Senior Pricing Actuary - Singapore - PartnerRe

PartnerRe

Verified Company

Singapore

1 week ago

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Wei Jie

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Company Description

PartnerRe is a leading, privately owned, multi-line global reinsurer with a reputation of financial stability and strength, and a commitment to rebuilding businesses and communities after risk events around the world.

Our mission is to continue to be a financially stable and predictable business partner, supporting our clients with solutions tailored to their needs, delivering superior returns to our owner, providing rewarding opportunities for our people and making a positive contribution to society.

To achieve this, we live by our values of Integrity, Performance, Collaboration, Straightforward Communication and Respect and Care.

Core to The PartnerRe Experience is our global nature. No matter where you sit in the company, you are part of something bigger.

Our teams represent our truly international mindset, forging connections across office locations and all levels of the organization and building a network of mutual success.

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Shape your own career

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Job Description:

We are looking to hire a Senior Life & Health (re-)insurance professional in Singapore (Hong Kong is also an option) to join our Global Underwriting and Pricing team. This is a team that works closely with all regional pricing units and sits at the center of a growing Life & Health business with international responsibility for all lines of L&H business (excl. US health business).

The role provides the opportunity for exposure to a wide variety of products in diverse markets. Whilst the geographic focus will be in our Asia-Pacific markets, there is exposure to all markets in PartnerRe as we look to develop and promote underwriting best practices.

You will be expected to make a significant contribution to the enhancement of PartnerRe's L&H best practice underwriting processes/propositions to support the ambitious growth plans.

You will play a pivotal role as a link between our Regional Unit, the centralised functions and PartnerRe L&H leadership.

As part of a global team you will be a key person in helping shape and grow the APAC L&H business, as well as oversee and improve the end-to-end underwriting of deals. This is a strategic priority for PartnerRe and provides an opportunity to be at the heart of the action.
In more detail your responsibilities will include:

Developing a high profile within the business and establishing regular contact with key stakeholders and decision makers
Close collaboration with the Asia regional unit and other global experts on the pricing and development of new products
Build strong rapport, trust and credibility with the Asia regional unit, being able to provide advice on pricing issues, while maintaining an independent and objective opinion
Challenging the underwriting of risk within the regional pricing units in order to encourage better decision making
Promoting PartnerRe's expertise through targeted marketing efforts, supporting client visits and externally representing and promoting PartnerRe's capabilities
Ensuring the consistency of PartnerRe pricing methodologies, group level assumptions and standards
Reviewing complex and unusual deals, providing an opinion on whether we are suitably rewarded for the risk
Sharing of best practice for pricing and product development across the regions
Supporting/driving research and development to enhance the pricing and underwriting infrastructure
Working on other adhoc projects as required

By working closely with the Chief Pricing Actuary and other team members, you will be part of a centralised team of experienced industry professionals seen as adding value and ensuring the L&H business grows in a profitable and controlled way.

Qualifications:

You are a qualified Senior Pricing Actuary with at least 8 years of L&H (re-)insurance underwriting or pricing experience with a proven track record in long term protection and/or short term group.

You have the skill, competence and mindset to enable you to add value in areas outside your immediate area of expertise, and a deep knowledge of L&H products, distribution and/or reinsurance structures.

As a technically excellent individual you will have the ability to be pragmatic and demonstrate commercial sense, you have the desire to experience new and challenging areas.

Moreover, you are fully proficient in English (verbal and written).

As the main contact point between the local pricing team and the centralized pricing team, you will build rapport and credibility with the local pricing