Senior Financial Lines Underwriter

Chubb is seeking an experienced Senior Financial Lines Underwriter to help drive the profitable growth of our Financial Lines portfolio in New Zealand. In this role, you will partner closely with the Underwriting Manager - Management Liability and Financial Institutions to manage a strategic portfolio, support business development, and deliver strong underwriting outcomes.

What you’ll do

• Review, analyse, accept or decline new business and renewal risks within specialist Financial Lines classes.
• Support portfolio analysis, reporting, and ongoing portfolio maintenance using underwriting and portfolio management systems.
• Provide technical underwriting advice and consultation to the Underwriting Manager and wider team.
• Build strong relationships with producers and clients, promoting Chubb’s products, coverages, and services.
• Support profitable growth through budget planning, strategy development, and targeted business development.
• Assist with technical wording and coverage reviews, ad hoc projects, and process improvements.
• Mentor and support team development where required.

What you’ll bring

• Communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with producers, clients, and stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong relationship-building, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Previous experience in Financial Lines underwriting and marketing, ideally with exposure to one or more of the following: underwriting/marketing, sales/marketing, product management, or financial analysis.

Why Chubb?

• Chubb celebrates diversity by fostering an inclusive, flexible and equitable workplace. We support applications from all members of our community and equitable access to our employment opportunities. We are open to discussing workplace flexibility in all our vacancies, to ensure we can attract the best candidates and accommodate individual needs, differences, disabilities and working arrangements. Please let us know if you require any adjustments to the recruitment process so we can support you to present your best self.
• Chubb is a world leader in insurance. With operations in 54 countries and territories, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. As an underwriting company, we assess, assume and manage risk with insight and discipline. We service and pay our claims fairly and promptly. The company is also defined by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength and local operations globally. Parent company Chubb Limited is listed on the New York Stock Exchange(NYSE: CB) and is a component of the S&P 500 index. Chubb maintains executive offices in Zurich, New York, London, Paris and other locations, and employs approximately 40,000 people worldwide.

• Chubb is committed to equal employment and celebrates individual differences by creating a workplace environment in which everyone feels welcomed, respected and valued. We offer you the opportunity to work as part of a dynamic and agile environment where continuous development is encouraged throughout your career, both locally and globally. Some additional benefits offered include a flexible working approach via our “My One Thing” initiative, education assistance, dress for your day every Friday, promotion of health and wellbeing (including discounted health insurance, daily breakfast and fresh fruit), and the option to enrol into the Chubb Limited discounted stock purchasing scheme.