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Senior Client Underwriter P&C - Hybrid

Swiss Re
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 2/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/23/2025

Do you have a strong background in property and casualty underwriting, portfolio, and client management? Do you enjoy the challenge of balancing risk to build and maintain a profitable book of business? If so, you might be our next Senior Client Underwriter!

About the Role

The Senior Client Underwriter for our direct channel reinsurance team works in partnership with an experienced peer to develop direct reinsurance relationships with top regional insurance companies and build a portfolio that outperforms the market benchmark.

A successful Senior Client Underwriter will combine world class origination, client management, and underwriting skills to develop and foster client relations across all executive and management levels.

Key responsibilities include

End-to-end underwriting analyses of core property and casualty (auto, liability / umbrella, and / or workers compensation) business, including risk selection, costing, contracts review, and deal structuring; incorporating relevant technology to make informed decisions.

  • Grow our core business by developing opportunities in the portfolio in collaboration with relevant specialists to deliver the "right service right client".
  • A solid knowledge & anticipation of competitor products as well as industry and market trends.
  • Collaborating with Product Underwriters on the evaluation of reinsurance treaties and take decisive actions within your assigned treaties to meet standards and guidelines.

About the Team

Come join a team of property and casualty client underwriters that are smart, dedicated, and thrive on building the best portfolio in the market! We believe in teamwork, supporting one another and an exciting journey to success. This team works directly with clients across the US regional space, including Mutuals, E&S Carriers, and Alternative Risk Transfer opportunities

About You

You have strong interpersonal and teamwork skills, and pride yourself on your analytical and organizational skills. You have exceptional communication and client management skills that help you build and develop relationships with clients.

In addition, you bring the following experience :

  • Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in reinsurance / insurance underwriting, portfolio, and / or client management.
  • Technical skills : reinsurance contract knowledge, strategic mindset, market intelligence, portfolio steering, product knowledge, risk assessment and appetite.
  • Critical non-technical skills : business acumen, client management, consultancy skills, judgement & decision making, negotiation skills, and current broker relationships.
  • Travel required 25-30%
  • Comprehensive costing / pricing experience is considered a plus.
  • The estimated base salary range for this position is $156,000 to $246,000. The specific salary offered for this, or any given role will take into account a number of factors including but not limited to job location, scope of role, qualifications, complexity / specialization / scarcity of talent, experience, education, and employer budget. At Swiss Re, we take a "total compensation approach" when making compensation decisions. This means that we consider all components of compensation in their totality (such as base pay, short-and long-term incentives, and benefits offered), in setting individual compensation.

    Our company has a hybrid work model where the expectation is that you will be in the office three days per week. This role is not eligible for either relocation assistance or visa sponsorship.

    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 14,000 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.

    Swiss Re is an equal opportunity employer. It is our practice to recruit, hire and promote without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, pregnancy, sexual orientations, marital status, military status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Decisions on employment are solely based on an individual's qualifications for the position being filled.

    During the recruitment process, reasonable accommodations for disabilities are available upon request. If contacted for an interview, please inform the Recruiter / HR Professional of the accommodation needed.

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    Reference Code : 132922

    Salary : $156,000 - $246,000

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