AVP, Senior Lead Property Treaty Underwriter

AVP, Senior Lead Property Treaty Underwriter

The Opportunity: The purpose of this role is to support the team in achieving profitable growth by providing underwriting advice, technical support, and training to develop individuals within the team. This role involves managing complex underwriting cases, contributing to product strategy, and building relationships with intermediaries to drive business growth. The role also includes underwriting new business and renewals within set guidelines and authority levels to meet business objectives.

• Location: New York City, NY

• Work Arrangement: Hybrid (2-3 days a week in the office)

• The salary range for this role is between $160,000 - $240,000

Your new role

• Contribute to the creation and delivery of the portfolio business plan

• Underwrite Reinsurance risks to meet business objectives including: negotiating rates, terms, and conditions for existing and new business

• Ensuring compliance with internal and external regulations and guidelines

• Comply with Underwriting Authorities, legal and regulatory requirements, peer review and underwriting standards/best practices

• Comply with agreed aggregate management guidelines, including RDS returns as required

• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders including customers, brokers, industry bodies, business partners, reinsurers, and colleagues, to maximise influence

• Keep abreast of market dynamics and demonstrate market cycle awareness, specifically in your area(s) of expertise, to be able to operate effectively and appropriately

• Participate in all relevant meetings to share and develop strategy, knowledge, and best practice

• Maintain and develop expertise and team knowledge through identifying appropriate learning and development activities

• Motivate and develop more junior team members, with specific reference/responsibility for your area of expertise

Required Education

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

Preferred Competencies/Skills

• Understand market trends and current organizational strategies

• Collaborate with key stakeholders

• Build and maintain professional networks

• Communicate information in a clear, well-organized, and professional manner

• Ability to adjust plans, goals, actions and priorities to meet changing situations

• Ability to analyze statistics and ability to develop and prepare presentations using Microsoft office products

• Drive for stakeholder success

• Build and capitalize on beneficial internal and external relationships

• Effectively and efficiently present logic, reasoning, and analysis to others

• Win concessions without damaging relationships

• Complete tasks attentively and thoroughly

• Foster and promote collaboration and teamwork

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: 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 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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Commitment to Diversity

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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.

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