Financial Lines Portfolio Manager

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

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

Are you passionate about working for one of the world’s largest insurers that offers excellent opportunities to grow your career and with offices in 28 countries?

Leveraging our deep expertise and insights, QBE offers commercial, personal and specialty products and risk management solutions to help people and businesses manage risks. Today, we employ more than 13,000 people around the world.

QBE Europe SA/NV is headquartered in Brussel and while we are international in our outlook, we are also proudly local in our operations with our Italy office in Milan. QBE’s European Operations, which accounts for over 27% of QBE Group turnover, is a leading specialist in London market and European commercial lines business. Active in both the Lloyd’s and company market, QBE offers considerable diversity to the broking community. We are a socially responsible company and give our customers the ability to invest a portion of their premiums in environmentally and socially beneficial projects.

With our comprehensive product offering and underwriting expertise, we are able to cover a wide range of business risks, helping our clients to identify them and minimise their exposure.

If you are looking for to be part of a successful organisation with strong growth ambitions, then read on.

Financial Lines Portfolio Manager

Your new role
- Drive the design, development and implementation of Portfolio strategy across the value chain that aligns with the overarching strategy.
- Manage the portfolio P&L to deliver to portfolio targets.
- Lead and manage a team of employees, setting goals and objectives in alignment with the organization's goals as well as creating a positive and engaging work environment that motivates team members to perform at their best.
- Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, including product, pricing and underwriting.
- Develop and drive product strategies to underpin product profitability and sustainable growth.
- Lead, manage, coach and mentor the team to ensure effective resource allocation and optimal performance.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders to maximise influence.
- Deliver efficient, accurate and timely management information to support decision-making.
- Translate strategies and plans into operational objectives for the business unit.
- Develop networks and relationships internally and externally to ensure seamless delivery of the insurance value chain.

About you
- Financial Lines Underwriting Team management experience
- Management Liability and Financial Institutions underwriting experience
- People management - ability to engage and lead a team
- Deep knowledge of local market in the Financial Lines segment
- Strong organizational, analytical and prioritization skills
- Strong interpersonal, negotiating and communication skills
- Ability to analyze data and use for decision-making
- Strong attention to detail
- Business fluent in written and spoken English

Why QBE? At My Best

At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that’s why we have created “At My Best”. It’s our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It’s in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA.

We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future - helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.

QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation

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With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.

To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit our

careers website.

At My Best - QBE Benefits

You are more than your work - and QBE is more than a workplace, which is why we provide you with the benefits, support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally.

QBE Awards

Some of the award’s QBE are proud to have won, been a finalist for, and shortlisted for include;

AXCO Global Insurance Awards 2024 Winner: Network Management of the Year

Insurance Business UK 5-Star Cyber Awards 2024: QBE rated as a 5-S