Senior Risk Engineer- West Central Region — Swiss Re
- Location
- Zürich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
Locations: Chicago, IL, US | Chicago, IL, US
Are you a seasoned Property Risk Engineering professional ready to make a real impact in the commercial insurance world?
Do you thrive on building meaningful client relationships, driving risk improvement, and working at the intersection of technical expertise and business strategy?
- Locations: Chicago, IL, US | Chicago, IL, US
- Are you a seasoned Property Risk Engineering professional ready to make a real impact in the commercial insurance world?
- Key Responsibilities
- Act as a Strategic Advisor to underwriting and our clients shifting beyond transactional assessments to create insight-driven decisions, stronger and deeper client partnerships and lasting value
Main responsibilities
- Key Responsibilities
- Act as a Strategic Advisor to underwriting and our clients shifting beyond transactional assessments to create insight-driven decisions, stronger and deeper client partnerships and lasting value
- Lead account servicing for multinational and domestic large and medium-sized corporate clients as part of their property insurance programs, serving as the primary technical point of contact
- Support Swiss Re's West Central Region general property portfolio, driving continued growth across direct insurance, primary lead business, and international business — both for bound and new business
- Review, interpret, and summarize risk assessments conducted by Swiss Re Corporate Solutions risk engineers, service partners, and third-party insurance risk engineers, ensuring accuracy and actionable insights
- Collaborate with and advise underwriters on risk quality and exposure for existing accounts and new business opportunities, enabling preferred risk selection
- Perform full account engineering functions including developing customer service plans, negotiating fees, coordinating field servicing, managing service partners, and engaging with underwriters, brokers, and clients
- Leverage Risk Engineering data analytics tools to conduct portfolio analysis and benchmarking, develop account stewardship materials, provide value-added customer support, and drive meaningful risk improvement efforts
- Conduct on-site risk assessments and operations reviews periodically to verify risk mitigation approaches and provide customers with practical, impactful, risk insights and risk improvement advice
- Preparation of external loss control and internal underwriting reports , as well as developing project loss control specifications, and performing project plan review
Application process
- 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. corso Keywords: Reference Code: 138806
Additional details
- Develop fee-for-service risk engineering proposals and quotations on global programs, working with a variety of global loss prevention standards and an international risk engineering network
- This is a team that invests in its people — and celebrates their success.
- Strong understanding of business interruption exposure in its various forms (CBI, IBI, etc.) — in line with industry practices These are additional nice to haves:
- This means that we consider all components of compensation in their totality (such as base pay, short- and long-term incentives, and benefits offered), in setting individual compensation. About Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
- 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. Reference Code: 138806
Notes and original content
- Chicago, IL, US |
- About the Role
- About the Team
- Strong understanding of business interruption exposure in its various forms (CBI, IBI, etc.) — in line with industry practices
- These are additional nice to haves:
- This means that we consider all components of compensation in their totality (such as base pay, short- and long-term incentives, and benefits offered), in setting individual compensation.
- About Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
- 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.
- Reference Code: 138806
Questions about this listing
What salary does Swiss Re offer for this role?
Swiss Re lists CHF 101'500 - 154'000 gross per year for this position in Zürich. 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 Swiss Re 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 Swiss Re 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 Zürich?
EU/EFTA residents living in the border zone of the country adjoining Canton Zürich can apply for a G permit; the Swiss employer files it with that canton's migration office after the contract is signed. Border-zone rules and processing times vary by neighbouring country and canton, so confirm the specifics with Zürich's cantonal migration office or with HR during the application.
How do I apply for this position at Swiss Re?
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