Underwriter Casualty

**General information**:
**City**:Milan

**Country**:Italy

**Creation Date**:06-Feb-2023

**Employment Type**:Permanent

**Employment Type**:Full time

**Ref #**:1234570006

**Description & Requirements**:
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**Title**: Underwriter**Department**:International Branches - Milan Division: Casualty

**Location**: Milan

**Type**: Permanent

**Key** **Responsibilities**
- To support the Italian Underwriting Manager (Casualty) with the business planning to grow the Italian Casualty portfolio
- Arranging Broker visits to establishing new Liberty Specialty Markets Italy business relationships and grow new business
- Ability to underwrite complex risks and deal with underwriting referrals from within the Italian team or externally from Coverholders.
- Underwriting of Casualty Insurance products.
- Production of offers (new business and renewal business); discussion and negotiation with brokers.
- Underwrite insurance risks in accordance with the business plan and personal authority to meet business objectives, including: Negotiating rates, terms and conditions for existing and new business
- Compliance with the production and issue of documentation in accordance with contract certainty requirements
- Represent and promote LSM in Italy as a whole: establish and maintain relationships to facilitate the marketing of LSM products to the broker community and actively participate in the development of new products.
- Adherence to all relevant regulatory requirements forms part of your role, and the demonstration of behaviours as set out in the Conduct Risk Policy, as they relate to your role, is core to LSM's commitment to placing customers at the centre of our business and behaving with integrity. LSM expects you to understand your responsibilities relating to all regulatory and internal requirements, and to proactively demonstrate compliance with these requirements and behaviours at all times. These requirements include Solvency II, fair treatment of customers, Financial Crime, Data Protection, Conflicts of Interest, and Whistleblowing.

**Skills** **and** **Experience**
- Professional experience in the insurance industry (Casualty)
- Deep knowledge of Casualty product.
- Highly reliable
- Strong service oriented, high level of self-motivation
- Good working knowledge of English language
- Good MS-Office skills
- Strong knowledge of legal and regulatory requirements
- Strong level of numeracy and literacy skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong negotiation skills
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Use of pricing tools and loss models
- Established customer/broker relationships
- Requires an advanced knowledge of underwriting concepts, practices, procedures and techniques, including, but not limited to coverage issues, product lines, marketing, computers and product competition within the marketplace.
- Advanced knowledge of a technical specialty and ability to market other areas credibly.
- The ability to effectively interact with brokers and internal departments is also required.
- Ability to act on initiative due to time and day differences when working with European offices
- Strong verbal and written communications, and organizational skills. Good English, spoken and written, is essential.

**About Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM)**

Liberty Specialty Markets is part Global Risk Solutions and the broader Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, which is a leading global insurer. We offer a breadth of world-class insurance and reinsurance services to brokers and insureds in all major markets.

Our people are key to our success. That is why “Put People First” is one of the five Liberty values which unite us as a global organisation. We bring this to life for our colleagues through:

- Offering a vibrant and inclusive environment and committing to their career development.
- Promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Our Inclusion Matters framework and employee-led networks strengthen the diversity of our workforce and our inclusive environment.
- Reinforcing that collaborating together to share our unique perspectives help us make better decisions, deliver innovative solutions and pursue our ambitious goals.
- A supportive culture, which includes promoting a healthy work-life balance and working flexibly.

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