Specialist, Property Treaty

Specialist, Property Treaty

**Company**
Munich Reinsurance Company of Canada
**Location**
Toronto, Canada

**Specialist, Property Treaty**

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**Overview**
Are you someone with strong leadership capabilities? Do you enjoy building relationships and working collaboratively in a team environment? As someone with excellent communication, technical and organizational skills, you will utilize exceptional interpersonal and influencing skills across all levels of the organization.

**We’re looking for our next Specialist, Property Treaty. Could It Be You?**
Munich Reinsurance Company of Canada is looking for a dynamic and business-oriented Specialist, Property Treaty. You will be supporting the property reinsurance portfolio and providing high-quality analysis and recommendations, consistent with the Munich Re risk appetite and guidelines. This position reports directly to the VP of the Property Treaty Department.

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**Underwriting**
- Underwrites Property Treaty business in accordance with MROC's and Group-wide guidelines and appetite.
- Evaluates submissions, reviews treaty contracts, assesses and prices business and performs all necessary underwriting functions in order to recommend acceptance or declination and/or offer alternative terms and conditions on treaties offered to MROC.
- Stay current with all applicable UW guidelines.
- Contributes proactively to the MROC Client Teams in negotiations with cedents and brokers, identifying and developing strategies for existing clients as well as new prospects.
- Maintains contact with the industry in general by attending industry functions on a regular basis. Promotes MROC products, services and facilities and builds business relationships with cedents and provides information and advice to cedents on matters within his/her competence.
- Monitors market conditions and the activities of MROC's existing and potential cedents and reinsurance competitors and reports to Management as needed.

**Actuarial & Technical Pricing**
- Prepares and models property Nat-Cat data with the models used at Munich Re including RMS Risk Link as well as in-house modeling software.
- Prepares treaty reinsurance pricing independently, including assessing and discussing modeling results internally and externally.
- Contributes to the development of pricing assumptions and strategies which includes update of pricing model parameters, market analysis and other strategic projects.
- Develops or enhances concepts, methods and tools to quantify and monitor accumulation of nat-cat risks across the property treaty portfolio.
- Evaluates and calibrates internal or external catastrophe models for pricing and risk management processes.
- Leads and/or supports portfolio reviews including accumulation of risk and profitability analyses.
- Cooperates closely with various internal departments in order to develop key business insights as well as the presentation and communication of business insights to internal stakeholders.

**Specialized Knowledge and Skills**
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, Access, VBA, Power BI.
- Experience with relevant modeling software such as RMS RiskLink.
- Programing knowledge (languages such as: R and SQL), and experience with data cubes considered an asset.
- Capable of carrying out actuarial analysis with mínimal supervision and be self-driven to deliver business insights.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and proven ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills with ability to communicate at the right level of complexity for the audience.

**So are YOU our next Specialist, Property Treaty? You are if**
First and foremost, you demonstrate a natural desire to provide exceptional client service through their energy, enthusiasm, and initiative.

**In addition, we are looking for the following qualifications**:

- University Degree in a relevant discipline (mathematics, statistics, natural sciences or actuarial science)
- Experience and expertise in underwriting or practical experience with cat modelling software (RMS, AIR)
- Excellent analytical and conceptual skills with a working knowledge of SQL; programming skills would be beneficial
- Builds relationships with internal and external clients in support of business objectives
- Proficient computer skills, specifically Microsoft Office prod