Assistant Underwriter

Singapore, Singapore

Job Description


Company Description

PartnerRe is a leading, privately owned, multi-line global reinsurer with a reputation of financial stability and strength, and a commitment to rebuilding businesses and communities after risk events around the world.

Our mission is to continue to be a financially stable and predictable business partner, supporting our clients with solutions tailored to their needs, delivering superior returns to our owner, providing rewarding opportunities for our people and making a positive contribution to society. To achieve this, we live by our values of Integrity, Performance, Collaboration, Straightforward Communication and Respect and Care.

Core to The PartnerRe Experience is our global nature. No matter where you sit in the company, you are part of something bigger. Our teams represent our truly international mindset, forging connections across office locations and all levels of the organization and building a network of mutual success. The result is a day-to-day experience that will allow you to:

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This role is based in Singapore, it will report to the Head of Department for Japan, Australia-New Zealand, Regionals within P&C Underwriting in Asia-Pacific.

You will join a powerful team of seasoned senior treaty underwriters and boost the underwriting resources that we dedicate to three critical segments of our P&C portfolio in Asia-Pacific: Japan, Australia \xe2\x80\x93 New Zealand, and Regional accounts.

The team works in a fast-pace environment and demanding market, providing a quality and timely service to our brokers and clients. You will be expected to learn and grow your skills fast, with the aim to rapidly progress to an Underwriter role by demonstrating the skills, capabilities and autonomy required to become a Treaty Underwriter and take responsibility of several clients across the portfolio, working across P&C classes of business.

Your responsibilities will be to:

  • Assist and contribute to the underwriting process by supporting, developing and monitoring a technically sound and profitable portfolio. This includes:
  • Pricing work in coordination with Pricing Actuaries and Cat Modellers
  • Underwriting analysis for internal referral to senior management
  • Contract review in coordination with Wordings specialists
  • Maintain and develop trusted relationships with brokers and clients within your markets.
  • Understand the needs of your brokers & clients; devise, articulate and negotiate solutions which fit our underwriting objectives and requirements.
  • Interact effectively with other units and departments such as, Accounting, Claims, Contract Analysts, Wording Specialists, as well as the Catastrophe Modelling and Cat Research team.
  • Contribute to various market analysis studies, primarily for Asia Regional, Australia, New Zealand and Japanese markets.
Qualifications

You possess a university degree in Business, Economics or Actuarial Science and are attracted by roles which blend technical/quantitative aspects, commercial/social aspects and negotiation in a challenging, fast-pace, high-pressure environment.

You have an initial experience in insurance or reinsurance and you are motivated to start/develop a career in treaty reinsurance underwriting.

You like working with figures, have a strong analytical mind and are keen to apply it to solve business problems. In addition, you have strong social skills and you enjoy building and developing relationships both within the organisation as well as across the wider industry. You are a fast learner, you think critically to solve problems under time pressure and your growth mindset allows you to thrive under challenge.

Your cultural values matter deeply to you, are aligned with PartnerRe\xe2\x80\x99s; you strive to live up to them and lead by example. You are results-orientated, a committed and dependable team player. You seek continuous improvements wherever and whenever possible. You are solutions-driven and collaborate effectively with your peers and stakeholders to achieve collective success.

Accordingly, you bring along the following background, skills and mindset:
  • Up to 3 years of experience in non-life (re)insurance roles (could include internships, depending on their content), which may include underwriting/analysis, pricing, modelling, risk management work
  • Ability to think strategically, to problem-solve, to effectively assess risk and make solid data-driven decisions
  • Attention to detail, analytical mindset served by strong numerical skills;
  • Advanced proficiency with Excel is a must; mastering other quantitative environment/languages is a plus
  • Detail-oriented and excellent organisational skills; good at time management
  • Excellent communication skills in English (written and verbal) is required, proficiency in Chinese and Japanese is a plus
  • Solid social skills and effective at collaboration work, both externally with business partners and internally with colleagues and management
Additional Information

Why join the PartnerRe team?

Because this is a company where you can make a real impact, where you will quickly get to know all your colleagues, where collaboration and diversity are valued, where personal development is enabled, and where you will get a true sense of the contribution you make to the company\xe2\x80\x99s success.

Become part of a leading reinsurance company of over 1,000 professionals spread across 20 world locations \xe2\x80\x93 a company that prides itself in delivering the best possible risk solutions to its insurance clients and brokers. For more on the extensive and fascinating range of risks we protect:

Become part of a culture based on trust, initiative, responsibility and openness. We are always looking for bright, proactive individuals to join our team!

We look forward to receiving your application.

PartnerRe provides a working environment in which diversity is valued, where all employees feel welcome, respected, and empowered to perform at their best. We invite you to about D&I at PartnerRe.

Thank you,

PartnerRe Hiring Team

PartnerRe

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1365427
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Singapore, Singapore
  • Education
    Not mentioned