This role didn't exist six months ago. It exists now because the business needs a right hand for its Portfolio Manager, someone who can take real ownership of a specialty liability portfolio and run it like it's their own.
You'd step in as 2IC. No direct reports yet, but real authority: you sign off referrals outside the team's underwriting limit, you own the external stakeholder relationships, and you run the portfolio day to day.
What you'll actually be doing
Managing relationships with external program partners and stakeholders, day in, day out
Signing off referrals that sit outside the team's underwriting authority
Overseeing audits, renewal negotiations and each program renewal
Running business reviews, monthly reporting and debtor management across the binder
Mentoring and coaching junior underwriters, with a genuine pathway into people leadership
The portfolio
Programs worth $3.5 million and up, but the individual transactions sit between $500 and $5,000. High volume, small tickets, big overall profit. If your background is open market on bigger single accounts,



this flips the model. Most underwriters who make the switch don't go back.
What a week looks like
Plan for three things, get eight. Ad hoc urgent referrals. A manuscript endorsement that needs drafting today. Audit findings. A referral with risk engineering. This is a fast-paced seat for someone who doesn't rattle when priorities move.
Who we're looking for
Already underwriting and managing a portfolio, likely inside an MGA
Robust technical liability underwriting background
Comfortable running a high volume of smaller transactions while still owning the performance of the total program
Confident negotiating, influencing and building relationships with brokers and clients
Makes decisions with minimal supervision, and knows when to escape
We are recruiting this confidential search exclusively, so the company name stays off this ad, but it's a genuine market leader in specialty portfolio underwriting.
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📌 Senior Liability Underwriter (Brisbane)
🏢 Impact Talent
📍 Brisbane