This re-insurer offers a wide range of traditional reinsurance products and related services, which are complemented by insurance-based corporate finance solutions and supplementary services. Their core business segments are: risk transfer, risk finance and asset management. The Property Underwriter works in the Property & Specialty department and is involved in the various tasks of this team such as monitoring, steering, reporting, portfolio management as well as ensuring costing accuracy.

As the Property Underwriter you will be managing costing related issues for single-risk business, lead or support projects related to model changes and parameter updates,. In this well paid Zurich based insurance job you will work on single-risk data calls worldwide, being tasked to ensure a high level of data quality in the systems / tools and analyse data for use in risk reports and retrocession placements. Further more, you will conduct in-depth portfolio analyses and regularly evaluate the single-risk book, drawing conclusions and communicating the findings to both management and underwriters.

In combination with those duties as Property Underwriter you will be tasked with providing input for renewal messages and strategic guidance papers and monitoring cycle management activities throughout the organisation In addition to supporting single risk underwriting units during peak seasons (focus on US and Latin America), you will be expected to lecture internally and externally.

The Property Underwriter is a senior insurance job and as such a high level of specialist knowledge is required. It is expected that to be seriously considered you should have at least five years of experience in the insurance industry with Single Risk underwriting experience (direct or facultative). You will be a senior underwriter with an affinity for costing and actuarial work. You will have prior knowledge of costing and some of the common administration tools. It is hoped you will be familiar with the US and Latin American markets. Lastly you will speak fluent English and Spanish, and whilst German is not essential for the job of Property Underwriter it will help you to settle in Zurich.

The successful applicant to this high powered Swiss insurance vacancy will secure an outstanding, industry leading remuneration package. This company is already well known for its generous benefits package and award winning training and development programs. For more information upon the Property Underwriter opportunity or more Zurich jobs or if you are looking for insurance jobs then contact our insurance recruitment consultants.