Senior Underwriter / Underwriter, Fine Art & Private Clients

AXA Group; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global insurance leader is seeking a Senior Underwriter in Fine Art & Private Clients to drive growth in Singapore and South Asia. You will utilize your underwriting expertise, develop business strategies, and enhance relationships with clients and brokers. Critical qualifications include underwriting experience, a passion for art, and fluency in English, with Mandarin as a plus. This role offers hybrid working conditions and an opportunity to work within a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• Underwriting experience is essential; candidates of various seniority levels are encouraged to apply.
• Fluency in English is essential; Mandarin is advantageous for engaging with Chinese-speaking clients.
• Fluency in English is required; Mandarin is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and underwrite Art and high net worth business focused on Singapore and South Asia market.
• Achieve underwriting profitability and overall growth on Art and Private Client portfolio.
• Identify and develop new business opportunities in the art market through networking.
• Execute sales strategies for business opportunities.
• Identify new business in the art market through networking.

Skills

Underwriting experience

Excellent writing and communication skills

Passion and knowledge of art

Fluency in English

Ability to converse and write in Mandarin

Education

University degree in a related field

Job description

Senior Underwriter / Underwriter, Fine Art & Private Clients

Singapore – Hybrid working mode

Act as the technical expert for the function and or region. Responsible for working within authority limits on assignments reflecting the expert degree of technical complexity and coordination under broad management direction. Key responsibilities will involve underwriting business in line with the business plan; assisting the planning and forecasting process; monitoring aggregate exposure within agreed limits; monitoring premium income to ensure it remains within agreed limits; maintaining awareness of all claims advised; supporting and providing input on settlement of claims advised; building and maintaining relationships with brokers and clients; supporting the design and structure of risks; identifying and driving new product development opportunities.

DISCOVER your opportunity

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• To develop and underwrite Art and high net worth business with main focus on developing Singapore portfolio and South Asia market.
• To achieve underwriting profitability and achieve overall growth plan on Art and Private Client portfolio.
• Developing accounts with allocated brokers through:
  • Conducting broker visits
  • Implementing and designing development initiatives
  • New business conversion
  • Renewal retention
• Develop and execute sales strategies to maximize business opportunities and to increase our book in private collections and intuitional risks.
• To identify and develop new business opportunity in art market through networking into the collectors’ community, access good quality galleries and get closer contact to the public decision marking bodies for museums, exhibitions and events.

You will report to the Head of Fine Art & Specie Asia.

SHARE your talent

We’re looking for someone who has these qualifications and skills :

• A university degree in a related field is preferred
• Underwriting experience is essential, and candidates of various seniority levels are encouraged to apply. The job offered will be commensurate with the level of experience
• Passion and knowledge of art
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Fluency in English is essential. The ability to converse and write in Mandarin will be advantageous when engaging with Chinese-speaking clients.

FIND your future

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re / insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business – property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.

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