Senior Underwriter Power (all gender), Full-Time or Part-Time

Basle / Zurich – With work experience

40% FlexOffice /

Your department

Here, you can scale new heights: in Switzerland and on the international market, Helvetia Specialty Lines offers tailor-made insurance cover for engineering, marine, aviation, space, art, etc. So we can promise you: you will certainly not get bored here! Will you take up the challenge?

Your responsibility

Underwrite 'Power Accounts' and steer the portfolio according to Helvetia Group Underwriting Directives and Guidelines.
Develop new business within the Power Sector making full use of already well-established connections as well as developing new regions and technology offerings.
Negotiate terms and conditions with brokers / clients with a clear focus on profitability.
Evaluate technical risks in addition to Natural Catastrophe Exposures and complex Business Interruption exposure.
Determine exposures, normal loss expectancies, maximum possible loss scenarios.
Attend national and international client and broker meetings as well as site inspections where necessary.
Close cooperation with our claims department for large and complex claims.

Your qualification

University Degree in a relevant field.
Extensive experience in Power Underwriting as a broker and/or as an underwriter within the Power Sector. Experience working in a key insurance hub such as London would be a great asset.
Have strong business acumen and be well informed of the Power Markets you operate in with close connections to Risks Managers of small to large Power Utilities.
Recognition by your peers as a knowledgeable and competent Power Underwriter would be a strong positive.
Tackle challenges with passion and demonstrate high expectations of own performance.
Develop stable partnerships across departmental boundaries and cooperate to meet common goals.
Positive, flexible, and team-oriented approach.
Must have a high proficiency in English. Other language skills such as German, French, Spanish for example are an advantage.

Your contact

Alice-Alexandra KallRecruiting Partner

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What we offer

Flex Office enables people to work independently of time and place
Staff restaurants at our main locations
Attractive staff discounts and stock programmes
Above-average retirement provision benefits
Buy yourself extra vacation days
Wide range of health promotion schemes

Flex Office enables people to work independently of time and place

Staff restaurants at our main locations

Attractive staff discounts and stock programmes

Above-average retirement provision benefits

Buy yourself extra vacation days

Wide range of health promotion schemes

Your contact

Alice-Alexandra KallRecruiting Partner

For this position we cannot consider applications through recruitment agencies.

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Working at Helvetia

Team Helvetia is there together when it matters. We are people who can be relied on. Who support one another and stand up for each other. Who encourage and challenge each other. Who are inspired and who inspire others. That's how we shape the future together. &Go!

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