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Are you looking to grow your career with a global insurer that values expertise, collaboration, and innovation? At QBE, we’re not just in the business of insurance — we’re in the business of empowering people and businesses to thrive in a world full of risk.

With offices in 27 countries and more than 13,000 employees worldwide, QBE offers a dynamic and inclusive environment where your contributions truly matter. Whether you're passionate about underwriting, risk management, or customer service, you'll find opportunities here to make a real impact.

We’re currently looking for an enthusiastic and detail-oriented Underwriting Assistant to join our team in Madrid. If you're ready to take the next step in your career and support underwriting excellence, we’d love to hear from you.

The Opportunity:
As an Underwriting Assistant, you’ll play a key role in supporting our Casualty and Financial Lines underwriting team by ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficiency across all stages of the underwriting process. You’ll collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver high-quality service and help drive business performance.

Your new role:

• Understand and align with the annual business plan of your business unit.
• Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Follow underwriting standards and best practices to minimize risk and improve efficiency.
• Maintain accurate records and underwriting data in internal systems.
• Build strong working relationships with colleagues, brokers, and customers.
• Prepare documentation and reports to support underwriting decisions and business planning.
• Assist in producing management information and performance metrics.
• Provide general administrative support to ensure smooth operations.

About you:

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Experienced in an underwriting support or administrative role.
• Highly organized and able to meet deadlines.
• A strong communicator and collaborative team player.
• Commercially aware and detail-oriented.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access.
• Fluent in English and Spanish.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing business needs.

Preferred:

• Basic understanding of underwriting principles and insurance products (Casualty and/or Financial Lines)
• Familiarity with process standards and insurance environments.

At QBE, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all emloyees. Our positions are open to individual with disabilities, and we actively promote inclusion and diversity in our workplace.

Why QBE? At My Best

At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that’s why we have created “At My Best”. It’s our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It’s in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA.

We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.

QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation (https://qbeeurope.com/careers/flex-qbe/).

With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.

To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit our careers website.

QBE Awards

Some of the award’s QBE are proud to have won, been a finalist for, and shortlisted for include;

AXCO Global Insurance Awards 2024 Winner: Network Management of the Year

Insurance Business UK 5-Star Cyber Awards 2024: QBE rated as a 5-Star Cyber Insurer

UK IT Industry Awards 2023 Winner: Green Technology Innovation of the Year

Working Dads Employer Awards 2023 Winner: Parental Policies Award

Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2023: QBE rated as a 5-Star Employee

You can view all our awards here

Inclusion of Diversity

We are striving to create a workplace culture where all our people feel included, and we are committed to building a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we operate in. We are proud to have partnerships with organisations such as Stonewall and Working Families, and our commitment to the Women in Finance Charter, the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles and Race at Work charter helps keep us accountable and transparent. For more information on our strategy targets please take a look at our Careers Page

Accessibility

Here at QBE, we are promoting an accessible workplace for all, which includes supporting candidates to perform at their best during their recruitment process. If you require any accommodations, please make your Talent Acquisition contact aware.

ESG & Sustainability

At QBE, we believe that integrating sustainability into our business helps us deliver on our purpose of enabling a more resilient future. Our three key focus areas include fostering an orderly and inclusive transition to a net-zero economy, enabling a sustainable and resilient workforce, and partnering for growth through innovative, sustainable, and impactful solutions. For further information regarding QBE’s sustainability targets, including our net-zero pledges and inclusion of diversity targets, and our award-winning impact investment initiative ‘Premiums4Good’, please visit our Sustainability homepage and read our latest Sustainability Report

What next? If you have a passion to contribute to QBE’s vision of enabling a more resilient future for our customers and the community, we encourage you to apply! Simply click the “apply” button to submit your CV and other relevant documents, and a member of our friendly Talent Acquisition team will be in contact to discuss your interest further if you meet the requirements of the role.

We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too?

APPLY NOW and let’s make it happen!

Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Business Management, Collaboration Tools, Communication, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Financial Advising, Financial Products, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Portfolio Management, Problem Solving, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management

How to Apply:

To submit your application, click "Apply" and follow the step by step process.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.