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Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent

Location: Melbourne or Adelaide

Job Ref: REQ

About the role

Ansvar Australia , part of the Benefact Group , seeks an Underwriter for our Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane offices. This role lets you write multiline business across a diverse mid‑market portfolio, offering exposure to multiple product areas and broadening underwriting expertise.

You’ll have genuine autonomy in underwriting medium to complex risks while working with an experienced team. The role combines technical underwriting excellence with relationship building – you’ll regularly visit brokers and clients across the Southern Region.

Key responsibilities

- Assist in the growth and maintenance of profitable, sustainable business within the allocated region(s) portfolio.
- Undertake personal underwriting of schemes and medium to large sized policies, including new business.
- Deliver professional and efficient customer service to brokers, distribution partners, and internal colleagues.
- Assist the Commercial Team Leader, Southern Region Manager and wider Underwriting & Distribution team in maximising the profitability of Ansvar’s portfolio.

Knowledge, skills and experience

- Multi-line property and casualty experience (or a hunger to develop it – training provided).
- Broker relationship skills – building genuine connections.
- Commercial lines expertise with at least 2 years of underwriting and business development experience.
- Natural relationship builder who thrives in a collaborative, positive environment.
- Business passion – genuinely excited about insurance and driving results.

Why join us?

We are embracing significant organisational change and need innovative thinkers and change makers who want to shape the future.

Your Voice Matters : Work directly with decision‑makers who champion fresh ideas and where you can make a genuine impact.





Diverse Opportunities : Gain exposure to challenging projects and cross‑functional skills.

Meaningful Work : From our Community Education Programme to protecting heritage buildings and partnering with faith‑based and community organisations, your work will make a tangible difference.

Be part of a collaborative, inclusive, ambitious culture committed to making a difference and building a sustainable future. Ranked amongst Australia’s Top 40 Best Workplaces to Give Back in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities, with all profits going to charity and good causes.

What we offer

- A competitive salary – let’s discuss it.
- Flexible, hybrid working in modern CBD offices.
- Generous industry performance bonuses.
- Generous annual leave plus birthday, well‑being, paid parental, volunteering & more.
- Tailored professional development programs.
- Recognised as the Best Australian Workplace for Fathers (2025).
- Good Company Award Winner (2025).

About us

At Ansvar Insurance , we transform the way we operate. As specialists in the Care, Community, Faith, Education, and Heritage sectors, we modernise our business while staying true to our purpose – protecting those who serve others.

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services group made up of over 30 businesses. We attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135‑year history, and the diversity of what we do have enabled us to build a culture of kindness, excellent ambition, and passionate people driven to do better and be better.

We are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests, and we value the strength this brings. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, please let us know.

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📌 Underwriter (Melbourne)
🏢 Ecclesiastical Insurance UK
📍 Melbourne