Commercial Underwriter

Job Overview

As a Commercial Underwriter, you will play an active role in underwriting multi-line property and liability business whilst providing excellent service, and developing and using your expertise to ensure we grow our account profitably.

Job Responsibilities

• Underwriting Commercial business in accordance with agreed standards and limits to deliver planned financial results.
• Manage referrals & queries for cases within underwriting license and in adherence to guidelines. 
• Work collaboratively with other members of team and with colleagues in other parts of organization to provide excellence in service standards to our customers.
• Completing all tasks in line with Department Procedures including those for renewal management, complaints and error management, SLAs, CPC timelines and agreed Personal Business Objectives.
• Support and encourage a high performance culture within the team and broader business through participation in training and internal Quality Assurance activities.
• Any other duties/responsibilities as may be reasonably assigned in line with company requirement.

Job Responsibilities

Education

• Achieved a professional insurance qualification qualified to a minimum level of Certified Insurance Practitioner (CIP).

Experiences

• Minimum 2 years’ experience as an Insurance Underwriter
• Proven track record of high performance standards.

Competencies

• Ambitious and energetic in their approach to their work and possess a positive outlook.
• Strong technical understanding of Insurance products and Underwriting disciplines.
• A Pragmatic Decision maker with solid underwriting assessment and reasoning skills and an ability to work on own in initiative.
• Quality focused to provide excellent service to all customers and meet deadlines as required
• Excellent interpersonal skills with demonstrated record in building working relationships within team units and with other internal and external stakeholders.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative and an active desire to develop knowledge and experience.
• Excellent keyboard skills and proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and an underwriting application.

MCC

• Meet regulatory requirements as described in the Minimum Competency Code (Source: Central Bank, 2011) and Fitness and Probity Standards (Source: Central Bank, 2012).

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Please note this role is a fixed term - 12 month contract.

FBD is an inclusive Equal Opportunity employer that considers applicants irrespective of their age, gender, ethnicity, culture, religion, language, sexual orientation, ability, disability and social circumstances.