Primary Details

Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

The Opportunity
Represent QBE as a thought leader in the environmental line of business and maintain strong knowledge of full product suite across NA to promote brand awareness. Lead profitable underwriting operations for the environmental line of business by developing and communicating a strategic vision for department growth setting team priorities and guiding adherence to quality metrics to ensure department risk selection aligns with organizational profitability objectives.
Location: California New York NY Chicago IL Atlanta GA
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
The salary range for this role is: $212000 $398000

Your new role:

• Provide support to the continued enhancement of the capability of the broader Underwriting team through direct management and informal coaching/mentoring
• Develop and communicate a strategic vision for department growth by setting team priorities and guiding adherence to quality metrics to ensure department risk selection aligns with organizational profitability objectives
• 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
• Leverage advanced technical expertise to formulate innovative strategies for expanding QBEs customer base in conjunction and collaboration with sales and marketing
• Develop and maintain underwriting guidelines and best practices in accordance with federal and state regulations to ensure integrity of assigned line(s) of business
• Manage the underwriting team for assigned line(s) of business by overseeing and evaluating new and renewal business to ensure risk quality and proper insurance to value
• Drive standardization of underwriting across assigned business line(s) by defining risk assessment parameters setting quality service standards and developing and leading selfaudit initiatives to foster consistent and profitable risk selection
• Capitalize on opportunities for continuous improvement by reviewing reports on loss ratios and conducting research on market trends and best practices to enhance portfolio and 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 decisionmaking processes and leading team to efficiently underwrite prospective business to meet service expectations and enhance organizational reputation
• Develop sustainable underwriting operations for business line(s) by analyzing refining and enhancing current practices to ensure future planning aligns with longrange business growth objectives

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• 10 years relevant experience

Preferred Experience:

• Provide vision and think creatively and innovatively; implement strategies to improve efficiency
• Strong technology and systems aptitude of underwriting practices and procedures
• Build and capitalize on beneficial internal and external relationships
• Collaborate with senior leaders within the organization to accomplish a common goal
• Utilize effective research and investigative techniques
• Analyze risks benefits and opportunities to ensure organizational competitiveness and satisfaction of established longrange objectives
• Foster and promote collaboration and teamwork
• Adjust plans goals actions or priorities to meet changing situations guide others through change
• Prioritize interests of the company and community during decisionmaking
• Leverage business and financial expertise
• Establish a high degree of trust and credibility with others
• Show empathy and sensitivity to the experience of others; act fairly ethically and with integrity when decisionmaking managing or working with a team and corresponding with customers
• Inform team about organizational change and integrations through a variety of means
• Motivational inspirational and enthusiastic approach to team leading and management
• Extensive underwriting experience is required
• Specific experience required will vary based on assigned line/s of business
• Experience managing or leading others
• Increasing levels of responsibility
• Participation in industry events that support continuous education and superior technical proficiency and underwriting competence

Preferred Knowledge:

• Advanced working knowledge of products and insurance operations underwriting processes and procedures
• Advanced working knowledge of laws and regulations related to area of responsibility
• Advanced working knowledge of terminology concepts and principles related to strategic planning
• Advanced working knowledge of market trends and current organizational strategies
• Advanced working knowledge of competitive carriers best practices and market intelligence

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 roles complexity its location and the candidates professional background including their education and experience. Beyond the base salary regular fulltime and parttime employees will also be eligible for QBEs annual discretionary bonus plan based on business and individual 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: We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to:

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 genderequal basis

Competitive 401(k) program with company match up to 8

Wellbeing 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 were enabling a more resilient future for our customers communities environment and for our people. Were 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 youll get to spend every day working with people who are passionate talented and kind. And our international scale means were 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.

Supplementary information

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:

To submit your application click Apply and follow the step by step process.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

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