Senior Underwriting Consultant

Swiss Re - Schweizerische Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonus

Global benefits

Job summary

Swiss Re in London seeks a Senior Underwriting Consultant to drive high-quality technical underwriting and shape the Life & Health portfolio. You will be a trusted advisor, translating complex risk insights into commercially impactful solutions and engaging confidently with senior client leaders.

You will lead projects, mentor colleagues, and leverage market trends to deliver innovative services aligned with clients' strategic goals, contributing to a collaborative and inclusive team culture.

Qualifications

• Extensive Life & Health underwriting experience and portfolio management.
• Ability to deliver rigorous, high-quality assessments independently.
• Strong communication skills for diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver high-quality technical underwriting assessments across a Life & Health portfolio.
• Drive portfolio outcomes by monitoring performance and managing risks.
• Translate underwriting insights into commercially compelling client proposals.
• Engage strategically with clients at all levels and provide expert guidance.
• Leverage market intelligence and data to develop innovative services.
• Lead or contribute to projects, driving tasks to completion.
• Anticipate and mitigate risks, considering market and portfolio dynamics.
• Mentor colleagues and foster a high-performing team culture.

Skills

L&H underwriting expertise

Technical underwriting knowledge

Communication skills

Job description

Are you a seasoned Life & Health underwriting professional ready to make a real impact? Do you thrive at the intersection of technical excellence, client strategy, and portfolio innovation? If so, this could be the role you've been waiting for. At Swiss Re, we're looking for a Senior Underwriting Consultant to join our dynamic team in London — someone who brings deep expertise, sharp commercial thinking, and a genuine passion for shaping the future of L&H insurance.

About the Role

As a Senior Underwriting Consultant, you will play a pivotal role in driving high-quality technical underwriting assessments while contributing to the strategic direction of our Life & Health portfolio. You will be a trusted advisor to our clients, translating complex risk insights into clear, commercially impactful solutions. This is a role for someone who is equally comfortable diving deep into technical analysis and engaging confidently at senior levels of client organisations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver high-quality technical underwriting assessments across a diverse Life & Health portfolio, ensuring rigorous risk selection and sound decision-making
• Drive portfolio outcomes by monitoring performance, identifying trends, and proactively managing risks and opportunities within the book of business
• Translate technical underwriting insights into clearly articulated, commercially compelling proposals that highlight benefits and impacts for clients
• Engage strategically with clients at all levels, providing expert guidance on both operational and strategic underwriting matters
• Leverage market intelligence, portfolio data, and emerging technology trends to develop innovative services and solutions aligned with clients' strategic goals
• Lead and contribute to projects and initiatives, taking accountability for driving tasks through to completion while fostering collaboration across the team
• Anticipate and mitigate potential risks and opportunities, drawing on a strong awareness of market and portfolio dynamics
• Support the development of a future-fit service proposition, contributing to the evolution of underwriting practices and client offerings
• Collaborate with and mentor colleagues, sharing expertise and contributing to a high-performing, inclusive team culture

About the Team

The Life & Health Claims and Underwriting Team is a forward-thinking group that leverages deep experience to maintain a dual focus on strong portfolio outcomes and a future-fit service proposition. The team is dedicated to managing the L&H portfolio and delivering high-quality technical assessments, while harnessing portfolio insights, technology, and market trends to design services and solutions that align with clients' strategic goals. We are a collaborative, innovative team committed to making a meaningful difference for our clients and the people they serve.

About You

You are a highly motivated and passionate Life & Health underwriting professional who thrives on the challenge of risk selection and client partnership. You bring a strong sense of accountability — you take ownership of projects and drive them to completion — while remaining a collaborative and supportive team player. You are commercially astute, intellectually curious, and energised by the opportunity to shape both the operational and strategic dimensions of client relationships. You communicate with clarity and confidence, making complex technical concepts accessible and compelling to a wide range of audiences.

We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements:

• Extensive L&H underwriting expertise in Life & Health insurance underwriting, demonstrating a strong track record of sound risk selection and portfolio management
• Deep technical underwriting knowledge across a broad range of Life & Health products, with the ability to deliver rigorous, high-quality assessments independently
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to convey technical topics clearly and practically to both specialist and non-specialist audiences

These are additional nice to haves:

• Experience engaging at senior levels, with strong relationship management and influencing skills
• Awareness of and interest in emerging technologies, digital tools, and market trends shaping the future of L&H underwriting and insurance services
• Proven experience leading or contributing to strategic projects or initiatives within an underwriting environment
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret portfolio data and translate insights into actionable strategies

For London, the base salary range for this position is between GBP 56,000 and GBP 84,000 for a full-time role.

The specific salary offered considers:

• the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role
• the applicant's own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience

In addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance-based variable compensation component, designed to recognise your achievements. Furthermore, you will enjoy a variety of global and location specific benefits. Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.

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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. 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.

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