Underwriting Intern

Intro

Ready to revolutionize the future of employee insurance? Join us on an exciting journey to build the world's first fully digital employee insurance! Traditionally, the employee insurance industry and its processes have been cumbersome. Administrative headaches for HR managers, payroll managers, employees, doctors and claims managers, were the norm. Recognising the need for change, grape aims to revolutionize the traditional employee insurance model.

Your role

Your role as an underwriting intern is to understand the needs of our customers and set an accurate price for our offer. This includes assessing the customer’s risk and determining an appropriate annual premium for them, enabling us to cover claim payments as well as all other costs. You will be part of our underwriting team, and will have close contact with the distribution team. 

What you will do

• Apply our underwriting models and methods to price customers and issue quotes
• Support our distribution team during underwriting and quoting process
• Collaborate with our sales team to acquire new enterprise customers

• Implement improvements to underwriting and pricing models, tools and processes
• Support analyzing our portfolio data and profitability
• Work with distribution team on continuously improving the tender and offer management process
• You will be a sparring partner and supporter for the distribution team for any UW-related questions
• Collaborate with the distribution team to analyze broker and sales performance KPI, and support the team in the creation of data-driven evaluations for the annual broker and key client meetings

• You are tech-savvy and excited about new technologies in the insurance space
• You are excited to explore new data-driven approaches to underwriting
• You have solid analytical skills to solve complex problems and enable data-driven decisions
• You have strong communication and interpersonal skills to work through projects/issues with our partners and customers
• You are a strong team player attitude with the ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills in German & good communication verbal and written communication skills in English

Big Plus:

• French

• Remote-friendly setup, you can work from home or the office. However, we love spending time together in our beautiful office in Zürich.
• Our offer includes a compensation package with a competitive salary.
• We have a flexible working hours policy.
• We cherish working with a top tier team and organize monthly team events and bi-yearly team retreats.
• We sponsor a work visa in case you need one and also cover your relocation costs.
• 25 days of paid vacation per year and 9 public holidays.
• 100% reimbursement for all work related books or audiobooks.
• You have access to 12 free mental health sessions per year, from our mental health partner Aepsy.
• We cover your commute to Zurich, or your SBB half fare card.

Our Process

• You receive a response regarding your application within 2 work days
• Motivational Fit (phone screen) - Anna Klopfer, Founder’s Intern | 30 min
• Role Fit Interview - Thomas Jouck (Underwriter) | 60 min
• Skills Assessment | 2-3h (take home assessment)
• Skills Assessment Presentation & Cultural Connect @grape HQ - Gregory Inauen (Co-Founder & Co-CEO), Thomas Jouck (Underwriter) | 60min
• Reference calls
• Offer

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D&I Disclaimer:

grape insurance AG is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.