Senior Underwriter - Casualty – SBS (SCOR Business Solutions)

SCOR; Paris; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

SCOR is seeking a Senior Underwriter, Casualty – SBS (SCOR Business Solutions) to manage complex casualty/EIL portfolios for France, Spain, and Belgium. You will analyze submissions, price and negotiate terms, and ensure portfolio profitability while collaborating with EMEA teams.

Ideal candidates have at least 8 years of international underwriting experience, strong market relationships, and fluency in French and English, with willingness to travel worldwide.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of underwriting experience with exposure to all casualty risks.
• Market-recognized capability in pricing, terms and conditions negotiation.
• Experience with international clients, brokers and cross-border risks.

Responsabilités

• Underwrite complex casualty/EIL risks for France, Spain and Belgium.
• Develop portfolio, renewals, endorsements, and manage profitability.
• Promote SCOR capabilities to brokers and clients across EMEA and London market.
• Build relationships with brokers and key stakeholders across EMEA and travel as needed.
• Ensure data accuracy in underwriting systems and collaborate with claims and analytics teams.

Connaissances

Underwriting

Pricing & terms

Negotiation

Relationship management

Fluency in French & English

Formation

Master’s degree in Insurance/Finance/Risk Management

Outils

Underwriting tools

Description du poste

Senior Underwriter - Casualty – SBS (SCOR Business Solutions)

Job Description

The Senior Underwriter, Casualty is accountable for underwriting complex casualty/EIL risks not only for France but also for Spain and Belgium.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop the existing Casualty/EIL portfolio (renewals, endorsements, claims involvement)
• Analyze, select and underwrite submissions using a technical approach (pricing, wordings, terms & conditions)
• Ensure profitability and portfolio quality in line with SBS underwriting guidelines
• Contribute to overall business results through sound and disciplined underwriting
• Develop SCOR’s Casualty/EIL market share in collaboration with EMEA commercial teams
• Originate new business opportunities and maintain a regular flow of submissions
• Promote SBS capabilities to brokers, corporate clients and ceding companies across EMEA and London market
• Represent SCOR at industry events (seminars, conferences, client meetings)

2. Business Development & Market Positioning

3. Client & Broker Relationship Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with brokers and key stakeholders across EMEA
• Conduct regular client meetings, risk visits and project site visits
• Ensure high-quality service and long-term partnership development
• Work closely with underwriting peers across the SBS network to ensure consistency and team alignment
• Collaborate with technical assistants, claims teams and internal stakeholders
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and business intelligence within the team
• Foster a strong team spirit across EMEA
• Produce and share portfolio analyses and market intelligence insights
• Report regularly on accounts, underwriting performance and commercial activity
• Ensure accuracy, completeness and timely entry of data in underwriting systems
• Maintain reliable data to support portfolio monitoring and decision-making

6. Governance, Compliance & Expertise

• Ensure underwriting practices comply with legal, regulatory and SBS frameworks
• Develop and maintain technical expertise in selected industries
• Contribute to continuous improvement of underwriting practices and standards

Qualifications

You are a Senior Underwriter with a former international or domestic experience, with a minimum of 8 yearsofexperiencewith exposure to all types of casualty risks.

• Established underwriter with several years of underwriting experience in Casualty class of business
• Proven underwriting skills including wording negotiation

Market recognition and sound reputation across insurance market

Established market relationships

Ideally Broking experience, industry or risk management experience, established client relationships, experience of writing international business

Active engagement and contribution to the global casualty team is essential, with a strong team spirit

• Knowledge of competitors, cedants, reinsurers and brokers within EMEA or internationally

An enquiring mindset with the ability to work independently as a motivated and pro-active self-starter.

Curious and willing to learn.

Commercial and tactical vision

Proficiency in the use of underwriting tools, ability to understand and assess the results

Organised and able to prioritise under pressure, high level of commitment

Ability to evaluate, condense and summarise key information

Fluency in French and English and able to travel worldwide.

Willing to perform under time pressure during peak activity renewal periods while ensuring adherence to processes and guidelines.

Education

You have a Master’s degree in Insurance, Finance or Risk Management.

About Us

As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying “The Art & Science of Risk,” SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.

Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry – actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others – as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.

As an international company, our common culture is defined by “The SCOR Way.” Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.

SCOR supports inclusion and the diversity of talents, and all positions are open to people with disabilities.