Casualty Treaty Underwriter - Reinsurance (GI)

Our client is a leading reinsurer in the Australasian Non-Life market and offers treaty and facultative reinsurance support for all the main classes of business including Property, Liability, Motor and Cyber. This Underwriter role sits in their Casualty & Cyber Treaty Underwriting team, which provides tailor-made reinsurance products that support clients in managing their capital and emerging risks.

The Casualty & Cyber Treaty Underwriting team specialises in the technical risk-assessment and monitoring of long-tail and cyber lines of business of the firm's reinsurance clients. The UW's provide technical support complementing the client management services, maintaining portfolio quality and execution of the team’s underwriting objectives form part of the key activities.

The team you'll be joining works in close collaboration with other local business units but as a global business, you'll also get exposure to the worldwide UW community, giving you access to underwriting experts globally.

Responsibilities;

• Apply strong technical skills and underwriting knowledge of the exposed risks and implementing the most appropriate approach for risk assessment and pricing
• Responsible for underwriting activities across the whole end to end process
• Strengthen existing client relationships and develop new ones to achieve expected growth and profit contribution in conjunction with the Client Management team
• Support new business opportunities by understanding the client’s needs and translating the risk into value
• Support new product innovation and enhancement both within the group and with the client base
• Identify market weaknesses and take action to provide solutions
• Ensure data quality in underwriting platforms of allocated accounts to enable adequate reporting and monitoring activities
• Contribute to continuous improvement of the team’s underwriting approach
• Perform internal controls effectively, efficiently and economically
• Develop and maintain market profile and visibility

Your Profile

• Experience at underwriter level in reinsurance or insurer, demonstrating a good understanding of the risk exposure and appropriate methodology to assess the exposure.
• Experience as a Casualty Treaty Underwriter is preferred but not mandatory
• Experience in Primary market underwriting focusing on corporate, or commercial general liability or professional liability risks, plus strong foundations in RI treaty structures and pricing methodologies.
• Strong analytical skill set.
• Good interpersonal and effective organisational skills.
• ANZIIF membership (preferred) or equivalent.
• Tertiary qualification in legal studies (preferred) or equivalent.

This is a business which prides itself on its professionalism and standards and you'll work with some very supportive colleagues and gain access and exposure to local and global clients. It will be interesting work which will challenge and that must be something you are looking for in your next role. You'll need to be a team player as this is an environment where collaboration and ideas sharing is part of their culture.

If this sounds like an opportunity of interest and you have the right experience to do, please contact John Molony (john@bkcon.com.au).