The varied work of this role strengthens SCOR’s market presence and risk management, providing underwriting and claims expertise for all areas of development including tenders, partnerships and new propositions, product development, benchmarking and technology enhancements.
ResponsibilitiesPartnering for Impact
Building strong relationships with SCOR clients, supporting SCOR & SCOR clients with achieving their underwriting & claims strategies
Conducting market benchmarking, analysing and sharing results to support and drive change in key industry challenge areas
Review client technology, processes and philosophy driving optimised risk control and customer journeys
Collaborate across SCOR to co-create innovative reinsurance solutions with clients, including innovative underwriting factors, supporting the evolution of the UK & Ireland Protection market
Pricing & Risk Management
Using data to identify market trends and opportunities for Underwriting & Claims developments
Review clients Practice, process & data to inform accurate pricing for tenders and in-force management
Calculate Client Specific Adjustments for tenders and review methodology where required
Review client underwriting proposals, working with wider SCOR team to understand pricing and experience
Recommend targeted enhancements to support client strategies, improve risk selection and expand access to insurance
Continuously assess market best practice and product innovation, feeding insights into pricing strategy and product development
- To ensure underwriting and claims is compliant with legislative issues (such as Data protection etc)
- Collaborating with the wider underwriting team on the underwriting audit process
Thought Leadership & Horizon scanning
Proactively monitor and interpret emerging underwriting and claims trends, translating insights into strategic recommendations
Working closely with other SCOR teams to share knowledge and recommend actions for SCOR and clients
Act as a trusted technical authority in client engagements and industry forums, strengthening SCOR’s market position
Build strong relationships with key client contacts
Deliver thought leadership through presentations, articles, and participation in industry events. This could include:
Client presentation on specific underwriting and claims risk related topics
Producing articles and papers on related topics
Presenting at industry events and SCOR seminars
Contributing to SCOR Group thought leadership and sharing insights across our wider group
- Experienced Development Underwriter or underwriting/claims leader with significant insurance or reinsurance experience
- Recent or current Underwriting authorities
- Experience working cross functionally
- Holistic view of risk management with understanding of the impact of changes in underwriting and claims on claims experience
- Strong product, technical and industry knowledge
- Excellent organisational and planning skills
- Experience in delivering process, philosophy or propositional change
- Curiosity and a strong desire to support and drive change in underwriting & claims
- Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills,proven track record of building strong relationships
- Ability to work unsupervised pulling in resources as required
- Ability to utilise data in key risk management decision making
- Project management capabilities
- In depth knowledge of Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
Required Education
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As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying “The Art & Science of Risk,” SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.
Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry – actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others – as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.
As an international company, our common culture is defined by “The SCOR Way.” Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.
SCOR supports inclusion and the diversity of talents, and all positions are open to people with disabilities.
Skills Required
- Experienced development underwriter or underwriting/claims leader with significant insurance or reinsurance experience
- Recent or current underwriting authorities
- Experience working cross-functionally
- Holistic view of risk management and understanding of underwriting and claims impact on claims experience
- Strong product, technical and industry knowledge
- Excellent organisational and planning skills
- Experience delivering process, philosophy or propositional change
- Curiosity and strong desire to support and drive change in underwriting & claims
- Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills with proven relationship-building track record
- Ability to work unsupervised and pull in resources as required
- Ability to utilise data in key risk management decision making
- Project management capabilities
- In-depth knowledge of Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
What We Do
SCOR, one of the world’s largest reinsurers, serves more than 5,000 clients worldwide, providing a diversified and innovative range of solutions to control and manage risk. SCOR delivers advanced financial solutions, analytics and services across all dimensions of risk in Life & Health, Property & Casualty, and Investments. Reinsurance lies at the intersection of technical expertise and scientific progress. Models, data, and pricing and reserving tools are essential, yet they are never sufficient on their own. Sound risk decisions require expert judgment, experience and perspective. This is what we call the Art and Science of Risk. Reinsurance is a knowledge industry, where expertise grows through accumulation, transmission and practice. Across the Group, 3,600 experts based in more than 35 offices worldwide contribute to this collective intelligence. Actuaries, underwriters, risk management specialists, and Tech & Data experts transform data into insight, explore extreme scenarios, define the boundaries of insurability and help anticipate emerging risks. Together, they strengthen the resilience of SCOR, our clients and the societies we serve. This expertise is built through shared experience,continuous questioning and collective reflection. Like artists, we belong to schools of thought, learning first to observe, then to replicate, and ultimately to innovate. This ongoing transmission of knowledge enables SCOR to develop a distinctive approach, combining rigor, creativity and long-term vision in the service of risk mastery. This shared commitment underpins SCOR’s role as a global reinsurer. By turning risk into resilience and sustainable value, our collective of experts acts with responsibility and purpose. Together, we help protect the future, and shape it, for our clients, for society and for generations to come.
