Underwriting Technician
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance · Stockholm, Sweden
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Who We Are:
A strategic and trusted insurance partner, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), provides a broad range of commercial property, casualty and specialty insurance coverages and outstanding service to customers and brokers around the world. Part of Berkshire Hathaway’s insurance operations, we bring our solutions to market with our stellar brand name, top-rated balance sheet, and the expertise of our global team of professionals, who exude excellent capabilities and strong character.
We are a values-based organization where respect, integrity, excellence, collaboration, and passion define who we are and how we do business. We value diversity of backgrounds, experience, and perspectives and strive to foster an inclusive environment that enables all our team members to bring their best selves to work. We are one team committed to building a culture where every teammate has the opportunity to contribute and be recognized. Want to be part of the team building the finest property, casualty and specialty lines insurance company in the world?
Learn more about our unique culture and history.
Job Opportunity:
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has an exciting opportunity for an Underwriting Technician to join our recently opened office in Stockholm.
This role is primarily focused on Property, supporting our General Property as well as Technical Property & Construction portfolios. You will also have the opportunity to broaden your experience by providing support for our Casualty and Financial Lines teams, making this a varied and dynamic position.
You will play an important role in supporting the build-out of our local operations. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the early development of our regional presence, helping to shape processes and ways of working alongside a growing underwriting team.
Working closely with Underwriters and in partnership with the Operations Manager, you will act as a key link between underwriting and operations. This is a hands-on Underwriting Technician role focused on delivering efficient, consistent, and high-quality support to the business.
Reporting into Head of Construction & Technical Property, this role will also work closely with Head of General Property and the Operations Manager.
This role suits a detail-oriented and proactive professional who takes pride in accuracy, ownership, and continuous improvement. In a highly collaborative team, as part of a growing business, necessary character, engagement in initiatives across functions and geographies form an important part of the role.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Assist with the full underwriting process, including account booking, documentation, and workflow coordination.
- Provide data inputs to support reporting, analytics, and risk assessment. Work closely with Operations to improve processes and ensure consistent ways of working.
- Support additional operational tasks, including coordination with internal and external stakeholders. Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Commercial insurance experience, ideally within Property and/or Construction, exposure to Casualty and Financial Lines is a plus.
- Strong understanding of underwriting processes and the policy lifecycle.
- Confident working with data, systems, and analytical tools (strong Excel/MS Office skills required).
- Solid analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a structured and organised way.
- Collaborative and proactive team player with a process improvement mindset. BHSI Offers:
- A competitive package and exciting growth opportunities for career-oriented teammates.
- A dynamic, action oriented, and thoughtful environment centred on always doing the right thing for our customers, teammates and our other stakeholders.
- A purposely non-bureaucratic organisation that embraces simplicity over complexity and emphasises individual excellence in a team framework.
- The opportunity to help shape the BHSI Nordic operation.
For questions about this opportunity please contact Oskar Behrens (Head of Construction & Technical Property) (oskar.behrens@bhspecialty.com) and/or **Anton Holmgren (**Head of General Property) (anton.holmgren@bhspecialty.com) and/or Aila Jansson (Operations Manager)(aila.jansson@bhspecialty.com)
To apply please submit your CV, with a cover letter, outlining why this would be the perfect role for you to hr.europe@bhspecialty.com
NOTE: Compensation will be commensurate with experience. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Team Member may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization