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Senior Underwriter Agriculture (F/M)
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Description
The Agri Insurance Underwriter has a key responsibility for the business both in terms of growth and profitability.
Your mission is to transform deals at best terms and conditions, in accordance with his/her Underwriting authorities and in strict compliance with the Underwriting framework in force. The Underwriter decisions have key impact on overall business, both in terms of growth and profitability.
- Design Agri insurance covers tailored to client needs (parametric + indemnity)
- Underwrite deals: as “deal leader”, the Underwriter is accountable to manage the broker / client and to secure deal delivery from A to Z (inc. risk analysis, pricing, decision making process, policy wording, negotiation of terms and conditions).
- Develop and Build worldclass underwriting capabilities (projects related to products, data, tools, etc.).
Responsibilities
Experience required:
- Top Maths / physics academic background
- 10+ years of experience in Agri insurance
Technical Skills:
- Expertise of pricing and underwriting (e.g. guidelines, risk carriers, insurance / reinsurance / captive / derivative set-up).
- Main Crops expertise
- Expertise of data modeling
Behavioural Skills:
- Ability to prioritize tasks in the context of many deals in parallel.
- Clarity of thinking and communication.
- Ability to listen to clients/brokers, but also help them to buy the proposed solution.
- Ability to work in a team (i.e. leverage expertise from colleagues for his/her missions, contribute to the missions of other colleagues, give feedback).
- Open-mindset and appetite for transformative environment.
- Ability to deliver under deadline pressure.
- Solution oriented
- Client negociation skills and co-construction
Hard Skills
- Customer relations
- Contract negotiations
- Relationship building
- Competitor research
- Cross-cultural sales background
Soft Skills
- Communication
- Problem-solver
- Team-oriented
- Skilled Collaborator
- Work well under pressure