Client Underwriter P&C

We are looking for a colleague who is passionate about providing a holistic client management approach to be part of the Hong Kong P&C Client Market Team. Come join us!

About the Role

At Swiss Re we combine experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise to create new opportunities and solutions for our clients.

Being a Client Underwriter, you will proactively work with the Team to manage retention and growth of existing business, management of customer issues. You will 

• Develop Swiss Re’s business and relationship with assigned clients including marketing, underwriting, administration, claims handling and technical and financial accounting which aims to achieve the Business Unit Strategic and Financial Objectives of the HKTW P&C Client Underwriter team.  
• Grow & maintain good relationships and services of assigned clients & markets
• Closely monitor the market developments
• Support the Senior Client Underwriters to manage the cross functional teams to effectively deliver the appropriate suite of SR solutions 
• Underwrite selected treaties according to risk quality, risk appetite and group guidelines

Accountabilities:

Key Outcomes

• Execute the agreed marketing objectives, strategies, and business plans, which return appropriate premium and profitability targets, are pro-actively developed, updated, implemented and communicated internally and externally.
• To raise, maintain and enhance the leading profile of Swiss Re within the allocated markets.

To underwrite in compliance with the appropriate guidelines and conforming with best practice, within allocated underwriting authorities:

Professional Development

• Maintain sufficient level knowledge of the insurance and reinsurance industry and the legal and economic and social environment in allocated markets in which the clients operate.
• Maintain awareness of broad trends in key product areas in which the clients operate, and of developments/initiatives in Swiss Re related to those product areas.
• Maintain an appropriate level of technical expertise, such that clients respect and use Swiss Re expertise and appropriate underwriting decisions are assured.
• Maintain a sufficient level of financial and analytical capabilities.

External client service

• Develop, maintain contacts and drive the ongoing development of relationships especially with the working management levels with clients (e.g. reinsurance, underwriting, marketing departments).
• Prepare the materials/presentations for the discussions with clients and brokers relevant to their perceived needs in order to develop and implement appropriate reinsurance solutions.
• Keep tracking and communicates industry/sector/environment developments which helps the team to raises these topics for discussion with clients and brokers in conjunction with a considered viewpoint on opportunities/threats to clients for such developments and how Swiss Re may be able to assist.
• Coordinate & schedule regular catch ups with the appropriate Cross Functional Team to ensure that Swiss Re delivers value to the client.

About the Team

The strategic goal of the team is to develop, underwrite, and sell profitable new and existing business opportunities across the Non-Life businesses, to provide the company with long term sustainable growth and profit.

About You

• 5 Years or above experience in the P&C insurance and/or reinsurance industry.  
• Outgoing and commercially minded personality
• Motivation and drive to develop and execute on business opportunities for Swiss Re
• Good business judgement
• Relevant professional background/qualifications/University business degree/Actuarial training would be advantageous.
• Good communication skills
• Team player
• Languages: English, Cantonese and Mandarin
• Candidates with less experience will be considered for Associate level position