Zurich, Zurich, CH
Senior Underwriter Facultative Casualty (Hybrid, m/f/x/d, 80-100%)
Is underwriting your passion? Would you like to use and broaden your underwriting knowledge in one of the best reinsurance companies in the world? Does the interaction with clients excite you? Then apply now as we are looking for a highly motivated, ambitious Facultative Underwriter Casualty for our team in Zurich!
About the Role
Your job will entail originating, evaluating and underwriting facultative business within your assigned portfolios. You will be able to assess a wide range of risk types with your experience and by applying innovative models. A meaningful part of your role will be to foster client and broker relationships and develop new opportunities with prospective clients. You will collaborate with client managers, market underwriters and treaty underwriters in a cross-functional team. Together we build on our partnerships with our clients and share our knowledge, with the objective to bring value for the client and Swiss Re. This role offers you lots of space to develop own ideas and find creative solutions.
We are a diverse and international team with a very high level of entrepreneurial spirit, energy and expertise, that we seek to complement and strengthen together with your support. At the same time, we gather more experiences, develop ourselves and have fun.
About you
We are happy to meet you if:
- you hold a University degree or equivalent
- you have min. three years of experience in Casualty underwriting (insurance or reinsurance) or in the facultative broker business, preferably in a market in Europe, Middle East or Africa
- you have outstanding analytical skills
- you see yourself as a sales person and dealmaker
- you have excellent verbal and written communication skills in French & English, knowledge of Spanish would be a plus
- you are pragmatic and solution-oriented
- you are an outstanding teammate who can work independently, deal with different complex multi-disciplinary projects simultaneously, take ownership for making decisions and help others out where and when vital
- you are confident dealing with ambiguous situations, working under pressure and adapting to a changing environment with the required flexibility and positivity
- you are open-minded, trustworthy, enthusiastic and curious to learn
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About Swiss Re
Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.
Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace 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.
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