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Insurance underwriter
Accident and sickness insurance underwriter Automobile insurance underwriter Casualty insurance underwriter Commercial insurance underwriter Commercial lines underwriter Commercial property underwriter Commercial underwriter Fire insurance underwriter Group insurance underwriter Insurance underwriter Liability risk assessor Life underwriter Package insurance underwriter Personal lines underwriter Public liability insurance underwriter Risk assessor
Insurance underwriters assess business risks and liability policies and make decisions about commercial property. They inspect the conditions of businesses’ properties, analyse inspection policies, assist with real estate and rent issues, prepare loan contracts and handle commercial risks in order to align them with business practices. Insurance underwriters analyse various information from prospective customers in order to assess the likelihood that they will report a claim. They work to minimise risk for the insurance company and make sure that the insurance premium aligns with the associated risks. they can be specialists in life insurance, health insurance, reinsurance, commercial insurance, mortgage insurance.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Obtaining information about customers’ circumstances necessary to determine appropriate type of insurance and conditions;
(b) Negotiating with customers to determine type and degree of risk for which insurance is required;
(c) Explaining details of insurance and conditions, risk coverage premiums and benefits to customers;
(d) Assisting clients to determine the type and level of coverage required, calculating premiums and establishing method of payment;
(e) Negotiating and placing reinsurance contracts;
(f) Advising on, negotiating terms for and placing insurance contracts for large or special types of projects, installations or risks.
Knowledge
- Finance, banking and insurance
- Wholesale and retail sales
- Marketing and advertising
- Law
- Statistics
Digital competencies
- Developing professional relationships or networks
- Performing risk analysis and management
- Selling products or services
- Negotiating and managing contracts and agreements
- Providing financial advice
Digital competencies
No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.
Personal competencies
- Processing information, ideas and concepts
- Taking a proactive approach
- Demonstrating willingness to learn
- Communicating
Professional groups of the occupation
Professionals
Science and engineering professionals
Life science professionals
Farming, forestry and fisheries advisers
Other occupations of the professional group
Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?
Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès
Farming, forestry and fisheries advisers
243
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
75,23%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
10,96% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
60,91%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
34,16%
Part-time contracts
1,29% Turnover index
189
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
3%
Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
The market for this profile is hiring
Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age
Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.
Science and engineering professionals
59%
41%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Science and engineering professionals
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
What vacancies are published in the professional family?
Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year
Life science professionals
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Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.
What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?
Farming, forestry and fisheries advisers
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
The vacancies published are for working in:
Job vacancies posted by county
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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