Launch your career with impact! We’re looking for curious, motivated graduates with strong people skills who are eager 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 for our 18-month Graduate Programme. The programme starts on 1 September 2027, with flexibility to join earlier on 1 January 2027. You’ll gain hands-on experience in the fast-paced world of reinsurance, rotate into different teams, 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. About the Role Join our Life & Health (L&H) Underwriting and Claims Proposition Team! You will play an important role in the shaping and optimising of insurance propositions across life, disability, critical illness, and health products. The role ensures alignment between underwriting and claims strategies to deliver sustainable risk management, strong customer outcomes, and competitive solutions. It operates at the intersection of risk selection, product design, claims experience, and commercial performance. You will support us in providing high quality data analysis input to both clients and the cross-functional team within SwissRe. Through great teamwork and collaboration, you will gain a deep understanding of the L&H reinsurance market, you will learn about our various products, how we assess underwriting/claims and how we provide automation solutions for clients. We will also give you the opportunity to participate and contribute to projects as well as to the development of innovative, market leading reinsurance solutions that are relevant to the wider SwissRe Group. Specific responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to the following: - Support Underwriting/Claims specialists with data preparation and analysis, and work with specialists to bring SwissRe's solutions to the clients - Support the day-to-day underwriting/claims work across different lines of business in the target markets - Collect, analyse and present data collected for annual industry-wide surveys. - Contribute to the design and implementation of internal process to produce efficiency on the department. About the Team The Underwriting and claims proposition team is tasked with delivering SwissRe's reinsurance solutions to clients; setting strategy and ensuring effective communication<s>s</s> between the members of cross-functional teams to execute strategy. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic team member to join the group. About You We are looking for people who want to make a difference! Your strength is willingness and ambition to take on new challenges and develop your reinsurance acumen. You have strong communication and presentation skills and can work on your own initiative. If you act as a team-player with willingness to contribute actively to the overall team spirit and are eager to work in a global and multicultural environment, we are looking for you! You have: • Successfully completed university degree (Bachelor, Master, or PhD degree) • Strong interest in/motivation to work in Insurance • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and high attention to detail • Proficiency in MS Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) It will be also nice to have: • Re/insurance experiences gained through vacation work or internships is an advantage • Proficiency in use of data analytics tools and/or programming languages is an advantage Please note, that preference will be given to designated applicants as per the employment equity act. Recruitment Process The base salary range for this position will be shared with you during the interview process. Please note: The application process will remain open until 5 July 2026. The final stage of the selection process is an Assessment Centre, to which a limited number of shortlisted candidates will be invited. We greatly appreciate every application and carefully review each one. As a result, the selection process may take some time, but please rest assured that your application is being given thorough consideration. We aim to share an update by the end of July at the latest. To learn more about the programme and the recruitment process, visit our website: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.swissre.com%2Fcareers%2Fgraduates.html&data=05%7C02%7CSandrine_Strickler%40swissre.com%7Ce1dc212569194ebf214a08dec026ad6b%7C45597f606e374be7acfb4c9e23b261ea%7C0%7C0%7C639159469550693697%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZaDQw%2BW3BfN0R7CXZ%2B3RGPdQ3PfS79s9Kv%2F51r26RYc%3D&reserved=0">Graduate Programme | Swiss Re</a> #Li-Hybrid<div class="swissre_jobtemplate"> About Swiss Re <div class="swissre_jobtemplate"> 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. We cover both Property & Casualty and Life & Health. 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 15,000 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. If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience. We may use AI-powered tools to support the review and evaluation of applications for this position. These tools provide additional insights to our recruitment teams, but all hiring decisions are carefully reviewed and made by people. 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Life & Health Underwriting and Claims Graduate (Johannesburg, GP, ZA) @ Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd.

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