Senior Underwriter MENA

Reporting directly to Regional Manager MENA, you will be responsible for supporting growth of a profitable and diversified portfolio including all underwriting-related functions associated with the administration of a diversified book of new and renewal reinsurance business written in these regions.

• Type: Permanent

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Regional Manager in the design of the overall market as well as the client/LoB strategy within the UW Planning process and its efficient execution
• Underwrite treaty P&C business in MENA
• Assess existing portfolio and potential new opportunities while identifying deal risks and its drivers
• Visit market(s) and clients to maintain, identify and develop the relationships with existing and new client
• Review and approval of claims with Claims Department in accordance with Claims Guidelines
• University degree (Bachelor’s degree or higher), primarily in the areas of Insurance, Economics, Business, Mathematics/Actuarial Sciences, Law or Natural Sciences or a comparable recognised post graduate degree in Insurance/Reinsurance (ACII or other local equivalent)
• At least five years of relevant reinsurance underwriting experience (non-life treaty or facultative UW) in the MENA region
• Familiarity with pricing and/or relevant Nat Cat models
• Language skills:
  Fluency in English
• Sufficiently fluent in either Arabic or French, both written and spoken, also required.