Apply for the Underwriter role at Ecclesiastical Insurance UK .

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Duration: Permanent.
Location: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide.
Job Ref: REQ

About the role

Ansvar Australia, proudly part of Benefact Group, is looking for an Underwriter to join our offices in Melbourne, Adelaide, and Brisbane. Joining Ansvar takes your insurance career to the next level with genuine opportunities for professional growth. This role offers the exciting opportunity to write multiline business across our mid‑market portfolio, exposing you to multiple product areas and significantly broadening your underwriting expertise.
You’ll enjoy genuine autonomy in underwriting medium to complex risks while having the backing of an experienced team. The role combines technical underwriting excellence with relationship building, with regular outside‑office broker and client visits across the Southern Region.

Key responsibilities

- Assist in the growth and maintenance of profitable, sustainable business within the allocated Regions portfolio.
- Undertake personal underwriting of 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 the wider Underwriting and Distribution team in maximising the profitability of Ansvar’s portfolio.

Knowledge, skills and experience

- Multi‑line property and casualty experience (or willingness to develop it – training provided).
- Broker relationship skills – you love 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 to shape the future, not just be part of it.
Your voice matters: work directly with decision‑makers who champion fresh ideas and can have a genuine impact.
Diverse opportunities allow you to gain exposure to challenging projects and cross‑functional skills.
Meaningful work—from community education programmes to protecting heritage buildings with faith‑based partners—lets your work make a tangible difference.
We are culture‑driven, inclusive, and ambitious, committed to sustainability.
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

- Market-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 and 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 with over 30 businesses. We believe it’s essential to 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 create a culture of kindness, ambition, and passion for betterment.
We welcome applications from everyone.
If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, please let us know.

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