Facultative Underwriting Intern at Swiss Re

The opportunity:

• We offer a fantastic opportunity for a recent graduate with an exceptional academic record in our Swiss Re P&C Facultative teams, based in Johannesburg.
• Are you flexible, organized and well prepared to accept all challenges from a very high performing team? This is the opportunity for those who like to support, coordinate and organize.
• During your internship, you will be contributing to our business, taking on real responsibilities and having to manage your work effectively.
• You will be assigned a team of facultative underwriters Casualty and Property whom help guide you through your placement and answer any questions you have about your work and our business.
• Technical training and business skills will be a core part of your Programme, ensuring you leave us with a better understanding of the professional world and how best to make your way in it.

What we understand as a perfect fit for our underwriting team?

• You are open minded and keen to learn about a different industry and its related processes
• You are ready to actively participate in potential projects that are started in your assigned area
• you are able to liaise with clients to follow up on outstanding information and documentation
• you are able to take minutes in client meetings
• you can issue correspondence and meeting minutes
• you are able to co-ordinate cross border assistant support
• you can create reports and internal and external presentations
• you handle general enquiries, or transfer them to the appropriate alternative personnel
• you can learn quickly in the event that you don't know various systems
• you can be flexible and are able to manage ad hoc requests from an end-to-end perspective as and when needed

This internship will last 12 months.

We are looking for:

• Minimum business university qualification
• You have great attention to detail and analytical acumen
• you are good in Power Point, Excel, Word and other MS Office tools
• you have strong customer focus with great interpersonal skills and can interact with others effectively
• you are self-motivated, well organized and efficient, and able to prioritize effectively
• you enjoy working in a multi-cultural and international environment
• you enjoy having things under control