Senior Treaty Underwriter (Hybrid - m/f/x/d -80-100%)

We are looking for a highly motivated and result oriented senior property underwriter to join our Globals EMEA & International Business property underwriting team in Zurich or Munich.

Do you want to nurture our transaction pipeline together with the account managers of your accounts - and convert the opportunities into deals that benefit both us and our clients?

About the Role

In this role you evaluate and assess risks in accordance with company guidelines and standards and make underwriting decisions within your authority level for assigned treaties. In collaboration with other functions, you will drive, enable and steer the product strategy of the Property CUO office in strong cooperation with the market units and help build a balanced portfolio which we will jointly develop to deliver sustainable profits over the reinsurance cycle.

Further key responsibilities:

• lead discussions with clients to identify their motivation, needs and priorities
• develop innovative reinsurance solutions and transactions, using the full range of our capabilities
• play a driving role in meetings and negotiations with global and international clients and brokers and build relationships with your clients' reinsurance departments and underwriters
• contribute as a member of the P&C Re CUO Property organization to the creation and execution of its product strategy, as well as collaborating, steering, and enabling business underwritten within the relevant Market Units

About the Team

Being part of our international underwriting team, based in Zurich and Munich, means joining a multifaceted and collaborative environment. Our Globals clients are headquartered all over Europe and we interact with the highly dynamic International Business market in London and Bermuda.

Our clients focus on property insurance with a worldwide scope, serving a client base ranging from homeowners to corporations. We aim to help our clients to grow and flourish by closing the protection gap as well as helping them with their capital management.

The deals we write in our portfolio range from country-specific treaties to worldwide solutions with broad coverage. As a result, you will collaborate with other lines of business, facultative underwriting, offices abroad and structured reinsurance.

About You

Do you believe learning should never stop and appreciate development and change as meaningful ingredients to your work?

You thrive in collaborating with colleagues and clients in a multicultural environment; you are creative, and an efficient communicator to executive counterparts. With your intrinsic motivation you enjoy being empowered and take ownership.

Essentials

• University degree (Master or equivalent), preferably with a quantitative, scientific or economic focus
• At least 5 years of underwriting experience and have demonstrated strong project management skills in complex business settings
• Solid understanding of contractual wordings
• Proficiency in English, additional languages like German, French or Spanish are a plus

Advantageous

• Underwriting knowledge beyond pure Property
• Portfolio steering experience
• Natural catastrophe modeling experience
• Financial acumen