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Senior Marine Underwriter – drive marine & energy underwriting at Swiss Re in London, hybrid role with competitive salary £106k-158k.
Looking for experienced underwriter with strong broker relationships and portfolio strategy expertise.
Are you a highly motivated individual looking for an exciting opportunity to join our Marine and Energy team in London? Do you have passion for underwriting and are looking for a prominent role where you can demonstrate your expertise and market knowledge? If so, we want you to join our team!
About the Role
Our Team is looking for a Senior Underwriter with recognised experience and a successful track record in underwriting Large and Medium Sized Corporates. As a Senior Marine Underwriter, you will play an instrumental role shaping our Marine & Energy underwriting portfolio and will be a key contributor in driving our strategy. Experience with underwriting Composite placements is a plus. Your responsibilities will include:
- Analysing and assessing submissions in respect of exposures and coverages as well as identifying and negotiating the best position for Swiss Re
- Underwrite treaty reinsurance business for the various Marine classes including Cargo, Hull, Liability, Energy and PVT, including preparing quotations, offering proposals, wordings and clauses.
- Developing strategies to expand our position on current accounts and to cross-sell other lines of business.
- Support LoB Head with portfolio strategy and initiatives
- Share technical subject matter underwriting expertise with underwriters. Provide regular trainings on overarching topics and LoB governance specific topics
About You
We are looking for an open-minded, trustworthy and enthusiastic team player who can constructively and respectfully engage in challenging conversations. To be successful, you need to have strong communication, negotiation and partnering skills. Are you at ease with leaving the comfort zone and performing under pressure? Do you consider yourself to be a \"self-starter\", able and willing to take initiative and implement measures in a detail and goal-oriented manner with:
- Minimum 7–10 years relevant experience within the insurance and/or reinsurance industry, gained in underwriting, broking, or related market-facing roles. Experience leading placements, negotiations, and client relationships is highly desirable
- Strong background in building broker and client relationships.
- Proficiency in the use of underwriting tools and ability to interpret and judge the results
- Ability to handle multiple deals in parallel without losing oversight
- Strong Commercial mindset combined with technical expertise.
- Excellent Communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
- Good level of energy and pro‑active behaviour
About the Team
Our Global Specialty team consists of problem solvers driven by passion, powered by knowledge - and all of this with a good pinch of fun. With over 200 underwriters across 10+ offices, the team combines SR's dedicated Specialty lines of business in Reinsurance: We are Agriculture, Aviation, Credit & Surety, Cyber, Engineering and Marine & Energy.
The base salary range for this position is between £106,000 and £158,000 (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:
- • the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibities of the role,
- • the applicant's own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.
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About Swiss Re
Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. We cover both Property & Casualty and Life & Health. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting‑edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 15,000 employees across the world.
Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.
If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.
We may use AI-powered tools to support the review and evaluation of applications for this position. These tools provide additional insights to our recruitment teams, but all hiring decisions are carefully reviewed and made by people. To learn more about how we use AI in recruitment and how we handle your personal data, please review our Data Privacy Statement before applying.
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