Reinsurance Underwriter Property – Region DACH, Nordics, CEE
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Our organisation
Ageas is a listed international insurance Group with a heritage spanning of 200 years, offering Retail and Business customers Life and Non-Life insurance, and is also engaged in reinsurance activities. As an international insurance company, Ageas concentrates its activities in Europe and Asia through a combination of wholly owned subsidiaries and long-term partnerships with strong financial institutions and key distributors. Ageas ranks among the market leaders in the countries in which it operates. It represents a staff force of about 50,000 people and reported annual inflows of over EUR 18.5 billion in 2024.
Ageas aims to be a Great place to Grow for all its people, while always staying true to its four values: care, share, deliver and dare. Ageas strives to create a truly inclusive company – attracting the most talented people and offering a working environment where everyone feels they belong, collaborates to achieve our common ambitions and is recognized for their contribution. Ageas encourages its people to think and act differently, to speak up, to be themselves and to contribute their individual skills.
For Ageas, diversity and inclusion is a business imperative, providing us with the foundation to achieve sustainable business results across different markets.
Ageas has been re-certified as Top Employer in 2025.
Ageas Re
Ageas Re is organized as a Business Unit within ageas SA/NV, the Group holding, on whose balance sheet it underwrites third-party and intra-group reinsurance under the trade name Ageas Re. Today, Ageas Re serves clients globally, specializing in property and casualty treaty reinsurance.
Your function
- Underwriting of treaty reinsurance business, ensuring profitable and sustainable growth.
- Evaluate, price, and negotiate complex reinsurance contracts autonomously.
- Apply underwriting guidelines, pricing methodologies, and best practices.
- Conduct in‑depth risk analysis and assess market, client, and portfolio performance.
- Manage and strengthen relationships with key clients and brokers worldwide.
- Represent Ageas Re at market meetings, client visits, industry conferences, and international events.
- Act as a spokesperson for reinsurance topics and market development.
- Partner closely with actuarial, portfolio management, risk management, legal, finance, and operations teams.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior and assistant underwriters.
- Contribute to strategic projects, product development, and process optimization.
- Ensure accuracy and completeness of underwriting data, documentation, and reporting.
- Support and challenge internal risk assessments and capital allocation decisions.
- Monitor portfolio performance, market trends, and competitor positioning to support strategic steering.
- Ensure compliance with underwriting policies, procedures, and Group standards.
Your profile
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree in economics, actuarial science, finance, engineering, or related field.
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in reinsurance underwriting, preferably in a German speaking market
- Strong analytical, modelling, and risk‑assessment skills.
- Excellent command of MS Office tools, especially Excel.
- Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and reliability.
- Confident communicator with excellent negotiation and relationship‑building skills.
- Ability to manage complex workloads, tight deadlines, and peak renewal pressures.
- Curious, proactive, and comfortable challenging the status quo.
- Team‑oriented leader and mentor with a collaborative mindset.
- Full professional proficiency in English and German. Any other language is considered a plus.
We offer
- The possibility of (maximum 50%) home working;
- A dynamic, multicultural working environment;
- An interesting and extensive salary package
- A corporate culture where you are encouraged to share your views and opinions;
- A flat organizational structure with close collaboration and communication with management and cross departments;
- An extensive range of learning & development opportunities through our online learning platform;
Interested?
Interested ? Please apply online.