Team Leader of Life & Health Underwriting with English and French

Place of work
Mlynské nivy 12, Bratislava
Contract type
full-time
Wage (gross)
From 1 500 EUR/monthOur offer to you may be higher based on your skills and experience and will include additional rewards and benefits.*

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

Do you love leading people? Would you like to learn about exciting world of L&H Underwriting? Are you interested in understanding how health conditions influence insurance coverage? We are looking for strong leader to join our highly motivated team of underwriters.

This is your chance to join a dynamic and client focused team and make an impact right across the European markets.
Together with the Manager of L&H Support team you will build and lead a team of underwriters to support all of our European markets. Team leading ambitions and strong language skills will be essential to us achieving our goals, as will the ability to handle multiple internal partners.
You will report to the Manager L&H UW Support based in Bratislava, and will work frequently with each of the per country underwriting units.
You should have previous team leading experience, background in either insurance or reinsurance is advantage, training for the individual life underwriting will be given.

Key tasks:
As a Team Leader, you will:
- Help to recruit your team members, support their development and empower them to achieve their goals,
- Understand and implement the strategy through clear plans that can be executed effectively,
- Collaborate with the UW Managers across the Hub and clients.

As an underwriter, you will:
- Registration and allocation of underwriting cases via our administrative system
- Examine medical and financial documents received and establish a recommendation with the help of our internal underwriting tool and our Chief Medical Officers
- Client facing activities, such as trainings and audits, initially in preparation, and eventually onsite
- Assistance with translation of our underwriting related tools

Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

University education (Bachelor's degree)
University education (Master's degree)
Postgraduate (Doctorate)

Language skills

English - Upper intermediate (B2) or French - Upper intermediate (B2)

Personality requirements and skills

You are the right fit for the role if:
- You are ambitious to be a strong leader, previous people leading experience required
-Having background in medicine/biology/pharmacy is an advantage, however we are happy to teach the medical topics. Your interest in human body is a must.
- Developing people is your strength
- You posses great communication skills at all levels
- You are fluent in English and French
- You are a strong team player
- You are flexible, and able to juggle demanding requirements from multiple clients
- You bringing Life and Health insurance experience and L&H underwriting skills would be a great advantage

*We are required by law to disclose basic wage component (minimum salary) for the advertised positions. We carefully consider your professional competencies, qualifications and experience in our compensation package and/or when offering you other positions. Our compensation philosophy is to pay fairly, also considering market situation and the value employees may bring to Swiss Re.

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Brief description of the company

As the world's leading and most diversified global reinsurer, we offer as our core business financial services products that enable risk taking essential to enterprise and progress. Our company was founded in Zurich, Switzerland in 1863, and operates in more than 25 countries and provides its expertise and services to clients throughout the world. We combine financial strengths with experience, knowledge and creative thought to explore new opportunities in the interests of our clients, staff and shareholders.

Number of employees

1700 and more employees

Company address

Contact

Contact person: Lucia Vargova

ID: 3655894  Dátum zverejnenia: 2.1.2020  Základná zložka mzdy (brutto): 1 500 EUR/month