Are you looking for a role where you can make a real impact — combining technical underwriting capability, relationship-building strengths, and strategic thinking to help grow a specialty portfolio. In this role, you will play a key role in managing key partners and driving the growth and profitability of our liability programme and facility business. You will have the opportunity to work across diverse portfolios, contribute to product development initiatives and help shape market-leading solutions that deliver value to our brokers, partners and clients.

Portfolio

Solutions, operates as a scaled specialty portfolio underwriting engine, focused on delegated portfolio business, the role being to deliver profitable, sustainable growth through portfolio-led underwriting, leverage automation, product innovation and foster broker and agent partnerships, while improving efficiency, scalability, and maintaining underwriting discipline. This niche underwriting role, combines high-volume portfolio management with commercial accountability, overseeing programmes and facilities with high annual GWP, generated through a large volume of individual SME transactions. The role is ideally suited to an underwriter who enjoys driving portfolio performance, fostering solid stakeholder engagement (both internal and external), and delivering sustainable growth through effective portfolio management.

If so, read on to find out more! Who are we? At Liberty, you’ll join a team that values autonomy, collaboration, and professional growth. You’ll be supported by strong leadership, a trusted brand, and an environment that encourages initiative, continuous improvement, and career development.

If you enjoy working with complex risks, building trusted partnerships, and contributing to the success of a high-performing team, this could be a great next step for you. Our people have the opportunity to make a real impact; we want to grow people's careers, recognize their potential, celebrate their uniqueness, and provide them with the knowledge and environment to succeed. Liberty's leadership team and management have the stability, experience, and foresight to guide us through the ups and downs of the financial cycle, while empowering our teams to focus on market relevance and delivering quality customer service.

Why Liberty?

- Our underwriting & claims methodologies and technical expertise.




- NIBA General Insurer of the Year 2021 and NIBA Specialty Insurer of the Year 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025.
- Local Underwriting/Claims authority.
- Our Market Approach is built on capability, consistency, and personal rapport.
- Market-leading products.
- Our product development team ensures we are quick to address gaps and introduce new products to the market.
- Autonomous, performance-oriented culture.
- Global organization - Opportunities for secondments.
- Profitable year on year since establishment.

Key responsibilities

- As the Senior Underwriter, you will contribute to the growth and profitability of portfolio solutions by underwriting liability programme and facility business, strengthening broker relationships, and supporting product and portfolio development.
- Duties will include but not be limited to:
- Build and maintain strong relationships with agents, brokers and clients to support growth, service excellence, and the Liberty brand.
- Review, rate, and underwrite new business and renewal business across Liability programme and facility portfolios, - Deliver a high standard of underwriting service that supports strong broker and client experience.
- Work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure seamless underwriting delivery and portfolio support.
- Identify cross-selling opportunities and collaborate with other product line underwriters to provide a comprehensive service.
- Contribute to the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual portfolio reporting.
- Support product development activity, including wording reviews, market research, and new product initiatives.
- Assist with compliance requirements, delegated authority audits, and regulatory obligations.
- Help streamline administrative processes and contribute to continuous improvement in underwriting practices.
- Manage the portfolio with a focus on growth, retention, and profitability.
- Mentor coach and develop fellow team members.

About you: This is a specialist role,



and the strongest candidates will have experience with underwriting and managing different liability portfolios We're looking for a Senior Underwriter in liability who is who is comfortable balancing high-volume, lower-value transactions with the strategic management of a valuable overall programme.

- Experience gained within underwriting and managing a portfolio, - Comfortable managing a high volume of smaller transactions while keeping sight of the value and performance of the total programme.
- Strong technical underwriting capability, within liability.
- Proven relationship-building skills with the ability to influence and engage brokers and clients.
- Effective negotiation and selling skills, with a commercial mindset.
- Strong decision-making skills and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Analytical thinking and sound judgement when assessing complex risks.
- Demonstrated ability to grow and manage a profitable portfolio.
- Broad business, financial, and market awareness.
- Strong strategic thinking and agility, with an interest in product and portfolio development.
- Collaborative approach, with the ability to mentor and support less experienced team members. What's next: Privacy & Third Party Application Management By applying for this role, you confirm that you have read and understood our Privacy Policy which explains how we collect, use, store, and disclose your information, and your rights to access, correct, or erase, your personal information. Your information may be stored in third‑party cloud systems used by Liberty Mutual Group and our agents. You consent to the transfer of your information to other countries, including those with different privacy laws, subject to our obligations under Australian Privacy Principles. Note that we may retain your data for up to 5 years for future recruitment opportunities unless you request earlier deletion. You may withdraw consent or request deletion at any time. Liberty does not use automated decision‑making to make final hiring decisions. If any automated tools are used for initial screening, they will not replace human review. If you have any questions about how your personal information is handled or wish to exercise your privacy rights, you can contact our Privacy Officer at [email protected]

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