You are a qualified (re)insurance professional with 5 – 7 years reinsurance experience.  You have a deep knowledge and understanding of specialist lines of business, clients and markets, and client management in underwriting context.  You recognize trends and understand the impact on underwriting, you are a strong communicator and negotiator, and you are solution-orientated with a focused, proactive, and efficient work style. 

You have been built up strong work experience within a reinsurer or insurer and now wish to expand your knowledge or experience to a more international level.  An opportunity exists with a global reinsurer client of ours, based in JHB, where you get to add value, apply your skills, and share your knowledge as a Senior Property Underwriter focusing on either Treaty or Facultative business (both divisions have an opening available).  The role is required to maintain consultative relationships with clients/markets in their portfolios, for the specific line of business, to monitor and improve portfolio sustainability and profitability. In addition, there is a need to co-develop innovative solutions for clients/markets, in line with the company risk appetite.

Your responsibilities include the technical lead of a team of underwriters, by providing the technical centre of competency, in line with the requirements of the company and the group underwriting strategy, to deliver on strategic objectives, and the underwriting of new and renewal of existing business, within larger and more complex portfolios in a specific line of business, according to the group underwriting strategy, the company strategy and own mandate and authority.