Technical Underwriting & Reinsurance Manager — Zurich Insurance (sede Ticino)
- Location
- Lugano
- Contract
- internship
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
Technical Underwriting & Reinsurance Manager Role Overview
The Technical Underwriting Manager plays a critical role in shaping underwriting excellence, ensuring adherence to technical standards, and driving continuous improvement across the portfolio.
Reinsurance management oversees the purchase of reinsurance including internal treaty arrangements with Group and manages external facultative reinsurance purchases across the Business Unit ensuring coverage adequacy and optimization.
- Technical Underwriting & Reinsurance Manager Role Overview
- The Technical Underwriting Manager plays a critical role in shaping underwriting excellence, ensuring adherence to technical standards, and driving continuous improvement across the portfolio.
- Ensure compliance with internal governance frameworks, regulatory requirements, and global underwriting standards.
Key requirements
- Ensure compliance with internal governance frameworks, regulatory requirements, and global underwriting standards.
Additional details
- Technical Underwriting & Reinsurance Manager
- This role is part of the Underwriting Leadership team providing deep technical support to the Chief Underwriting Officer, LOB Heads and Underwriters, leading strategic underwriting initiatives, and contributing significantly to profitable business growth through robust governance, insights, and innovation. Technical Leadership & Governance
- Manage Underwriting empowerment and delegation across all Lines of Business. Complex Risk Review
- Provide expert guidance to Underwriters on terms, conditions, mitigation strategies, and complex technical assessments e.g., Cut-Through Clauses, Downgrade Clauses, and LTA’s. Reinsurance Management
- Coordinate and ensure governance over external facultative reinsurance purchases across the BU, including placement strategy, reinsurer engagement, terms negotiation support, approvals, and post-placement administration. Operational Excellence & Transformation
- Contribute to thought leadership on emerging risks and product‑related developments. Digital & Data Enablement
- Promote data‑driven decision‑making and enhance technical underwriting quality through better tools and insights. Delegated Authority Oversight
Notes and original content
- Role Overview
- This role is part of the Underwriting Leadership team providing deep technical support to the Chief Underwriting Officer, LOB Heads and Underwriters, leading strategic underwriting initiatives, and contributing significantly to profitable business growth through robust governance, insights, and innovation.
- Technical Leadership & Governance
- Manage Underwriting empowerment and delegation across all Lines of Business.
- Complex Risk Review
- Provide expert guidance to Underwriters on terms, conditions, mitigation strategies, and complex technical assessments e.g., Cut-Through Clauses, Downgrade Clauses, and LTA’s.
- Reinsurance Management
- Coordinate and ensure governance over external facultative reinsurance purchases across the BU, including placement strategy, reinsurer engagement, terms negotiation support, approvals, and post-placement administration.
- Operational Excellence & Transformation
- Contribute to thought leadership on emerging risks and product‑related developments.
Questions about this listing
What salary does Zurich Insurance (sede Ticino) offer for this role?
Zurich Insurance (sede Ticino) lists CHF 189'000 - 331'500 gross per year for this position in Lugano. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to 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 Zurich Insurance (sede Ticino) offer?
This listing is a internship position. The contract type shown here comes directly from the employer's original posting; always confirm exact hours, notice period and probation length with Zurich Insurance (sede Ticino) during the application process, since these details can vary by role even within the same contract category.
Do I need the G permit to apply for this role in Ticino as an Italian cross-border worker?
Yes, if you are resident in Italy within the 20 km border zone. The Swiss employer files the G-permit application at the Ticino cantonal migration office after the contract is signed — first issuance takes 2-6 weeks, then automatic yearly renewal for as long as the employment continues. Weekly return to your Italian home is required to keep the status.
How do I apply for this position at Zurich Insurance (sede Ticino)?
Use the "Apply now" button on this page — it links directly to Zurich Insurance (sede Ticino)'s original listing at careers.zurich.com, so your application goes straight to the employer's own applicant-tracking system. Frontaliere Ticino does not collect or forward applications itself.
