Senior Underwriter

locations Auckland Qb Studios,248 Saint Asaph Street, Christchurch Central City Wellington

time type Full time

posted on Posted 3 Days Ago

time left to apply End Date : September 22, 2025 (27 days left to apply)

job requisition id JR

About Asteron Life

Asteron Life has been supporting New Zealanders for nearly 150 years.

We are here tohelp customersbuild bright futures and protect what matters most.

We offer a range of personal, business and employee insurance products that can help our customers through just about anything life throws at you.

We work with our financial advisers, who provide expert insurance advice and match the right insurance needs to help our customers live life to the fullest, and our strategic partners who provide tools and information so customers can assess their needs and find the cover that's best suited to them.

We value diverse backgrounds and perspectives, foster an inclusive, collaborative and flexible working environment, that will support your professional growth and reward your contribution.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Senior Underwriter to join our team on a permanent full-time basis.

As a Senior Underwriter at Asteron, you will lead the charge in delivering world-class underwriting services that provide certainty and confidence to clients and advisers.

Your expertise will shine as you assess and accept life and disability risks within agreed guidelines and authority levels, ensuring all decisions are timely, insightful, and aligned with our commitment to excellence.

Leveraging tele-underwriting and innovative solutions, you'll expedite decisions, maximize retention, and support Asteron's mission to remain a top-tier provider for advisers and their clients.

Beyond underwriting, you'll play a pivotal role in relationship management, cultivating trust and collaboration with key advisers and distribution channels.

Your proactive approach will include regular, meaningful contact via phone and in-person meetings, as well as close liaison with reinsurers on complex cases.

Whether consulting with medical professionals or navigating intricate risk scenarios, your ability to deliver tailored solutions will elevate Asteron's profile in the market and solidify your reputation as a trusted partner.

In return, we offer a hybrid working environment that balances flexibility and collaboration, fostering a fun and supportive team culture.

You'll have the freedom to work remotely, with 50% of the time in the office, ensuring a harmonious balance between business needs and personal flexibility.

Your Story

Asteron Life has adopted agile ways of working, providing a flexible environment for individuals to make a significant contribution to our success through the application of their skill and experience.

To thrive in this environment ideally a candidate has the following attributes :

A minimum of 5 years Underwriting experience of life, disability and trauma risk at a Senior level

An understanding of medical terminology, disease process, treatments and prognosis

An understanding of financial and accounting matters i.e., the ability to analyse financial accounts and apply the outcome to the underwriting decisions

An understanding of the legal aspects affecting risk management i.e., Insurance Law Reform Act, Fair Trading Act, Privacy Act and Human Rights Act etc.

Knowledge of Asteron's risk products

Knowledge of Asteron's reinsurance treaties and facultative arrangements

Confidence to communicate solutions and alternatives to advisors and maintain good relationships

Why Join Us?

At Asteron Life, we provide a flexible work environment and access to a range of employee benefits that will support you both personally and professionally including :

Career pathways, including local and global mobility opportunities.

Leading Learning Platforms and support in professional development

Medical Plan and Wellbeing Programs

Life, Income Protection and Trauma Cover.

Accessibility and Checks

Before commencing employment in this role, you will need to provide two references, full working rights and complete police and credit checks through an online provider.

As an equal opportunity employer strongly committed to working in a diverse and inclusive workforce you will be provided with any support or accessibility requirements throughout your interview process.

Please feel free to contact our Talent Team directly at

Resolution Life Australasia is one of the leading life insurers in Australia and New Zealand, with ~ 1 million customers with superannuation, investments and life insurance policies, managing approximately A$30 billion in assets and have 1,000 employees across Australia and New Zealand.

We value diverse backgrounds and perspectives, foster an inclusive, collaborative and flexible working environment, where everyone can thrive.

We are a fully enterprise agile organisation, and will support your professional growth and reward your contribution.

Life Insurance is in our DNA.

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Since 2003, various Resolution entities have committed over US$15 billion of equity in the acquisition, reinsurance, consolidation and management of 28 life insurance companies.

Together, these companies have served the needs of over 10 million policyholders while managing over US$320 billion of assets.

We are a community of talented, high performing, passionate people who are spread across the globe.

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We hope to offer our people a career, not just a job.

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