Helvetia Schweizerische Versicherungsgesellschaft AG

Senior Underwriting Expert Center of Excellence Liability

📍 4002 Basel

Rolle und Verantwortlichkeiten

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

Team / Beschreibung

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.

Qualifikationen und Fähigkeiten

  • 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.