SENIOR PROPERTY UNDERWRITER

Generali CEE Holding, one of the major insurance groups in the region, is looking for suitable candidate for the position of Senior Property Underwriter for its regional corporate business underwriting team.

This position represents a great opportunity for experienced Underwriters, who are ready to assume a very interesting role combining high level of knowledge of property underwriting of large corporate & commercial property portfolio for the CEE region and a matrix manager of heads of country property underwriters.

The position is also responsible for managing the relationship towards the Group head office and ensuring local and regional business needs are well balanced with the strategy and priorities of the Group.

• Create & coordinate effective underwriting strategy for Property Line of Business in Central and Eastern Europe region,
• Be the Regional counterpart of GC&C Central Team based in Milan and Group Head office based in Trieste for the specific Line of Business,
• Be the underwriting/referral point for Property in the region and manage the underwriting performance for the LoB,
• Manage, control and develop underwriting governance through the regional organization,
• Have the final Underwriting responsibility on the business and capacity deployed in excess of local companies’ underwriting authority and up to the personal Underwriting Authority,
• Manage the underwriting performance of the regional books,
• Develop and maintain the required underwriting and pricing capabilities and tools,
• Manage the loss prevention value proposition at local level,
• Train and develop technical skills and nourish talents within the region,
• Deploy regional Underwriting guidelines in compliance with GC&C and Group Policies,

• University degree (min. Bc),
• Min. 5 years of relevant job experience (excellence in underwriting knowledge & business acumen),
• Very high communication and networking skills,
• Strong, mature personality with managerial experience,
• Very good leadership behaviors, confidence and independency in cooperation towards subordinates,
• MS Office knowledge (especially Excel and Power Point),
• Fluent English - C1 level required,
• Nice to have: specific UW trainings and/or insurance qualifications (e.g. CII Diploma),

• Friendly international team
• Background of Generali Group, one of the largest global insurance providers
• Very flexible working arrangements, frequent home office
• Real support of professional growth and personal development
• Interesting remuneration package (base salary and annual bonus) and employee benefits (30 days of holiday, other days off for specific purposes, meal allowance, contribution to pension insurance, DIP, life insurance and children pension insurance, group life insurance, contribution to leisure time activities, significant discount on company products etc.)

This position is based in Prague, Czech Republic and a work permit within the EU is required.