Senior Underwriter Aviation Direct (m/f/d)*

Munich Re; München; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading global insurance company in Munich is seeking a Senior Underwriter to manage and develop client relationships in the aviation sector. Responsibilities include underwriting and risk assessment for airline businesses, with an emphasis on maintaining excellent service and market awareness. The ideal candidate should possess significant experience in aviation underwriting, strong negotiation skills, and a collaborative approach. This role offers a competitive salary and hybrid working flexibility.

Leistungen

Competitive salary

Health management

Work-life balance

Hybrid working

Career mobility

Qualifikationen

• Several years’ underwriting experience in aviation.
• Deep knowledge of the aviation industry, especially the airline market.
• Fluent business English.

Aufgaben

• Ensuring excellent underwriting, risk assessment, and pricing.
• Key account management for important airline clients.
• Developing and maintaining client and broker relationships.

Kenntnisse

Underwriting experience in aviation

Negotiation skills

Team-oriented working approach

Client relationship management

Ausbildung

University degree or professional insurance qualifications

Jobbeschreibung

Global Specialty Insurance is Munich Re´s dedicated entity for all primary Specialty Insurance lines. Within this division, Aviation Direct is responsible for primary insurance and facultative reinsurance with a global mandate for direct aviation business (our clients are airlines, aircraft manufacturers, and leasing companies). Aviation Direct de facto acts as an insurance company in a challenging and specialized niche market. To add to our team of recognized experts, we are currently looking for an encouraged and motivated Senior Underwriter for our growing Airline segment. The range of activities in this position is varied and encompasses underwriting as well as managing our client and broker relationships.

Your Job

• Ensuring excellent underwriting, risk assessment, and the quality of pricing and wording for our worldwide airline business
• Key account management for important airline clients
• Actively developing and maintaining client and broker relationships
• Observing market, industry, and technology trends and assessing the impact of them on our underwriting and pricing methods; this includes making the team aware of these trends and developments
• Challenging and executing the agreed airline underwriting strategy to ensure the segment can be underwritten profitably
• Enabling the airline underwriting team to self-organize
• Showing outstanding commitment to the airline portfolio and taking responsibility for it
• Exploiting new business, recognizing client needs, actively collaborating on new solutions, and utilizing cross selling potential other Munich Re units

Your Profile

• University degree or professional insurance qualifications
• Several years’ underwriting experience in aviation
• Deep knowledge of the aviation industry, especially the airline market and clients
• Strong negotiation skills and proven track record in managing client relationships
• Genuinely collaborative, team-oriented working approach
• Willingness to take responsibility and make decisions
• Fluent business English
• Willingness to travel

Application Instructions

In order to consider your application, we require your application to be submitted via our online applicant portal. In addition to uploading your CV, we recommend writing a cover letter to tell us more about why the position is of interest to you.

About us

As the world's leading reinsurance company with more than 11,000 employees at over 50 locations, Munich Re introduces a paradigm shift in the way you think about insurance. By turning uncertainty into a manageable risk we enable fundamental change. Join us working on topics today that will concern society tomorrow, whether that be climate change, major construction projects, medical risk assessment or even space travel.

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Unlock your potential

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: we embrace the power of differences and are convinced that diversity fosters innovation and resilience and enables us to act braver and better.
• Continuous Learning: we believe that continuous learning is a key differentiator and critical for building new skills and accelerating growth.
• Career Mobility: we actively support career mobility, and our strong global and regional presence offers a wealth of career growth opportunities for you.

Rewards & Recognition

• Competitive salary: appropriate compensation for your high level of commitment.
• Retirement provision: state of the art in-house pension solutions.
• Work-life balance: promoting the compatibility of family and work in addition to overall work-life balance.
• Health management: focus on your physical and mental health far beyond legal requirements.
• Hybrid working: living the best of both worlds – we offer you a very flexible approach as well as the opportunity to work from abroad on an occasional basis.

* Munich Re not only stands for fairness with regard to its clients; it is also an equalopportunities employer. Severely disabled candidates will also be prioritized, if equally qualified.