About the Role
Step into a senior underwriting role where your expertise can shape outcomes for customers, brokers and the business. As a Senior Property Underwriter, you'll assess complex ISR property risks, make confident decisions and build trusted relationships across the broker market. You'll balance commercial thinking with strong risk management while helping drive portfolio performance and customer success. Along the way, you'll share your knowledge, support colleagues and contribute to a highly experienced team that values collaboration, growth and delivering great outcomes when they matter most.
Responsibilities
- Assess and underwrite moderate to complex ISR property risks, determining appropriate coverage, conditions and pricing within business strategy and risk appetite.
- Build and strengthen relationships with brokers and intermediary partners, creating opportunities and delivering a high standard of service.
- Collaborate with account management and business development teams to support customer retention, growth and new business opportunities.
- Apply underwriting strategies to target markets and accounts while maintaining sound portfolio performance and profitability.
- Provide technical guidance, referral support and coaching to underwriters and broader business teams.
- Manage risk and underwriting decisions in line with regulatory requirements, underwriting standards and delegated authority levels.
Requirements
- 5+ years underwriting experience with strong capability in commercial property risk analysis, selection and pricing of complex insurance risks.
- Proven knowledge and deep understanding of the ISR Wording / Product, industry trends and the regulatory environment.
- Ability to make sound decisions, often within tight timeframes and with incomplete information.
- Strong broker and intermediary relationship management skills, with a customer focused approach and a proven ability to build and maintain trusted partnerships.
- Experience developing relationships with international brokers will be highly regarded.
- Experience balancing commercial outcomes with disciplined portfolio and risk management.
- Confidence providing technical guidance, referral support and coaching to colleagues.
Skills
- Commercial property risk analysis
- Risk selection
- Risk pricing
- ISR Wording / Product knowledge
- Relationship management
- Customer focus
- Portfolio management
- Risk management
- Technical guidance
- Referral support
- Coaching
Location
- Gadigal Country (Darling Park, Sydney)
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- ANZIIF Cert IV or higher
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
Benefits
- Boosted superannuation with 13% as standard
- 20 days annual leave + 5 days MyLeave
- Work from home and flexibility options with myFlex
- Up to 50% off personal insurance
- Partner discounts on private health insurance, tech & appliances
- Industry-leading 20 weeks paid parental leave
- Access to LinkedIn Learning
- Access to the award-winning IAG Academy
- Study assistance
- Secondment opportunities
About the Company
- For over 165 years, CGU has been insuring ambition.
- Part of Insurance Australia Group (known as IAG), we’re a leading commercial, rural and personal lines insurer and a top-three provider of workers compensation insurance.
- As part of IAG you'll enjoy a world of career opportunities, a purpose-led place focused on creating connection and belonging, and where you can create meaningful impact every day and grow your career beyond the expected.
- We celebrate all viewpoints shaped by life experiences and culture, and are guided by the knowledge and voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, businesses, and communities.
- We collaborate on Indigenous-led solutions that enable growth and create meaningful change for our customers and employees.
Equal Opportunity
- If you require any support or adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process, we encourage you to reach out to recruitment@iag.com.au for a confidential conversation.
