Senior Underwriter

Overview

Axa Partners is looking for a Senior Underwriter.

Location: Rome or Milan

Type of contract: Permanent

Contract Labour: Ania

Schedule: Full Time

Working at AXA Partners CLP technical department means working in a dynamic, growing and international framework with a particular focus on entrepreneurship, initiative and personal development.

Role

Senior UW of the BU for Italy in charge of risks pricing. In this role the resource has the duty to :

• Transfer technical expertise to internal and external stakeholders such as partners, brokers, AXA entities, Senior Managers;
• Support the junior members of the Technical Direction and the non-technical members of BU.

Key responsibilities

By way of example and not limited to :

• Pricing of Group Lifestyle, Credit Linked and GAP Insurance products;
• Draft the answers to tenders and quote requests;
• Support in drafting the POG (Product Oversight Governance) agreements;
• Provide product, market and underwriting expertise in the Country;
• Support the Underwriting activities for other regions if necessary;
• Provide expert understanding and knowledge of the selected market and work in cooperation with the Commercial team to ensure that AXA remains competitive as well as compliant with local regulation and internal guidelines;
• Coaching, guidance and technical support to the commercial team and other functions such as finance, operations and legal regarding day-to-day business;
• Product development / enhancement;
• Monthly and daily reporting of underwriting activity.

Skills and experience

Technical / Functional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

• Experience in life underwriting (from quotation to wording)
• Reasonable good knowledge of the Italian insurance market
• Very good interpersonal manner with clear communication skills
• Analytical, creative and well organized
• Excellent negotiation, presentation and communication skills towards commercial people and risk management counterparts
• Meticulous and detail-oriented execution with responsibilities
• Exercise the ownership of the products quoted and follow ups
• Italian language at a native level and excellent English / French (min B2)
• Excellent Excel skills

Education, Qualifications and Experience

• 5-10 years of experience in Insurance Underwriting / Risk Management / Actuarial department
• Minimum : University Degree (At least Bachelor)
• Preferred : Actuarial studies, Statistics

Familiar with / good knowledge of

• Usage of pricing models
• Underwriting operations
• Insurance operations
• Statistics
• Local regulation / legal basic understanding

What we offer

At AXA Partners, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive :

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Who we are

We’re AXA Partners, experts at designing and delivering assistance solutions and specialised insurance, credit, and lifestyle protection – with and for our partners worldwide. What sets us apart? The expertise and passion of our 8,500+ people, and a strong network of over 55,000 professionals all over the world. Powered by them and our sector-leading technology, we continuously evolve, adapt and thrive – offering solutions and services that make sure we’re always at people’s side, no matter what. Helping others is our passion. Combining the best digital technology with our warm, human touch, we’re always looking at new ways to offer seamless and reassuring experiences when it really matters.

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