Assistant Underwriter
Are you ready to Chase the Sun? A career with Vero gives you the chance to do that every day, while also helping people to build futures and protect what matters. We are looking for customer obsessed people to join our team as an Assistant Underwriter within Commercial Underwriting. We currently have permanent position in our team in Sydney or Melbourne.
Our commitment to developing our people means your customer service and sales career journey will be enhanced during you time at Vero. We will also train you to be an underwriter, so that you can evaluate the risks involved when insuring businesses assets and exposures.
The first 3- 6 months of your career with us will be based in our Sydney office during your training period. When you're ready, you will transition to flexible working, which includes working from home up to 50% of the time. Being there for our customers is important. You’ll be interacting with our brokers via phone and emails, working 37.5 hours per week.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Evaluating risks and providing insurance quotes for our new and existing customers
- Fulfilling customer requests in a timely and efficient way
- Responding to broker queries
- Building and maintaining relationships with our customers and brokers
- Assist with the execution of the strategy and delivering key financial targets to drive profitable growth and increase market share
What you need to succeed:
- Excellent customer service skills
- Relationship management skills
- Resilience to manage complex tasks
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong time management and multi-tasking abilities
- Strong analytical, attention to detail and good commercial decision-making ability
- Computer literacy
- Flexibility & desire to work in a fast-paced environment
- A growth mindset to enhance your technical skills
What we can offer you
- We’ll develop your technical skills over a 2-3 year development pathway and empower you to make confident underwriting decisions.
- Competitive Salary
- Employee discounts and rewards - exclusive offers on more than 400 of Australia’s large retailers including Myer, David Jones, Coles and Woolworths. We also offer discounts across our brands and various products including Suncorp Insurance, AAMI, Shannons, Apia and GIO.
- Study support - We encourage external learning and offer study support to eligible employees, so you can continue to broaden your career opportunities while you work.
- Parental Leave - All permanent employees who are primary carers are offered 20 weeks parental leave.
- Wellness - We offer a wide range of initiatives to promote our employees’ health and financial wellbeing. This includes discounts on major brand health insurance, as well as discounted gym membership plans for our people.
It's worth noting that specific benefits may vary depending on the role, level, and location of the employee. For more on our employee benefits, Click Here
Our Culture
Vero is part of the Suncorp, whose purpose has been at the core of our business for over 100 years. To deliver exceptional experiences we’ve had to become even more customer obsessed, innovative and performance driven than ever before.
Delivering on our purpose has always meant putting words into action. Building futures and protecting what matters is why we’re here. Caring for others, being courageous and doing the right thing underpins everything we do.
If this role sound like the opportunity you’ve been waiting for… Chase the sun, apply online today
At Vero, we are committed to building futures and protecting what matters. We value the unique experiences, insights and diverse workforce that benefits our people, our business, and our customers. We’d love to see your application and speak with you even if you do not match the above mentioned.
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