Country Lead, Hull and Liability, Marine

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Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as insurance, finance, or business., Extensive experience in marine insurance underwriting and portfolio management., Strong leadership and team management skills., Excellent negotiation, relationship management, and communication abilities..

Key responsibilities:

  • Oversee underwriting activities and manage P&L for marine products.
  • Lead and develop a team of product specialists supporting various channels.
  • Maintain and enhance relationships with intermediaries and business partners.
  • Ensure compliance with underwriting standards and support business growth objectives.

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Job description

Primary Details
Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

Responsible for underwriting activities and P&L responsibility of the marine products and managing a team of product specialists that support all channels (agency, direct, local brokers and MTP).

The Opportunity
  • Responsible for underwriting activities and P&L responsibility of the Marine products.
  • Responsible for managing a team of product specialists that support all channels (agency, direct, local brokers and MTP)
  • Responsible for managing UW relationship with intermediaries and business partners in the area of underwriting service delivery, product development and innovation.
  • Responsible for managing overall business relationship with MTPs and brokers in the area of GWP growth.
  • Ensure the ongoing technical development of underwriters in line with staff development plans and ideal DAL state.
  • Ensure the team’s awareness of the business plan and it’s context, to be able to make decisions appropriately
    • Your new role
      • Apply the reinsurance strategy in order to safeguard the portfolio
      • Adhere to underwriting standards, instructions and good practice to minimize risk and maximize efficiency
      • Provide technical expert support to the identification of issues and opportunities within area of Expertise
      • Demonstrate understanding and awareness of market dynamics and market cycle to drive and enhance business performance
      • Assist in managing resources across the team to ensure business requirements are achieved
      • Positively promote the department, division and company as a whole, in order to maximize brand leverage
      • Contribute to the development of the team’s business plan in order to maximize productivity and performance
      • Establish strong relationships with stakeholders including customers, brokers, business partners and colleagues, to maximize influence and achieve business objectives
      • Underwrite complex insurance risks in accordance with the business plan and the personal 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 ensuring compliance with internal and external regulations and guidelines ensuring contribution to the business plan and objectives, and support credit control in payment collection
      • Support the divisional underwriting function to actively manage talent (attract, recruit, develop and retain) to build people capability for the future (succession planning)

        • About you
          • Act as a role model and demonstrate good leadership behaviours
          • Established customerbroker relationships
          • Negotiation and problemsolving skills
          • Relationship management and communication skills
          • Analytical and research skills
          • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
          • Ability to analyze data use for decisionmaking
          • Commercial acumen

            • 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
              🧘‍♀️ Wellbeing 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

              Join us and enjoy a work environment that values your wellbeing and personal growth! 🌟 #EmployeeBenefits #WorkLifeBalance #CareerDevelopment
              Join us now, so you can be part of our success – and we can be part of yours.
              Your career at QBE — Let’s make it happen.
              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.

              Skills:

              Analytical Thinking, Communication, Critical Thinking, Customer Value Management, Decision Making, Insurance Underwriting, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Negotiation, Policy Development, Portfolio Management, Problem Solving, Risk Management, Strategic Leadership, Waterfall Model

              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.

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Experience

Industry :
Insurance
Spoken language(s):
English
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Other Skills

  • Negotiation
  • Decision Making
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Problem Solving
  • Collaboration
  • Critical Thinking
  • Communication

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