QBE is establishing a branch in the Netherlands with a clear purpose.

As an organization, QBE is helping its customers prepare and recover from setbacks since 1886. QBE's new purpose continues this legacy, as it focuses on enabling a more resilient future. These are not just empty words but are the foundation of its vision: for QBE to become the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

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The Opportunity

Are you passionate about working for one of the world’s largest insurers with excellent opportunities to grow your career and offices in 27 countries?  QBE is opening a new office in the Netherlands, and this will provide you with a chance to be part of a successful organization with strong growth ambitions combined with the entrepreneurial spirit of a new market entrant. 

If you: are looking to progress your career within Insurance; have an entrepreneurial mindset, and; want an opportunity to make a difference in the existing Dutch insurance market with the unique opportunity to build a new portfolio then read on.

Your responsibilities

• Underwrite complex insurance risks in accordance with the business plan and the personal authority to meet business objectives, including: negotiating rates, terms and conditions for existing and new business; compliance of production; ensuring compliance with internal and external regulations and guidelines; ensuring contribution to the business plan and objectives; support credit control in payment collection

• Support the development of the annual business plan for the portfolio and ensure delivery of the plan

• Positively promote the department, division and company as a whole, in order to maximize brand leverage

• Establish and strengthen strong relationships with stakeholders including customers, brokers, business partners and colleagues, to maximize influence and achieve business objectives

• Contribute to the development of the team’s business plan in order to maximize productivity and performance

• Apply any reinsurance requirements to minimize risk and to deliver business plan objectives

• Demonstrate understanding and awareness of market dynamics and market cycle to drive and enhance business performance

• Contribute and influence in the review and analysis of the portfolio to identify progress toward business objectives

• Ensure entries are properly and promptly recorded to ensure accuracy of data, in relation to: underwriting; aggregate exposures

• Contribute to the aggregate management and peer review processes to encourage and develop excellence

• Manage resources across the team to ensure business requirements are achieved

• Motivate and develop the team by demonstrating good leadership behaviors and management best practices so as to support the achievement of business goals

• Manage performance fairly and in line with performance processes

Your story so far

To be successful in this role the ideal candidate would need to be able to demonstrate the following qualities and abilities:

• Extensive (10yrs+) knowledge of relevant market conditions for specific class/portfolio

• Thorough understanding of class-specific underwriting and reinsurance knowledge

• Intermediate level understanding of relevant software, including Excel and other departmental software packages

• Exceptional knowledge of legal and regulatory requirements

• Excellent knowledge of underwriting processes and procedures

Your skills

• Exceptional level of numeracy and literacy skills

• Sound organizational and prioritization skills

• Excellent analytical skills

• Solid interpersonal and communication skills

• Proven negotiating skills

• Ability to analyze data and use for decision-making

• High attention to detail

Working for us. Working for you.

QBE understands that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why QBE's blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offers flexibility to suit what matters most to you. "Working for us. Working for you". It’s in the culture of QBE's business, the QBE DNA, to support its people. Everything QBE does is underpinned by the QBE DNA - because QBE knows it’s not just what it does that matters, it’s how QBE does it that makes the difference.

Balancing work and life is important so QBE's flexible working opportunities are open to all. QBE wants to foster an environment where flexible working is encouraged while ensuring the job gets done and its customers receive a seamless experience.

This is an exciting time to be joining the QBE organization as it embarks on several projects. QBE is seeking individuals who are looking for a chance to establish their careers in a supportive environment where anything is possible. Are you ready to grow your career with QBE? If you are a team player with a desire to learn, then this is the role for you.

Your part in a changing world

At QBE, the purpose is to enable a more resilient future. 

QBE is an international insurer and reinsurer with a local presence in 27 countries.

Leveraging its deep expertise and insights, QBE offers commercial, personal, and specialty products and risk management solutions to help people and businesses manage risks, build strength and embrace change to their advantage. QBE has been cultivating resilience since 1886, when its founders started a marine insurance company in Townsville, Australia to give early pioneers a safeguard against uncertainty.

Today, QBE employs more than 11,600 people around the world, and its product portfolio includes property, motor, crop, energy, marine, and aviation insurance.

Sustainability

At QBE, everybody is passionate about sustainability. It’s essential to its ability to deliver on its purpose and make a positive contribution to the economies and communities in which QBE operates. Sustainability is at the core of what QBE does and how she does it. It’s relevant to absolutely every aspect of QBE's business and also helps QBE to understand the needs of its customers.