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Location:Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, HK

Are you an ambitious underwriting professional ready to make your mark in one of the world's most dynamic reinsurance markets? At Swiss Re, we're looking for a driven and commercially minded Property Facultative Underwriter to join our Hong Kong team - someone who thrives on building relationships, making smart underwriting decisions, and shaping a profitable portfolio across Greater China and beyond.

About the Role

This is a high-impact opportunity to be at the heart of Swiss Re's Asia Pacific Facultative business. You'll take ownership of a growing Property Facultative book across Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, while also contributing to peak renewals and peer reviews across the broader Asia Pacific region. From originating and pricing complex property risks to driving the adoption of SwiftRe® - Swiss Re's cutting-edge digital underwriting platform - you'll be a key player in delivering sustainable, profitable growth. Your performance will be measured on the bottom line, and your contributions will be visible and valued.

Key Responsibilities

Underwriting & Business Development

• Grow a profitable and balanced Property Facultative book across Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan; cross-sell, engage, and service brokers and clients with excellence
• Serve as the primary underwriting contact for Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan Property Fac business, delivering high-quality, timely service while adhering to underwriting authority and guidelines
• Support the development and execution of the Property Go-To-Market strategy, delivering planned portfolio targets and articulating risk appetites clearly to clients and brokers
• Proactively manage the portfolio for sustainable profitable growth - monitor external risk trends, steer the portfolio toward profitability targets and Target Liability Profile
• Drive business origination and strengthen broker and client relationships; build robust new business pipelines and improve renewal retention to maximize Swiss Re Fac's commercial position
• Mitigate volatility and manage line size, exploring alternative approaches to write business profitably while meeting client needs
• Ensure disciplined use of pricing and modelling tools, maintaining robust reflection of pricing to exposure and risk quality; proactively improve data transparency and accuracy
• Support underwriting peer reviews and audits, and implement audit recommendations diligently
• Proactively manage operational risks to ensure ORM compliance; contribute to internal risk reviews and the ORM process
• Provide underwriting support to China and other Swiss Re offices and handle ad hoc tasks as required

SwiftRe® Digital Platform

• Develop a profitable, diversified, and highly automated SwiftRe® portfolio, improving efficiency and automation within the underwriting control framework
• Support the Senior Property Fac Underwriter in steering portfolios for profitable growth; contribute to underwriting parameter setting and optimization of automation and response times
• Enhance SwiftRe® functionality, underwriting control, and user-friendliness in close collaboration with the SwiftRe® Product Team
• Support product set-up and adapt generic products to local market needs
• Ensure timely responses to clients and brokers; handle daily submissions, special acceptances, client queries, and support SwiftRe® client onboarding

Collaboration & Market Presence

• Contribute to Swiss Re's market presence by working closely with Treaty Underwriters, Key Account Managers, and cross-functional teams
• Provide technical training and advice to Swiss Re clients and internal functions
• Liaise proactively with the Claims Team to stay informed on claims trends and client profitability issues
• Streamline underwriting processes and workflows and lead or participate in projects as required

About the Team

Join the Swiss Re Hong Kong Property Facultative Team - a growing, energetic, and collaborative group that is part of the fast-expanding Asia Pacific P&C Facultative Underwriting community. Together, the team shares a common vision to grow Swiss Re's Facultative business across Asia Pacific, spanning markets from Japan and Korea to Greater China, Southeast Asia, India, and Australia & New Zealand.

This team thrives on entrepreneurial spirit, deep underwriting expertise, and resilience, while fostering an environment that supports both personal and professional development. You'll be joining a community that values collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to excellence - where your contributions genuinely matter.

About You

• University degree; completed ACII or CPCU qualification an advantage
• At least 10 years industrial experience, 5 years or more of relevant underwriting experience in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan and a good understanding of these markets and products
• Good knowledge of all aspects of industrial and commercial property underwriting; experienced in heavy property occupancies and general property underwriting
• Experience in writing multi-national programs / automated underwriting platform business, are added advantages
• Comfortable working in a highly collaborative, multi-cultural matrix organization
• Taking ownership, accountability; going the extra mile to get things done
• Strong teammate and effective communicator, both written and verbally
• Team player and willingness to positively engage with colleagues
• Efficient and pragmatic, gets things done
• Provide superior service to our clients / brokers
• Ability to learn and deliver under pressure and at ease with going outside of comfort zone
• Proven track record as a successful business origination person and deal maker
• Innovative and comfortable with data analytics and leveraging technology for SwiftRe® underwriting and business development ad added advantage
• Excellent English and Mandarin skills, Cantonese language is beneficial
• Willing to make occasional business travels

The base salary range for this position will be shared with you during the interview process.

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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