Property Claims Handler

Are you passionate about insurance and eager to help shape the future of our industry? APPLY now and become a member of our Property Claims Team.
This is a role responsible for the professional handling of a portfolio of Property and Engineering claims underwritten in the UK Wholesale and Retail markets. The role will be diverse across these two disciplines with focus on International Programme Property losses, along with supporting the current claim expert on wholesale E&C business. You should be comfortable acting as Lead or as a Coinsurer, and capable of technical coverage evaluation and exposure analysis and influencing a market to reach the desired outcome.
Our objective is proactive investigation and evaluation, fair resolution, and the delivery of exceptional customer service in line with the Corporate Solutions Claims Commitment.
Handle a portfolio of claims of varying severity within defined technical authority from first advice through to settlement, including, coverage review, fact investigation, loss evaluation, and designing and executing on an appropriate claim resolution strategy.
Deliver practical claims insights and input to internal collaborators, including underwriters, sales and risk engineering.
Keep Claim Management informed of loss potential and material claim developments, consistent with the Claim Handling Expectations and Standard Operating Procedures.
The UK claims team is based in London & Manchester and comprises 18 claims professionals of different backgrounds, fields and languages, handling losses in the wholesale and retail markets across all the main lines of business. We believe that the way in which claims are handled, through the delivery of our Corporate Solutions Claims Commitment, can be a key differentiator and enables us to provide a unique and de-commoditised service to our customers.
Put simply: we want exemplary claims service to be the reason customers buy insurance from Swiss Re Corporate Solutions.
3+ years Claims or Insurance Industry experience working in the primary insurance market.
Solid coverage, investigation, loss evaluation and claim valuation skills.
Solid computer skills including proficiency in the use of MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point), MS Outlook, and the use of digital tools, data platforms, and AI-enhanced systems for research and investigation.
Experience with data visualization tools and the ability to present data-driven insights to diverse stakeholders.
Familiarity with GenAI tools and data-driven decision-making.
Our company has a hybrid work model where the expectation is that you will be in the office at least three days per week
For London, the base salary range for this position is between 50 000 GBP and 76 000 GBP for a full-time role. In addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance-based variable compensation component, designed to recognise your achievements. Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.
Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer. We anticipate and manage risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime.
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions is the commercial insurance arm of the Swiss Re Group. We offer innovative insurance solutions to large and midsized multinational corporations from our approximately 50 locations worldwide. We help clients mitigate their risk exposure, whilst our industry-leading claims service provides them with additional peace of mind.
Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.