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As the Head of Property, you will build and lead Mitti Insurance’s ISR Property underwriting function in Australia. establishing a profitable, well-underwritten portfolio of ISR and related commercial lines while developing the team, broker relationships, and market credibility that will underpin long-term growth. The Head of Property sets the underwriting strategy, owns portfolio performance, and shapes what Mitti Insurance stands for in the Australian general insurance market.

Key Responsibilities

Own end-to-end portfolio performance across all general property lines in Australia —

setting underwriting strategy, managing risk quality and profitability, and delivering

against agreed loss ratio and premium growth targets.

Lead and develop the ISR underwriting team, building a high-performing culture of

technical excellence, continuous improvement, and clear accountability.

Drive broker engagement and new business development, establishing Mitti Insurance

as a credible and preferred ISR partner across target segments in the Australian

market.

Set and maintain underwriting guidelines, authority frameworks, and risk appetite for

the ISR portfolio, aligned with reinsurance arrangements and Mitti Insurance’s overall

risk strategy.

Collaborate with actuarial, claims, and product teams to ensure pricing adequacy,

coverage alignment, and claims experience feed back into underwriting decisions in a

closed loop.

Ensure all underwriting activity complies with Australian Securities and Investments

Commission (ASIC) requirements, Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL)

conditions, and Mitti Insurance internal risk and compliance framework.

Represent Mitti Insurance in broker and industry forums, building the brand and

reputation of the ISR portfolio across the Australian market.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical skills

Deep technical expertise in commercial liability lines — General Property, ISR, —

demonstrated through hands-on underwriting of complex and large risks.

Demonstrated ability to manage an ISR portfolio from a profit and loss (P&L)

perspective, including pricing strategy, capacity management, and reinsurance

utilisation.

Strong working knowledge of Australian insurance regulatory requirements, including

Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) compliance obligations and Australian

Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) conduct standards.

Track record of setting underwriting guidelines and authority frameworks, including

managing delegated authority arrangements and binding authority agreements.

Analytical capability to interpret loss experience, exposure data, and market trends to

inform underwriting strategy and test pricing adequacy.

Behavioural skills

Leads with conviction — makes clear, well-reasoned underwriting decisions and builds

confidence in team members, brokers, and leadership by standing behind them.

Commercially sharp — connects underwriting decisions to business outcomes and

views the portfolio through a profitability lens, not just a risk lens.

Builds genuine broker relationships — invests in long-term partnerships grounded in

trust, responsiveness, and consistent service rather than transactional interactions.

Proactive, collaborative, and resilient — manages competing priorities across strategy,

technical underwriting, people leadership, and stakeholder engagement without losing

momentum.

Develops the people around them — creates a team environment where underwriters

build technical capability, take on greater authority, and feel real ownership of their

decisions.

AI skills

Uses AI tools to accelerate risk assessment, portfolio analysis, and market research