Graduate Underwriter P&C Reinsurance China

About The Role

Step into the heart of our business. As a Graduate and future underwriting professional, you’ll be immersed in real work from day one collaborating with diverse teams across the underwriting value chain. We believe in learning by doing, so you’ll gain hands-on experience alongside talented, supportive colleagues. A dedicated mentor will guide you through challenges and help you grow with confidence.

You’ll play a key role in evaluating insurance applications, assessing risks, and helping drive our company’s profitability.

Your Daily Activities Include:

• Review insurance applications and accompanying documents to determine eligibility and assess risk factors
• Analyse underwriting data, including loss history, financial statements, and market trends, to prepare and propose informed decisions on policy acceptance or rejection
• Calculate appropriate premiums based on risk assessment and company guidelines
• Collaborate with brokers, clients, and other internal stakeholders to gather additional information and clarify policy details
• Support senior underwriters in complex underwriting tasks
• Take an active role in a project that gives you end-to-end exposure to the underwriting value chain, including portfolio steering

By working directly in the business, you will broaden and deepen your skills and expertise in at least following areas: Underwriting (Property, Casualty, Specialty)​, Claims handling​, Client management, Portfolio steering​ and Data analytics​.

About The Team

P&C Reinsurance is the biggest Business Unit of Swiss Re and split in 4 lines of business: Property, Casualty, Specialty and Facultative. During the Graduates Programme you will be part of the Team Property that focuses on treaty underwriting. You will join a global and diverse team of 5 colleagues based in Beijing where 'team spirit' is not just a tagline, but every day's practice

About You

We are looking for people who want to make a difference!

• Successfully completed university degree (Bachelor, Master, or PhD degree)
• Strong interest in/motivation to work in Property, Casualty or Specialty Reinsurance
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and high attention to detail
• Strong in communication and high confidence to work with clients, brokers, and senior colleagues
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with a positive and collaborative attitude
• Innovative, showing a high degree of own initiative, takes accountability and is a fast learner
• Excellent oral and written English skills
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)