New Job Opening: Senior Underwriter, High-Net-Worth in Sydney, NSW

Job Description

Location: Sydney, CBD

Salary Package: Competitive

Role Highlights: A focused opportunity for an experienced High-Net-Worth underwriter to take genuine ownership of a specialist portfolio, with a pathway into portfolio management.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Underwriter to manage a portfolio of High-Net-Worth risks. You will underwrite high-value private accounts, build and maintain strong broker relationships, and contribute to portfolio management and performance over time.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite a portfolio of High-Net-Worth risks across a range of high-value accounts.


• Build and maintain strong broker relationships, including engagement with international broker markets.


• Work alongside the distribution team to support broker onboarding, presentations, and product education.


• Monitor portfolio performance, loss ratios, and profitability, and contribute to strategic decisions around underwriting appetite.


• Contribute to system and process improvement as the product scales.

Candidate Profile

You are a technically strong underwriter with solid High-Net-Worth personal lines experience, a commercial mindset, and the confidence to manage a specialist portfolio with a degree of autonomy.

• A minimum of 5 years' underwriting experience, with a focus on High-Net-Worth home and contents.


• Strong technical knowledge of High-Net-Worth home and contents underwriting across high-value residential risks.


• Established broker relationships in the High-Net-Worth personal lines market.


• Commercially minded, with an understanding of portfolio management and loss ratio management principles.

Culture and Benefits

The team is close-knit, social, and supportive, with a genuine emphasis on people enjoying where they work.

• Collaborative, fun team environment with regular social events and team lunches.


• A clear career pathway from Senior Underwriter towards portfolio management and, longer term, potential team leadership

Apply

If this sounds like you, please send your resume by clicking the apply link below. The reference number for this role is AQ78464. Please allow 3 to 5 working days for us to process all applications.