Rare opportunity to join the SCOR Life & Health underwriting team, using your underwriting expertise to support both SCOR and our clients in delivering business strategies. In this role you’ll work with a small energetic team to deliver underwriting excellence in all areas of risk management including underwriting service, audits, client relationships as well as philosophy, process & product development.This is a wide and varied role which will suit a curious underwriting professional looking for the next step of their career to be in reinsurance underwriting. We’re looking for an individual with a passion for driving change and the ability to work cross functionally to support innovation with the highest levels of risk management.
1. Provide operational excellence and support customers and clients by Underwriting cases in line with agreed philosophy and practice within service levels.
2. Support underwriting client relationships including meetings and visits, philosophy and process reviews, product development and training
3. Support the writing of high quality business by delivering underwriting audits and being involved in Distribution Quality Management programmes
4. Analysis and production of Management Information to understand and continuously improve underwriting processes to the benefit of SCOR, our clients and the end consumer.
5. Work with other teams across SCOR such as data analytics, claims, pricing and marketing to deliver innovation supporting SCOR, and our clients, strategic goals
6. Keep SCOR underwriting at the forefront of change including horizon scanning and attending industry functions representing the L & H underwriting team
7. Technical underwriting knowledge and risk management skills accoss Life, Critical Illness and Disability benefits, both medical and financial authorities
8. No previous reinsurance experience is required
9. Recent direct office experience is desirable, with knowledge of the key key challenges and opportunities facing insurers in the UK & I markets
10. Product and industry knowledge, understanding of the role of underwriting in the Protection value chain and on profitability
11. Experience in delivering underwriting change to improve underwriting process or philosophy
12. Ability to analyse data to inform change
13. Strong relationship builder, ability to manage stakeholders at all levels
14. Collaborative & orgaqnised, able to work as part of a small, busy team