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Joël Rickenbacher

Joël Rickenbacher

Dübendorf

Summary

I have an extensive experience in the international and national insurance sector.

Thanks to this knowledge, I could always improve in my jobs the quality of service for better customer experience when contacting us.

I am eager to learn new stuff and challenge myself.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Specialist Underwriting

AXA-ARAG Legal protection Ltd
Zurich, Switzerland
11.2025 - Current
  • Maintained accurate documentation to meet programme requirements and contractual obligations.
  • Presented findings and strategies to stakeholders, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and objectives.
  • Conducted risk assessments
  • Establishment of individual offer for enterprise in the legal protection

Claims Manager

VZ VersicherungsPool AG
Zürich
09.2025 - 10.2025
  • Handling all types of property and casualty claims (personal lines) in German, French and Italian

Office Agent Swiss National Bureau (NBI)

Zurich Insurance Company Ltd
Zurich, Switzerland
03.2020 - 08.2025
  • Checking the coverage in motor vehicle liability claims
  • Providing information on claims and answering enquiries in German, English, French, Italian and Spanish
  • Nominating representatives in Switzerland and Liechtenstein for foreign insurers and nomination abroad on behalf of swiss insurers
  • Recording and processing of incoming documents and managing them in the relevant IT applications
  • Managing the mailbox and ensuring a high quality of service when providing information by telephone and writting
  • Preparing statistics and presentations
  • In addition I was involved in the following projects: IT Project for the new IT-Portal of NBI & NGF (from 2022 to 2023)
  • Collaborating the improvement and optimization of all processes at NBI & NGF, such as analyzing calls/telephone switchboard, creating text modules for simplified processing in correspondence

Motor Claims Handler

Allianz Suisse
Zurich, Switzerland
03.2019 - 02.2020

Working 60 % next to my study until July 2019 and then 100% to February 2020

  • Receipt of claims notifications by telephone and in written form (online claims notfication)
  • Recovery between insurance companies in the motor vehicle sector in German, Italian and French
  • Handling of motor vehicle claims in the above-mentioned languages
  • Contact with different stakeholders (customers, insurance agencies, car repair centres,etc.)

Direct Sales Agent

Generali Switzerland
Adliswil, Switzerland
09.2018 - 12.2018

Temporary staff to help the direct sales team next to my study

  • Preparation of insurance quotations in the motor vehicle/household and legal protection insurance sectors in German, Italian and French -
  • Follow-up of insurance quotations already prepared in the above-mentioned sectors and languages
  • Processing of incoming customers' requests in the motor vehicle insurance sector

School Internship

Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC)
Bellinzona, Switzerland
07.2017 - 08.2018
  • 1 year school internship in the italian-speaking Canton of Ticino.
  • Differents administrative jobs

School Internship

Allianz Suisse
Zurich, Switzerland
06.2016 - 07.2016
  • differents administrative jobs

Education

Federal Vocational Baccalaureate - Economy and Languages

Wirtschaftsmittelschule Zug
Zug, ZG
2019

High and primar school
Lugano
2012

Certificate of Higher Education - Economy

Economy school
Bellinzona

Skills

  • Vocal trainer for trainees
  • Empathy
  • Languages
  • Foster the team spirit
  • Good knowledge of the insurance sector
  • Challenging person (I like to handle a difficult task)

Languages

Italian
Proficient
C2
German
Proficient
C2
French
Advanced
C1
English
Advanced
C1
Spanish
Upper Intermediate
B2

Certification

  • Vocal trainer for trainees
  • Federal Vocational Baccalaurate
  • Differents languages certificatons (DALF C1, First of English, DELE B1)
  • AI in Requirements Engineering (AI RE)
  • Automatisation with ChatGPT and Make.com
  • Product managament basics

Timeline

Specialist Underwriting

AXA-ARAG Legal protection Ltd
11.2025 - Current

Claims Manager

VZ VersicherungsPool AG
09.2025 - 10.2025

Office Agent Swiss National Bureau (NBI)

Zurich Insurance Company Ltd
03.2020 - 08.2025

Motor Claims Handler

Allianz Suisse
03.2019 - 02.2020

Direct Sales Agent

Generali Switzerland
09.2018 - 12.2018

School Internship

Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC)
07.2017 - 08.2018

School Internship

Allianz Suisse
06.2016 - 07.2016

Federal Vocational Baccalaureate - Economy and Languages

Wirtschaftsmittelschule Zug

High and primar school

Certificate of Higher Education - Economy

Economy school
Joël Rickenbacher