We currently have an opening for a Treaty Underwriter position in our Property & Casualty Division in the Singapore office. This position reports directly to the Head of Underwriting, Asia Pacific. The role has a strong focus on technical pricing and candidates with an actuarial background are welcome to apply.
Key Responsibilities
- Underwrite profitable treaty reinsurance business in the Asia Pacific region for Property and Casualty business.
- Develop market knowledge and analyse/evaluate market information.
- Gather in-depth understanding of cedents through direct communication with cedants/brokers and by analysing the underlying portfolios and submission/reinsurance proposals.
- Conduct technical pricing for treaties.
- Analyse, assess or draft treaty wordings.
- On the basis of a solid technical analysis, give underwriting recommendations to the Client Management team, and together with the Client Management team, execute treaty business.
- Monitor treaty performance of cedents together with Client Managers.
- Administer treaties including estimates and planning figures.
Key Requirements / Skills / Experience
- At least a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field, e. g. Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Law, Mathematics/Actuarial etc.
- At least 5 years’ experience in a reinsurance underwriting / actuarial role.
- Experience in handling South Asian markets from a treaty underwriting perspective.
- Independent, reliable and highly motivated team player that is willing to collaborate across teams; solution-oriented mind-set.
- Analytical, detail-oriented and comfortable in working with data.
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
- Good cross-cultural skills and keen to work in an international team.
- Readiness to travel within Asia and to Germany (Head Office).
- Fluency in English is mandatory and proficiency in other Asian languages is advantageous.
