National Underwriting Manager – Agri & Personal Lines

For over 165 years, CGU has been insuring ambition. Part of Insurance Australia Group (known as IAG), we’re a leading commercial, rural and personal lines insurer and a top-three provider of workers compensation insurance.

Step into a role where your leadership shapes the future of an iconic insurance portfolio. This is your opportunity to champion our CGU and WFI Agri and Personal Lines business by bringing people together, strengthening broker relationships, and guiding a specialist team to deliver meaningful impact for our customers and communities. You’ll play a central role in how we show up in the market, balancing strategic thinking with hands‑on support. If you’re energised by building capability, influencing outcomes, and leading with purpose, this role offers the platform to make a real difference.

This is a permanent full-time role based in Naarm (Melbourne) or Tarndanya (Adelaide).

What You’ll Do

• Lead and inspire a team of underwriting specialists through coaching, mentoring and clear direction to lift capability and performance.
• Represent IAG in Agri and Personal Lines markets, engaging broker partners, WFI authorised representatives and industry networks.
• Shape and deliver go‑to‑market strategies that support portfolio plans, balancing growth, risk, retention and customer outcomes.
• Strengthen underwriting quality through oversight of risk selection, technical guidance, governance and continuous improvement.
• Build collaborative relationships across underwriting, distribution, product, pricing and portfolio teams to achieve shared results.
• Provide insights on market conditions, competitor activity and emerging opportunities to inform strategy and decision‑making.
• Contribute to reinsurance insights, audit processes, technical reviews and quality assurance activities within your portfolios.

What You’ll Bring

• 12+ years’ extensive insurance experience, ideally with senior underwriting exposure across Agri or Personal Lines portfolios.
• Proven leadership capability with strengths in coaching, mentoring and uplifting high‑performing underwriting teams.
• Strong underwriting expertise in risk selection, pricing, strategy development and governance of underwriting authority.
• Commercial acumen and strategic thinking, with experience driving portfolio performance and Go‑to‑Market execution.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, comfortable influencing teams and leading broker and AR relationships.
• Relevant qualifications such as a tertiary degree and/or ANZIIF Cert IV, or equivalent industry experience.
• Confidence making sound underwriting decisions with autonomy, supported by strong communication and collaboration skills.

What We Offer

• Boosted superannuation with 13% as standard.
• 20 days annual leave + 5 days MyLeave (extra leave for what’s important to you).
• Work from home and many more flexibility options with myFlex.
• Up to 50% off personal insurance, including home and motor insurance.
• Partner discounts on private health insurance, tech & appliances, and many more.
• Industry-leading 20 weeks paid parental leave.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning, the award-winning IAG Academy, study assistance and secondment opportunities.
• employment type eligibility criteria apply

Applications close: Friday 30 January 2026 11:59PM AEDT

Adjustments and Support

If you require any support or adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process, we encourage you to reach out to recruitment@iag.com.au for a confidential conversation.

More About Us

As part of IAG you’ll enjoy a world of career opportunities, a purpose-led place focused on creating connection and belonging, and where you can create meaningful impact every day and grow your career beyond the expected. That’s not just words. It’s our people promise. We’re ready for you with unexpected opportunities for your career, your work-life and your ability to make a difference. We celebrate all viewpoints shaped by life experiences and culture, and are guided by the knowledge and voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, businesses, and communities. We collaborate on Indigenous-led solutions that enable growth and create meaningful change for our customers and employees.

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