Elena Alessandri

Senior Casualty Performance Manager at Swiss Re

Zurich, Switzerland

About

Business-driven, initiative-taking and goal-oriented risk management professional, with a solid industrial background and (re)insurance expertise. Engineer with a strong technical know-how as well as good negotiating and communicating skills with customers, developed through 8 years of experience in Sales, Tendering and Commissioning for industrial projects all over the world. Developer of models and calculation tools, with flair for numbers and strong analytical capabilities. From 2010, insurance professional with solid knowledge of underwriting and claims handling, and deep understanding of risk assessment, accumulation control and risk management. Certified ARM (Associate in Risk Management). Key features: team spirit, analytical skills, adaptability, resourcefulness, negotiating skills. Specialties: reinsurance, underwriting, claims handling, risk assessment, accumulation control, risk management.

Experience

  • Swiss Re (9 yrs 10 mos)
    • Senior Casualty Perfomance Manager
      Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

    • Business Steering Specialist
      Sep 2019 - Oct 2023 · 4 yrs 2 mos

      - Resonsability for Casualty and Cyber - Identification of critical, potential accumulation risks - Setting and tracking of Group capacity limits for the accumulating scenarios - Managing capacity limits usage through portfolio steering and capital cost

    • Casualty Treaty Underwriter
      Sep 2016 - Aug 2019 · 3 yrs

  • Further Education at Associate in Risk Management (ARM)
    Aug 2014 - Dec 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Infrassure Ltd (4 yrs 4 mos)
    • Underwriter Mining
      Oct 2013 - Oct 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo

      - Underwriting of mining accounts - IAR, PD, BI/CBI - Risk assessment - Pricing - Contracts review - Negotiating with clients and brokers

    • Underwriting and Claims Manager
      Jul 2010 - Oct 2013 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      - Underwriting for civil construction projects, metal plants and mining accounts - Business development - CAR/EAR, ALOP/DSU, TPL, IAR, PD, BI/CBI - Risk assessment - Premium calculation - Insurance contracts review - Negotiation with international clients and brokers - Negotiation and settlement of claims

  • CONCAST AG - SMS Group (Zurich, Switzerland)
    • Process Engineer
      Jun 2008 - May 2010 · 2 yrs

      - Metallurgist for casting metallurgy - Support to Sales - Models development for casting equipment - Process and calculation tools validation - Clients support on site

    • Application Manager
      Dec 2005 - Jun 2008 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      - Metallurgist for steel ladle metallurgy - Meeting with customers in the sales phase - Process design definition - Collaboration with suppliers to define the equipment design - Development of calculation tools for steel refining, degassing and casting - Process and calculation tools validation on site - Plant commissioning

  • Technical Support Engineer at CONCAST TECHNOLOGIES Srl
    Dec 2003 - Dec 2005 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    - Technical support in sales and marketing department for melting and refining furnaces - Tendering with direct exposure to end customers - Technical Specification preparation - Steel melting plant equipment dimensioning - Plant layout definition