Underwriter, Cyber
CDD Wallisellen, SWITZERLAND
Job description
Let’s care for tomorrow.
Your ambitions. Your dreams. Your tomorrow
Whether it’s aircraft, international business, offshore wind parks, Allianz Commercial has an extensive range of risks covered when it comes to protecting businesses.
We are looking for an Underwriter, Cyber based in Wallisellen.
Your Team
With years of experience in cyber insurance, Allianz Commercial is at the forefront of protecting businesses from the ever-evolving landscape of cybercrime and digital threats. Our extensive expertise allows us to offer a wide range of cyber insurance products tailored to your specific needs.
At the heart of our cyber insurance services is the Allianz Cyber Centre of Competence. This dedicated center is an integral part of Allianz Commercial and serves as a hub for coordinating and aligning cyber risk and underwriting across the Allianz Group. This ensures that our corporate and commercial insurance segments benefit from the collective knowledge and insights of our experts.
The Impact You Will Have
Based in Switzerland and reporting to the regional Cyber Head for Germany and Switzerland, you will work closely with clients and brokers to develop personalized solutions as well as develop new relationships. You will be responsible for underwriting profitable new and renewal businesses to meet Cyber targets regionally including global elements. Your responsibilities also include negotiating participation, pricing, and terms & conditions, acquiring new business, and retaining existing business.
Some of your specific responsibilities could include:
· Underwrite in line with the Cyber governance framework - e.g. Underwriting Authorities, Underwriting Guidelines, Rules, and Principles
· Ensure contract certainty is achieved on all accounts at the time of inception
· Train, develop, and coach less experienced colleagues
· Create and maintain positive relationships with key producers clients and other relevant stakeholders (e.g. risk managers)
· Ensure accurate policy documentation is issued to producers (where it is Allianz Commercial’s responsibility to do so) or producers have issued documentation (where producer's responsibility).
What You’ll Bring to the Role
· Solid experience as an Underwriter, Broker, or relevant equivalent in the Cyber sector
· Experience underwriting profitable business in the Cyber segment of large corporate international insurance
· Recognised relationships with clients and brokers at the peer group level.
· Specialised understanding of regional/local Cyber insurance markets and competitor landscape
· Capable of leveraging data and analytics to make business more efficient and effective
· Good understanding of the legal and regulatory framework
· Ability to design, develop, and implement consistent, robust wordings for contracts.
· Fluent German and English language skills
58126 | Underwriting | Professional | Allianz Commercial | Full Time or Part Time | Permanent
What’s in it for you?
Let’s care about everything that makes you, you
We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. We offer a hybrid working model, which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working. Please feel free to discuss flexible working arrangements with us.
Let’s care for your financial wellbeing
We believe in rewarding performance with a great compensation and benefits package (details vary by location), including a generous bonus scheme and pension.
Let’s care for your opportunities to progress
From career development and digital learning programmes to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
Let’s care for life’s twists and turns
From our support for flexible working, health and wellbeing (including private healthcare and generous parental leave benefits), to helping people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach. We've got your back.
Let’s care for our society and our planet
With opportunities to be engaged in shaping a future that is safe, inclusive and sustainable, we care for the tomorrows of our people, our industry and our clients.
Care to join us?
Allianz Commercial is the Allianz Group brand serving the world’s largest consumer brands and major industry players through to family-owned enterprises forming the backbone of nations’ economies. We bring together the corporate multinational business of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty and the commercial business of national Allianz Property & Casualty entities and provide both traditional and alternative risk transfer solutions, outstanding risk consulting and Multinational services as well as seamless claims handling.
As a key strategic player in the Allianz Group network, Allianz Commercial is present in over 200 countries and in 2022 generated more than €19 billion gross premium.
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Allianz is an equal opportunity employer, and therefore welcomes applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic. Diversity of thinking is an important part of our culture.
People with disabilities:
We want to give all our candidates the best opportunity to succeed. If you need any adjustments to be made during the application and selection process, please email agcsglobalcareers@allianz.com
Recruitment Agencies:
Allianz Commercial has an in-house recruitment team, which focuses on sourcing great candidates directly. Allianz Commercial does not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired. When we do use agencies, we have a PSL in place, so please do not contact managers directly.