Group Underwriter

Company Description

• Enjoy work-life balance with flexible working options, and well-being initiatives that prioritise your health
• Work alongside diverse, passionate colleagues and leaders who inspire, support, and value your contributions.
• Take your career further than you ever imagined with diverse roles and opportunities for personal and professional development.

For over 150 years, we've never stopped finding better ways to protect Australians. As one of the nation’s leading life insurers, we’re driven by ambition and a sense of purpose. Our responsibility to our customers, partners, and the broader community is at the heart of everything we do.

At TAL, we’re empowered to experiment, innovate, and create better products and services. Backed by Daiichi Life, one of the world’s largest insurers, we deliver financial security to millions of Australians through our care and expertise. Bring your curious mind and ambition to shape our industry and help us become the progressive, digitally enabled, leading insurer we aim to be.

As a Group Underwriter you will provide quality underwriting services in line with TAL’s underwriting philosophy, standards and practices to maintain a profitable risk portfolio.

• Deliver high-quality underwriting decisions that protect portfolio profitability and risk integrity
• Uphold regulatory and internal risk standards to ensure compliant, customer-centric outcomes
• Achieve underwriting targets while maintaining accuracy, consistency, and quality benchmarks
• Build strong partnerships with funds and stakeholders to enable effective collaboration and outcomes
• Resolve customer, partner, and adviser queries and escalations to timely, satisfactory outcomes
• Drive a consistent, proactive customer experience by identifying issues and improving solution

Qualifications

• Apply sound underwriting judgment within delegated authority, with a solid understanding of industry standards and practices
• Build strong, respectful relationships with stakeholders through clear and effective communication
• Work independently with accountability while staying connected and contributing to team success
• Demonstrate strong attention to detail to deliver accurate, high-quality outcomes
• Take a proactive, solutions-focused approach to challenges, with a positive and can-do mindset
• Bring relevant qualifications or experience in life insurance (e.g. Certificate IV or equivalent), with Group Risk exposure a plus

Additional Information

TAL is one of Australia’s leading life insurers, committed to inclusion, and supporting the career growth of our diverse workforce. We’re proud to be:

• An Inclusive Employer – Recognised as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index
• Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change
• Reconciliation Advocates – Read our https://www.tal.com.au/about-us/our-commitments/our-community/reconciliation-action-plan&data=05|01|[email protected]|c2cf3b27d3ef41a8de6908db9df9a676|fedfd771b82e47b1a705959f02fe7ded|0|0|638277467782757529|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|3000|||&sdata=ud+sHCBqGqfkQAH1Mu/uhXSwDq5Kb8ee3dWzvDFYAWY=&reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer">Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.
• We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals living with disabilities, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community.
• Need adjustments during the recruitment process? Let our team know by getting in touch with us here—we’re here to support you.

You’re always accountable for your actions. You never give up. You strive to find the best outcomes for customers and partners. And you value working together to find the best solutions for problems.

As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your eligibility for a role at TAL including Criminal History, Bankruptcy, Entitlement to Work, Regulatory and Reference Checks.

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Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.

If you are already a TAL employee please apply via the SmartRecruiters button in Workday and navigate to the Employee Portal. This is important to ensure that your application is recorded accurately.