Ashish Dave

Experience

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  Universal Sompo General Insurance Co. Ltd.

  Jul 2008 - Jan 2012

  Assistant Manager, Commercial Underwriting

  Underwriting of Fire, Engineering, Marine and Liability insurance business as part of corporate underwriting team. Preparing facultative slips for reinsurance placement. Development and filing of new insurance products. Configuration and testing of newly approved products in policy admin systems.

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  SBI General Insurance

  Jan 2012 - Apr 2014

  Deputy Manager, Product Development

  Development of new insurance products for Corporate & SME segment across all lines of business. Preparing product documents and interacting with Actuaries, Lawyers and IRDA for product approvals. Ensuring compliance of new and old products with IRDA guidelines and regulations.

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  Swiss Re

  May 2014 - Sept 2022

  Forecasting macro and re/insurance market indicators for India and smaller Middle Eastern markets. Co-authoring Swiss Re's sigma and expertise research papers focused on economy, re/insurance, digitalisation and resilience. Advising government and private sector clients globally on de-risking strategies for their assets and operations. Conducting research for aligning Swiss Re's underwriting and risk policy with global ESG initiatives. Tracking India and smaller Middle Eastern countries for economic and re/insurance market developments. Contributing in long term strategic planning of Swiss Re's branches. Enabling tech-driven re/insurance solutions around new risk pools and co-authoring Swiss Re's sigma and expertise research papers. Performing quarterly financial analysis of Swiss Re's key competitors. Assisting in underwriting audits (reviews) for Swiss Re’s property & casualty re/insurance business. Analyzing portfolio mix, underwriting compliance and claim details of business units being reviewed. Providing inputs about quality of underwriting, portfolio trends and compliance for last 5 or more years.

  • Senior Economist, Vice President

    Oct 2020 - Sept 2022

  • Economist, Assistant Vice President

    Sept 2016 - Sept 2020

  • Analyst, Insurance Risk Review

    May 2014 - Aug 2016
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  Swiss Re Corporate Solutions

  Oct 2022 - Jul 2024

  Vice President, Senior Credit Portfolio Manager

  Scanning the global macro and credit environment and translating its impact on the credit & surety insurance portfolio of Swiss Re. Developing tools and processes to examine risk and profitability aspects of in-force credit & surety book. Suggesting portfolio steering actions for optimum capital allocation in the business. Internal and external thought leadership through research and publication activities focused on credit and political risk.

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  Swiss Re

  Jul 2024 - now

  VP, Team Lead-Insurance Market Analysis, Swiss Re Institute

  Leading a team of researchers and economists to identify re/insurance market trends. Translating macroeconomic KPIs and regulatory developments in insurance premium forecasts. Contributing to Swiss Re Institute's sigma reports, economic insights and other expertise publications.

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  Swiss Re

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  VP, Team Lead-Insurance Market Analysis, Swiss Re Institute