L&H Underwriter

Swiss Re Asia Pte. Ltd.; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Swiss Re Asia Pte. Ltd. seeks an experienced underwriting professional focused on Life & Health insurance, delivering underwriting services to clients and shaping policy to ensure sound, profitable risk taking.

The role develops and conducts training, participates in cross-functional projects, and builds strong relationships with key clients while offering input to new reinsurance tenders and product development in a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' Life & Health underwriting experience.
• Regional/international exposure preferred.
• University Degree or similar qualification.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Interact with people at various levels.
• Excellent command of English, Cantonese and ideally Mandarin.

Responsibilities

• Delivers underwriting services to clients
• Develops and implements underwriting policy and principles and ensures risks assumed on a sound and profitable basis
• Participates in departmental or companywide activities and projects with regard to underwriting and related fields
• Develops and conducts underwriting training programs for clients
• Adopts a partnering approach when carrying out underwriting and audits with clients
• Builds strong relationships with key clients
• Provides input to reinsurance tenders and product development in a cross-functional team environment

Skills

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Languages: English Cantonese Mandarin

Education

University Degree or similar qualification

Job description

Delivers underwriting services to clients

Develops and implements company’s underwriting policy and principles and ensures risks assumed on a sound and profitable basis

Participates in departmental or companywide activities and projects with regard to underwriting and related fields

Develops and conducts underwriting training programs for clients

Adopts a partnering approach when carrying out underwriting and audits with clients

Builds strong relationships with key clients

Provides input to reinsurance tenders and product development in a cross-functional team environment

About You

Minimum 5 years’ relevant Life & Health insurance or reinsurance underwriting experience, preferably with regional/international exposure

University Degree or similar qualification

Strong analytical skills

Broad range of product experience with authorities reflecting this

Good team player and self-starter; able to interact with people at various levels

Excellent command of English, Cantonese and ideally Mandarin