Large Case Underwriter (Re/Insurance) - Hybrid

Swiss Re•Windsor, CT

14d•$128,000 - $204,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Individual Life Facultative Underwriting team is seeking a VP, Large Case Underwriter to provide underwriting expertise and client service in Swiss Re’s U.S. Life and Health reinsurance business. This hands-on role handles sophisticated large-case and high-net-worth risks, foreign national business, and complex underwriting scenarios, including multi-impairment evaluations. The underwriter serves as a trusted client partner and contributes to the team’s culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement. The position is part of an experienced, geographically diverse U.S. Life and Health Underwriting team with colleagues across Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The role follows a hybrid work model, with employees expected to work from an office three days per week. It may be based at Swiss Re office locations in the East Coast and Central regions listed in the posting. The role is not eligible for visa sponsorship, transfers, or extensions.

Requirements

Large Case Underwriting experience with a minimum of $10 million approval authority.
Significant experience with high-net-worth and complex cases, as well as foreign national business.
Extensive knowledge of industry developments, regulatory changes, and medical advances that may affect underwriting decisions.
Strong, established relationships across the life underwriting community.
Ability to partner with medical staff and underwriting colleagues and ensure sound, consistent application of underwriting philosophy and guidelines.

Responsibilities

Evaluate complex medical, non-medical, financial, highly substandard, and multi-impairment risks using sound underwriting judgment and evidence-based risk selection.
Underwrite large-case, high-net-worth, and foreign national business, applying mortality assessment principles.
Deliver underwriting decisions aligned with Swiss Re’s risk appetite, pricing objectives, and corporate strategy.
Build and maintain client relationships as a knowledgeable, responsive reinsurance partner.
Stay current on medical advancements, global events, underwriting trends, industry developments, and regulatory changes that affect risk decisions.
Collaborate with pricing, product, legal, medical staff, underwriting colleagues, and other internal teams on complex cases and initiatives.
Participate in and lead internal and external audits, supporting governance, quality assurance, and continuous improvement.
Represent Swiss Re at industry conferences, client meetings, and Swiss Re offices.
Share knowledge, mentor colleagues, and support learning and development across the Americas.
Support product and governance considerations and help ensure underwriting practices are compliant, consistent, and aligned with market standards.
Partner with medical staff and underwriting colleagues as appropriate to ensure consistent application of underwriting philosophy and guidelines.