Underwriter Property (80 - 100%)

About the role

• Assist the team in the underwriting of property business for UK, Ireland and International wholesale markets, help maintai the current book and producing new business opportunities

• Analyses and assesses Property submissions in respect of exposures and coverages. Identifies and negotiates the best position for Corporate Solutions including opportunities to lead programmes

• Assists the team in developing marketing plans; identifies, analyses and pursues growth opportunities

• Completes all underwriting processes and ensures business workflows are maintained

• Develops and grows a network of brokers and clients

• Underwrites the business in accordance with internal processes and guidelines

• Cooperates with other supporting functions e.g. Claims, Risk Engineering, Business Services etc.

  
  

Main tasks:

Client focus

• Develops and maintains a strategic dialogue and communicates proactively, timely and with transparency with clients and brokers

• Establish a broker network, participates in broker visits and contributes to building and maintaining broker relationships in order to ensure a steady flow of new submissions

• Develops and monitors action plans aligning client strategic priorities with Swiss Re Corporate Solutions capabilities.

• Negotiates with brokers

• Prepares quotations, structures programmes and offers proposals

  
  

Business focus

• Develops new business opportunities and is able to triage submissions quickly and effectively - identifying viable opportun

• Analyses business using existing tools combined with underwriting judgement

• Supports the development of marketing strategies to expand position on current accounts and cross-sells other lines of business in cooperation with colleagues

• Constantly looks for other areas and segments to engage in whilst developing our offerings in order to make them suit the market needs and practices

  
  

Leadership and Management

• Ensures and promotes regular communication within internal stakeholders as well as externally to clients.

• Good interpersonal, intercultural and social skills (communication, persuasiveness, team spirit)

• Energised and a "self-starter", able and willing to take initiative and implement measures in a goal-oriented manner

  
  

Compliance and Controlling

• Ensures compliance with all Swiss Re guidelines, underwriting and pricing parameters, best practices as well as Code of Conduct.

• Ensures accuracy and reliability of financial reporting for assigned clients.

• Ensures that relevant Group, Divisional and Business Unit deadlines are met.

  
  

About you

• University degree or equivalent.

• Minimum 3-5 years relevant experience in property underwriting of medium to large corporates including in a lead capacit

• Very good presentation and negotiation skills, customer focused approach

• Team player, willing to learn the business and apply it in daily interactions

• Willingness to travel as required

• Good numeracy skills, good PC and software skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Open-minded, trustworthy and enthusiastic.

• At ease with leaving the comfort zone and performing under pressure with deadlines.

• Ability to handle multiple deals in parallel without losing oversight.

• Ability to successfully manage conflicts

• High level of productivity and will to deliver

  
  

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. Our aim is to live visible and invisible diversity – diversity of age, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, physical abilities, personalities and experiences – at all levels and in all functions and regions. We also collaborate in a flexible working environment, providing you with a compelling degree of autonomy to decide how, when and where to carry out your tasks.

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About Swiss Re Corporate Solutions

Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer. We anticipate and manage risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime.

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions is the commercial insurance arm of the Swiss Re Group. We offer innovative insurance solutions to large and midsized multinational corporations from our approximately 50 locations worldwide. We help clients mitigate their risk exposure, whilst our industry-leading claims service provides them with additional peace of mind.

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. Swiss Re Corporate Solutions embraces a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.