Senior Underwriting Expert (all genders) Center of Excellence Liability — Helvetia Versicherungen
- Location
- Basel
- Contract
- Full-time
- Posted
Full description
Underwriting / Product Management Workload: 50% - 100% Place of work: Level of experience: With work experience FlexOffice: on-site Support the Head of the Centre of Excellence (CoE) Liability in establishing and developing the Group-wide Center of Excellence and advancing Helvetia's Global Specialist Strategy. Work with local teams to strengthen underwriting standards, support portfolio development and enable profitable growth in Liability. Apply your technical expertise to assess complex risks, guide underwriting and improve processes and pricing, while sharing knowledge and best practices across markets.
What you'll be doing
- Help develop group-wide Liability underwriting guidelines and a consistent framework, with appropriate governance and reporting.
- Work with local teams on business cases, strategies and market activities that support profitable growth and healthy margins.
- Bring your expertise to complex Liability risks, support underwriting decisions beyond local authority levels and contribute to technical underwriting reviews.
- Help improve underwriting processes, pricing approaches and portfolio management tools, identifying opportunities for synergies across the Group.
- Build connections with colleagues across the Group to share best practices and strengthen Liability underwriting expertise.
- Share your knowledge through tailored underwriting training and help plan, organize and deliver Liability workshops.
- Identify and collect emerging risk signals, assessing their potential relevance and impact on Liability underwriting.
- Work Place: Basel or Zurich Stettbach or St. Gallen and Flex-Office
What you'll bring to the role
- You draw on broad Liability experience across product development, pricing, underwriting and claims, supported by an understanding of reinsurance basics. Portfolio management experience is a welcome plus.
- Your expertise spans General Liability, Product Liability and Professional Indemnity within Corporate Liability, ideally complemented by Financial Lines and/or Specialty Liability.
- You bring hands-on underwriting experience in Upper Mid-Market and Corporate business, including international and cross-border risks.
- You connect easily with others, communicate clearly and build support for ideas across countries and cultures.
- You have a passion for Liability Insurance and for building, fostering, and sharing technical excellence across an international organization
- You turn strategy into practical action, with a track record of supporting change and delivering profitable growth.
- You work confidently in English. German is highly desirable, and Spanish, French or Italian would be a welcome addition.
What we offer
FlexOffice: Flexible work in the office, from home or on the go Insurance & pension solutions: Discounts on insurance and pension solutions Holiday purchase: Buy yourself extra vacation days
Training and development
Attractive training and development opportunities for your personal development
Retirement plan
Above-average retirement provision benefits Sounds like your kind of environment?
Collaboration that makes a difference
We believe in genuine collaboration, mutual trust and people who are willing to take responsibility. Different perspectives help us to develop better solutions, both for our customers and for us as a team.
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Questions about this listing
What salary does Helvetia Versicherungen offer for this role?
The original listing does not state a salary. Our estimate for this role and sector in Basel is CHF 119'000 - 166'000 gross per year — an estimate, not a figure communicated by Helvetia Versicherungen. The calculator on this site converts a gross salary into your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Helvetia Versicherungen offer?
This listing is a full-time position. The contract type shown here comes directly from the employer's original posting; always confirm exact hours, notice period and probation length with Helvetia Versicherungen during the application process, since these details can vary by role even within the same contract category.
Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Basel?
EU/EFTA citizens living in an EU/EFTA state can apply for a G permit and can work anywhere in Switzerland: border zones no longer apply to them, and they must return home at least once a week. The Swiss employer files the request with Canton Basel's migration office after the contract is signed. Processing times vary by canton, so confirm the specifics with Basel's cantonal migration office or with HR during the application.
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