Claims Specialist, APH

Imagine a role where you can directly influence the profitability of a business, steer a diverse portfolio of claims, and build lasting relationships with clients. If you're a self-motivated individual who thrives on collaboration and career growth, this challenge is for you! If this sounds interesting, join us at Swiss Re, where we believe in fostering an environment that sparks the best ideas, maintaining a sensible work-life balance, and producing outstanding results through engaged employees. Together, we can help make the world more resilient.

About the Role

As a Reinsurance Claims Specialist at Swiss Re, you’ll manage a portfolio of asbestos, pollution, and health hazard (APH) reinsurance claims across various lines of business for both active and runoff portfolios. This role offers a unique opportunity to collaborate across functions, develop broad knowledge about the insurance and reinsurance industry, and help steer the business through data-driven insights and strong client partnerships.

Key activities of the role include:

• Steer a diverse portfolio of multi-line reinsurance claims, ensuring strategic performance through data analysis and industry insight.
• Analyze contractual obligations, establish and monitor reserves, and approve payments within authority to ensure timely, effective resolution.
• Apply advanced data analytics and reporting tools to manage the portfolio and identify emerging trends.
• Collaborate with Underwriting, Actuarial, and other teams to provide portfolio insights that inform business strategy and decision-making.
• Formulate, develop, and implement account management, including building and supporting client relationships.
• Participate in client meetings and audits to review claims, assess claims-handling practices, and support collaborative problem-solving.
• Deliver high-quality claims and client service, sharing industry knowledge and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support internal stakeholders with research on claim topics, loss development, and contract wording issues, while ensuring compliance with governance, legal, and reporting requirements.

About the Team

You’ll join a team of APH claims professionals known for deep technical expertise, collaborative spirit, and innovative problem-solving. We work closely with clients and internal partners to deliver exceptional claims management, identify potential exposures, and provide meaningful insights that shape our business. If you’re curious, analytical, and motivated by teamwork and impact, this is the place for you.

About You

You excel in a dynamic environment, adept at juggling multiple priorities while maintaining professionalism.  With strong interpersonal skills, you’re confident communicating with clients, legal counsel, and senior management, and you bring curiosity and strategic thinking to every challenge.

Additional requirements include:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 2-5 years of experience in claims, underwriting, insurance, reinsurance, or insurance-related legal work, including handling latent direct insurance claims.
• General understanding of and/or exposure to other insurance disciplines i.e., contract wording, accounting, underwriting.

• Ability and passion to manage a complex portfolio with critical analysis and innovative strategic thought.

• Confirmed ability to meet deliverables, implement plans, and conduct analysis.
• Excellent writing skills and proficiency in MS Office tools, claims systems and the ability and willingness to learn new systems.

• Excellent organizational and data analytics skills with openness for continued growth.
• Ability and willingness to learn new claims handling systems.
• Some business travel required.

The estimated base salary range for this position is $84,000 to $140,000.  The specific salary offered for this or any given role will take into account a number of factors including but not limited to job location, scope of role, qualifications, complexity/specialization/scarcity of talent, experience, education, and employer budget.  At Swiss Re, we take a "total compensation approach" when making compensation decisions. This means that we consider all components of compensation in their totality (such as base pay, short-and long-term incentives, and benefits offered), in setting individual compensation.