QBEs vision of enabling a more resilient future for our customers and the community we encourage you to apply! Simply click the apply button to submit your CV and other relevant documents and a member of our friendly Talent Acquisition team will be in contact to discuss your interest further if you meet the requirements of the role.

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