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QBE NEW ZEALAND GRADUATE PROGRAM 2025

INSURANCE UNDERWRITING STREAM

PERMANENT ROLE | AUCKLAND | HYBRID WORKING

GRADUATE PROGRAM OVERVIEW

18 months | 3 different teams | 6-month experiences

Our award-winning graduate program has been running in Australia for many years with huge success. Graduates are hired as permanent employees, with the first 18-months spent on the graduate program experiencing three different teams across our business, known as ‘rotations’. In addition to three rotations, graduates progress through a structured learning and development plan, have access to senior leaders, and spend time with their graduate cohort forming meaningful and long-lasting connections. 

In 2024, we launched our inaugural New Zealand graduate program as an extension of our Australian program, and we are looking to bring on another two graduates for 2025 based out of our Auckland office.  Successful graduates will enjoy two trips to Sydney, Australia for induction week and development activities in their first year.

INSURANCE UNDERWRITING

Insurance underwriting is a highly technical skill set that is critical to our business success. This graduate program stream focuses on business insurance, which can be incredibly complex.  Businesses of all sizes across many industries present their own unique risks and you will learn what to consider before we agree to offer insurance protection to a business customer. 

You can expect to learn about many types of business insurance including property, motor, liability, financial lines, and more.  As a QBE graduate in New Zealand, you do not need any previous insurance experience. We’ll teach you the basics before progressing you into new rotations where you’ll continue to build your knowledge and understanding of insurance and the underwriting process. 

The role of an underwriter is unique in that it offers the best of both worlds – a role where you can build strong technical skills through analysis and risk management practices, and advanced communications skills as your success in this role will largely depend on effectively working with many internal and external stakeholders. 

Our graduates often discover interests that they didn’t know even existed before joining QBE. The New Zealand graduate program provides a platform to learn insurance from the ground up and it offers the flexibility to explore interests as they develop.

GRADUATE LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT 

Your skill and career development are a key focus for the entire graduate program and beyond. Some of the ways you will learn include:

• Experiencing our business from three different perspectives across your graduate rotations.
• Formal classroom style training, always with a practical application.
• Digital learning pathways designed for the graduate cohort and your program stream more specifically.
• Informal learning through cohort activities and initiatives.
• Unlimited access to digital learning content, many courses with official certifications.
• Your support network: graduate program lead, graduate buddy, rotation leaders, technical buddies, graduate networks (program stream and wider cohort).
• Networking and public speaking opportunities. 

ABOUT QBE

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. 

We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. 

And our people will be at the centre of our success. We’re proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities. 

With more than more than 11,000 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. 

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

Your career at QBE — let’s make it happen! 

www.qbe.com/nz/about-qbe/careers.

BENEFITS

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

• ‘Hybrid Working’ – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance
• Our ‘Thriving at our Best’ wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
• 18 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
• The ability to maximise retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching
• Income protection, trauma insurance & Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance 
• Additional leave and support through QBE’s Family Domestic Violence First Responder Network
• Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners

REWARDS & RECOGNITION

We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice
• 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards
• Gold Employer status for 4 years in a row 2019 - 2022 Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) – the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion
• Ranked 3rd place in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers (medium programs) 2024 as voted by graduates
• Top 20 Workplaces for Dads in 2019 and 2020 (HBF Direct Advice for Dads)
• Family First accredited employer since 2021

ELIGIBILITY 

Our graduate program commences once per year each February.  To be eligible for the New Zealand stream of the 2025 graduate program, you must have:

• Completed and passed tertiary education in the 2 years prior to the graduate program start date, graduating from end of 2022 to end of 2024; and
• Unrestricted working rights in New Zealand; and
• Submit a resume and academic transcript with your application.  A cover letter is not required.

Whilst some education disciplines align more to the technical nature of insurance underwriting than others, for example, law, economics, business, engineering, we are accepting applications for the insurance underwriting graduate program from any field of study if you have a strong interest. We encourage you to apply now or contact the graduate recruitment team to discuss further if you have questions at graduates@qbe.com. 

APPLY NOW

Click APPLY to submit your application. Applications will close on Sunday 8th September 2024.

Successful applicants will need to complete work rights, police, and employment checks through our online provider as a condition of employment. Please remember to submit your resume and academic transcript with your application.

QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our networks please contact us at graduates@qbe.com.