Head of Property & Engineering (Kuala Lumpur, MY)

Zurich Insurance
Kuala Lumpur
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Stakeholder management","Leadership","Risk assessment","Problem-solving","Strategic thinking"]

Lead technical underwriting expertise for a regional property & engineering domain, guiding underwriting strategy through emerging risks, trends, and risk appetite changes. Manage key internal and external stakeholders to ensure technical standards and underwriting guidelines are implemented correctly. Drive operational transformation initiatives, develop assurance activities, resolve complex underwriting queries, and support profitable business by advising on terms, conditions, and line-of-business issues, including new product opportunities.

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Head of Property & Engineering (Kuala Lumpur, MY)

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Job Summary

Lead technical underwriting expertise for a regional property & engineering domain, guiding underwriting strategy through emerging risks, trends, and risk appetite changes. Manage key internal and external stakeholders to ensure technical standards and underwriting guidelines are implemented correctly. Drive operational transformation initiatives, develop assurance activities, resolve complex underwriting queries, and support profitable business by advising on terms, conditions, and line-of-business issues, including new product opportunities.
Location: Kuala Lumpur
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Drive implementation of strategies and risk appetite changes across technical underwriting activities.
  • •Manage internal and external stakeholders to ensure technical standards and underwriting changes are implemented correctly.
  • •Lead high-impact operational transformation initiatives and define assurance activities for underwriting guidelines and best practices.
  • •Handle the most complex queries and requests for empowerment within authority and provide expert support to underwriters.
  • •Assist with approval of terms and conditions and advise on line-of-business or cross-line-of-business issues to enable profitable business, including new product-related opportunities.

Key Requirements

  • •Provide expert technical underwriting guidance within the property & engineering domain to inform underwriting strategy.
  • •Lead initiatives related to operational transformation and define/advance technical underwriting guidelines and best practices.
  • •Manage stakeholder relationships to ensure technical standards are adhered to and changes are implemented correctly.
  • •Handle complex underwriting queries and provide expert support to underwriters, including within empowerment authority.
  • •Assess emerging risks and trends and develop cost-effective proposals to address complex, ambiguous problems.
Skills:Stakeholder managementLeadershipRisk assessmentProblem-solvingStrategic thinking

Company Brief

Zurich Insurance
Zurich Insurance Group is a global insurance company offering a wide range of general insurance and life insurance products and services to individuals, small businesses and large corporations across multiple markets worldwide.
Industry: Insurance
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland
Founded: 1872
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