Financial Lines Underwriter - France

Position: Financial Lines Underwriter - France

Location: Barcelona

Report to: Financial Lines Manager

About Tokio Marine HCC:

Tokio Marine HCC is a leading specialty insurance group with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Ireland, and other exciting locations. With the strength and stability that comes from being a member of the Tokio Marine group, and more than fifty years of growth, profitability, and stability, we offer important insurance products that most people don’t even know exist. Our products allow our customers to take on opportunity with confidence.

Just as we invest in our company, we invest in our employees’ careers. We provide our employees a collaborative and rewarding environment within which to gain the knowledge, skills, and experience that lead to a rewarding career. In turn, our competitive salaries, attractive benefits, and potential for career growth allow you to take on opportunity with confidence.

About the role:

As a Financial Lines Underwriter, based in our Barcelona office you will be employed by our legal entity Tokio Marine Europe S.A. Sucursal en España and that trades under the Tokio Marine HCC name. You will form part of a dynamic team of professionals that focus on developing our regional portfolios. You will directly report to the Financial Lines Manager and, after an initial in-house training, carry out selection, analysis, and pricing of new and renewal policies, as well as negotiate the insurance terms and conditions with brokers and insureds in order to issue the final contractual documentation. You will be key in helping build profitable relationships with brokers and insureds and your role will fully support and comply with the company’s objectives and standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Cultivate and maintain broker relations
• Analyse data relating to an account: study financial, regional/national economic trends and industry conditions in the assigned underwriting discipline
• Negotiate with brokers
• Follow Underwriting guidelines and submit underwriting, pricing and negotiation recommendations to the Financial Lines Manager
• Represent Tokio Marine HCC and our products to brokers, clients and other external parties.
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities
• Manage and grow the book of business
• Coordinate and/or participate in special projects
• Attend off-site conferences, trade shows, seminars and meetings

Skills And Competencies Required:

• (BA or MA) Degree in Business Administration, Law, Economics or similar
• Native French and fluent English (high level) a must, other languages nice to have.
• Has a valuable reputation in the Financial Lines market
• Strong Commercial and Financial Analysis skills

Skills And Competencies Preferred:

• Good negotiation skills and communicator
• Possess a proactive approach to problem solving, taking ownership
• High capabilities for analysis and synthesis
• Ability to meet deadlines and prioritize tasks
• Experience working within a multinational company and/or multicultural environment is a plus
• Any additional European language is a plus

The Tokio Marine HCC Group of Companies offers a competitive salary and employee benefit package. We are a successful, dynamic organization experiencing rapid growth and are seeking energetic and confident individuals to join our team of professionals. The Tokio Marine HCC Group of companies is an equal opportunity employer. Please visit www.tmhcc.com for more information about our companies.

In accordance with the provisions of the local regulations, candidates may be required to provide an extract from their criminal record at the end of the recruiting process. This document, issued by the authorities, must not be older than three months. Such a document will be requested with the aim of carrying out a character check on candidates, bearing in mind the area of activity of our establishment and more particularly the tasks described in the job description.