Underwriter Casualty Reinsurance - Graduate

Launch your career with impact!  

We’re looking for curious, motivated graduates with strong people skills who want to grow, learn, and make a difference. If you hold a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD and have up to three years of professional experience, apply to our 18-month Graduate Programme starting 1 September 2026.  

You’ll gain hands-on experience in the fast-paced world of reinsurance, rotate within a local team, and receive tailored training to build your expertise. This is your chance to shape your future – and help protect societies from the world’s most complex risks.  

In the second half of the programme, we will work with you to jointly develop your individual perspectives for your career at Swiss Re.  

About the Role  

As our Graduate and future underwriting professional, you will work right in the heart of our business, interacting daily with diverse teams across the company that assist in the underwriting value chain. We truly believe in learning by doing and therefore you will spend most of your time in the business working with outstanding and expert colleagues. You will have a mentor at your side helping you to navigate through professional situations and exciting challenges.  

You will play a meaningful role in assessing risks, evaluating reinsurance submissions from a quantitative and qualitative perspective, and contributing to the profitability of our organisation.  

Your daily activities include:  

• Review reinsurance submissions and accompanying documents to determine eligibility and assess risk factors  

• Analyse underwriting data, including loss history, financial statements, and market trends, to prepare and propose informed decisions on business acceptance or rejection  

• Calculate appropriate premiums based on risk assessment and company guidelines  

• Collaborate with brokers, clients, and other internal partners to capture additional information on specific deals and the broader market  

• Support senior underwriters in complex underwriting tasks  

• Take an active role in a project that gives you end-to-end exposure to the underwriting value chain, including portfolio steering   

By working directly in the business, you will broaden and deepen your skills and expertise in at least following areas: Underwriting (Property, Casualty, Specialty)​, Claims handling​, Client management, Portfolio steering​ and Data analytics​.  

About the Team  

P&C Reinsurance is the biggest Business Unit of Swiss Re and split into 3 lines of business: Property, Casualty and Speciality. During the Graduates programme you will be part of the Underwriting Team that focuses on UK Casualty treaty business. You will join a global and diverse team where 'team spirit' is not just a tagline, but every day's practice  

About You  

We are looking for people who want to make a difference!  

• Successfully completed university degree (Bachelor, Master, or PhD degree)  

• Strong curiosity about working in Casualty Reinsurance  

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and high attention to detail  

• Strong in communication and high confidence to work with clients, brokers, and senior colleagues  

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with a positive and collaborative demeanour  

• Innovative, showing a high degree of own initiative, takes accountability and is a fast learner  

• Excellent oral and written English skills; additional language skills advantageous  

• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)  

The base salary range for this position will be shared with you during the interview process.    

The application process is open for at least 2 weeks and if you do not hear from us within this time frame, it does not mean your application is ignored. We will get back to you latest by mid-November.