Underwriter

SWISS RE ASIA PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SWISS RE ASIA PTE. LTD. in Singapore is seeking an experienced Life & Health Underwriter to join the SEA team. You will build client relationships and provide underwriting services across Southeast Asia as part of a high-performance team.

Key duties include delivering core underwriting services, implementing policy, auditing clients, supporting product development, and contributing to risk management initiatives. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of Life & Health insurance or reinsurance underwriting experience, preferably with regional exposure.
• University Degree or equivalent qualification.
• Strong knowledge of the insurance/reinsurance industry with broad product experience.
• Familiarity with local markets' underwriting practice, regulation and features.
• Ability to conduct client audits and develop training materials from audit findings.
• Strong analytical and detail-oriented with a proactive mindset.
• Ability to work independently, under pressure, and meet deadlines.
• Good team player with stakeholder collaboration skills.
• Ability to adapt to changes and implement improvements.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Delivers core underwriting services to clients, assesses data, medical and financial docs for sound risk selection.
• Implements underwriting policy and ensures risks are sound and profitable.
• Participates in departmental or company-wide underwriting activities and projects.
• Supports the Underwriting team to assess and manage case referrals.
• Contributes to new product development and sharing underwriting expertise as needed.
• Supports QA, governance, peer reviews and internal trainings.

Skills

Life & Health underwriting

Client relationship management

Analytical skills

Communication

Team player

Auditing & training

Education

University degree

Tools

Outlook

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

About the Role

As a member of the SEA Life & Health team based in Singapore, your role will be to build and maintain client relationships as well as to provide first class underwriting related services to Swiss Re’s Life & Health clients in the Southeast Asia region. You will be required to work as a member of a high-performance team and to demonstrate and develop adequate technical and interpersonal skills, so you can strongly contribute to achieving Swiss Re's strategic and commercial objectives.

Main Task and Responsibilities:

• Delivers core underwriting services to clients assess data, medical, and financial documents to provide accurate and competitive life risk selection
• Implements company’s underwriting policy, principles and ensures risks assumed on a sound and profitable basis
• Participates and offers underwriting expertise in departmental or company-wide activities and projects
• Supporting the Underwriting team to assess and manage case referrals
• Supports new products development and offer underwriting expertise as required.
• Supports internal Quality Assurance, governance, peer review and internal trainings.
• Adopts a partnering approach when carrying out underwriting and audits with clients
• Maintain awareness, knowledge of insurance/takaful products and concepts, as well as changes in industry initiatives (regulatory, product development, technology, etc.) and principles of risk selection
• Develops, supports, and conducts continuing underwriting education by actively participating in external training programs, meetings, and webinars
• Support Swiss Re market presence via delivery of presentations and sharing of company initiatives, news, and events via social media
• Manage the day-to-day operations to carry out his/her responsibilities effectively.
• Able to effectively work in a team environment, sharing certain responsibilities and supporting mutual dependencies through effective communication and collaboration.
• Travel as required for meetings, industry conferences and client office visits.

About the Team

We are part of Life & Health Reinsurance Southeast Asia team focusing on Life & Health underwriting and claims support. The SEA L&H Underwriting & Claims team supports our clients on new product development opportunities leveraging on our underwriting expertise and claims management experience. We work collaboratively with our clients and stakeholders to proactively manage risks, improve risk appetite and embrace new changes in risk philosophy. We are looking for candidates to be part of our team who exhibit or have the potential to embrace our core values and contribute to Swiss Re's target by providing best in class risk management.

About You

• Minimum 7-10 years’ relevant Life & Health insurance or reinsurance underwriting experience, preferably with regional exposure
• University Degree or similar qualification
• Good understanding as well as knowledge of the insurance/reinsurance industry with broad range of products experience with authorities reflecting this
• Knowledge of local markets' underwriting practice, regulation and product features.
• The ability to conduct client audits and develop training materials from audit findings to strengthen client's technical knowledge.
• Strong analytical skills and meticulous with a keen eye for details.
• Ability to work independently, self-starter, able to work under pressure and manage deadlines.
• Good team player, able to interact with people at various levels
• Ability to adapt to changes and implement them accordingly
• Courage to challenge the status quo and to explore new ideas that can improve our business.
• Negotiation, communication, influencing and presentation skills.
• Strong computer skills (i.e. Outlook/Word/Excel/Power Point).
• Excellent written and verbal communication English skills.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process. Please contact us to request accommodation.