About this role
<p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>About the Role</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In your role, you will be contributing to the success of Swiss Re's Facultative growth ambition in Asia Pacific. You are expected to be proficient in Property underwriting, man-made and NAT CAT modeling, and possess good knowledge of the re/insurance market. We are also looking for someone who has a commercial mindset and strong collaboration skills, with dedication and eagerness to learn.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Provide high quality underwriting support to overseas underwriting desks for Swiss Re Asia Pacific markets (Japan, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Southeast Asia, India & India sub-continent, Australia and New Zealand), which will include but not limited to:</span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Internal underwriting support and risk assessment according to underwriting guidelines of property single risks</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Operating within Swiss Re's Legal and Permanent Establishment and regulatory framework</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Costing / risk modelling / pricing support on facultative contracts and underwriting documentation</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Underwriting analytics support on single risks, facilities and SwiftRe (on-line platform) business</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Support on offer preparation/drafting, wording/conditions review</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Preparing underwriting assessments by review of risk engineering reports and inferring the risk quality</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ad hoc projects on portfolio driven by Underwriting or cross-functional teams</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Suggest improvements to existing processes, models, tools and drive AI initiatives relevant to the business</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Maintain defined work quality and turnaround time for risk assessment</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Identify and resolve service issues with internal clients and stakeholders</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Prepare client/region specific reports and share strategic inputs/solutions with internal partners</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Collaborate with the underwriting community abroad and business partners on projects to generate valuable services for Swiss Re</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Provide training, development, and coaching team members on relevant underwriting topics</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lead and drive topics/projects/initiatives within the facultative underwriting community</span></li> </ul> <div align="center"><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"></div> <p> </p> <p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">About the Team</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Bangalore (BLR) Facultative P&C UW Advisory Team is a strategic offshore operating hub responsible for providing facultative underwriting support to Swiss Re Asia Pacific markets across Property and Casualty lines of business. The Hub works closely with overseas facultative desk underwriters to provide underwriting support on property risks of simple to medium complexity.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">You will get in-depth exposure to Swiss Re's underwriting practice, risk appetite, risk model platforms, and costing tools, as well as an opportunity to work with Swiss Re's overseas underwriters! In addition to your regular responsibilities, you will have the opportunity to contribute to various projects of strategic importance to Swiss Re Group, specifically for the APAC region.</span></p> <div align="center"><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"></div> <p> </p> <p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">About You</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented professional who brings a commercial mindset, a proactive problem-solving aptitude, and a genuine eagerness to learn. You thrive in a multi-cultural and matrix environment, take ownership of your work, and are able to deliver strong results with an innovative approach that constructively challenges the status quo.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements:</span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Postgraduate/graduate degree preferably in Natural Sciences or a quantitative field (e.g., Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Econometrics) closely related to these subject areas</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Competency in Property re/insurance underwriting, single-risk assessment, risk modelling, pricing, contract wording and preparation, with up to 8–10 years of relevant underwriting experience</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Strong understanding of underwriting methods, reinsurance, tools, and processes</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ability to analyze large data sets, draw meaningful conclusions, and deliver data-driven insights</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Excellent oral and written English skills, with strong communication abilities across diverse teams</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Strong motivation to learn about re/insurance and overseas markets</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ability to manage multiple projects and deliver in a timely manner</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Collaborative team player with experience working in multi-cultural environments</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">These are additional nice to have:</span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Professional qualifications in insurance, e.g., FIII, CII</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Experience in facility/portfolio underwriting analytics</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Proficiency in additional foreign languages</span></li> </ul> <div align="center"><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"></div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Our company has a hybrid work model where the expectation is that you will be in the office at least three days per week.</span></p> <p> </p><div class="swissre_jobtemplate"> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>About Swiss Re</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <div class="swissre_jobtemplate"> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">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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