Senior Casualty Underwriter, Southern Region

About the role

AIG Australia is looking for a Senior Casualty Underwriter for its Southern Region, reporting to the Southern Region Casualty Underwriting Manager. The role can be based in either Melbourne or Perth. You will assess clients' risks, price them and build solutions that support the long-term sustainability of their businesses.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and underwrite commercial business, including renewals, retention, administration services, marketing and compliance and legal obligations, within delegated underwriting authority.
• Meet production targets through strategic marketing objectives, broker relationships and market-share growth in the Casualty segment.
• Provide timely production and portfolio reporting, and monitor monthly production, retention ratios, new business, hit rates, loss ratio, claims activity, overdue premiums and late bookings.
• Help grow profitable business within budgeted objectives and execute branch and national plans with the Underwriting Manager and related teams.
• Identify new business prospects and targets, and share them with Client and Broker Engagement and other profit centres.
• Maintain strong relationships with commercial clients and brokers, and identify cross-selling opportunities for other profit centres.
• Liaise with administration, actuarial, legal, claims, finance and accounting teams, and share information with Segment Managers.

Required profile

• Casualty underwriting experience across a broad range of products, including primary casualty and excess/umbrella in the commercial segment.
• Proven working relationships with key brokers at major broking houses.
• Entrepreneurial, solution-based approach to underwriting with a high degree of technical skill.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to influence people, and strong relationship management skills.

Required skills

• Basic understanding of management reporting, profitability assessment and financial impact.
• Understanding of underwriting and pricing principles and relationship development.

AIG asks team members to be primarily in the office. The company offers a Total Rewards program covering health, wellbeing, financial security and professional development, and states it is committed to inclusion and equal opportunity.