Head of Outwards Reinsurance

Head of Outwards Reinsurance

Role Highlights

• London based role with hybrid working
• A highimpact role with responsibility for designing and delivering robust reinsurance strategies that underpin the businesss financial strength and long-term growth.
• Sitting on the CUO leadership team and reporting directly into the International CUO this role covers the QBE International division (UK Europe and Asia).

The Opportunity

This is a senior leadership opportunity to shape and deliver the organisations reinsurance strategy working closely with executive stakeholders across underwriting finance and claims. The role offers broad exposure to strategic decisionmaking governance and portfolio management within a complex regulated environment while leading a highperforming team. It is well suited to someone who enjoys combining strategic influence with hands-on leadership driving continuous improvement and ensuring reinsurance programmes effectively support the businesss longterm objectives.

About QBE

At QBE we get to the heart of what matters for our we do it all with a human touch.

Werean international insurer with more than 13000 people working across 26 countries which meanswerebig enough for your ambitions yet small enough for you to make a real exciting momentum towards our vision to become the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

What if you could have a positive impact at work and in the worldAspart of the QBE teamyoullget to spend every day working with people who are passionatetalentedand kind.

Your new role:

• Designing and executing the divisional reinsurance strategies across UK Europe and Asia in conjunction with the Executive Management Board.
• Managing local relationships with external brokers and reinsurers as well as QBEs captive reinsurer.
• Supporting the design and implementation of Group strategy with a matrix reporting line into the Group Head of Ceded Reinsurance.
• Ensure regulatory legislative Group and local compliance across all outwards reinsurance activities.
• Drive continuous improvement of systems processes and technologies to optimise efficiency investment and resource use.
• Manage Reinsurance placement team and working in conjunction with Portfolio Managers and Product Heads ensuring strong performance engagement and collaboration.
• Act as an escalation point for accurate and timely payment of premiums and collection of reinsurance recoveries and all reinsurance operational matters.
• Prepare Board papers and support with Group and regulatory returns.
• Lead delivery of strategic projects KPIs and performance management to support business and team objectives.

Having the right to work in the UK is a requirement for this may consider sponsorship at its discretion.

About You

• Credible visible leader with the gravitas to influence senior underwriters through trust and collaboration.
• Strong external knowledge and relationships with key broker and reinsurance partners.
• Highly skilled at building trusted relationships across underwriting claims operations and finance with underwriters actively valuing your input and engagement.
• A skilled communicator and negotiator able to challenge constructively stand firm where needed and operate effectively at senior levels.
• Brings deep technical knowledge of insurance products with a strong understanding of underwriting claims and operational impacts.
• Curious handson and collaborative in style aligning with the CUO leadership culture working closely with teams and avoiding siloes.
• Commercially aware with a strong understanding of local markets and future growth opportunities using insight to shape meaningful outcomes.

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life whatever your well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you!

• 30 days holiday a yearwith theoptionto buy up to 2additionaldays.
• Flexible working-balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all this can include part-time job share and compressed hours.
• Pension you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.
• Private medical insurance we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.
• Family friendly policies we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity sexual orientation or how you become a parent.
• Short term remote work abroad-you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad.
• Sustainable investing- we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial environmental and social outcomes. Our pension strategy supports our net-zero goal to achieve year-on-year reductions incarbonfootprint by investing more ingreen businesses than the broader market so your savings are looking after the planets future as well as your own.
• Cycle-to-Work benefit from regular exercise whilst making your commute greener and cheaper select and bike and/or accessories up to the value of 5000.

To learn more about benefits of working with us click Rewarding our people - QBE European Operations

Awards & Recognition

We value our employees experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2025:Winner: Commercial Lines Insurer of the YearWinner: Reinsurer of the Year - QBE Re Winner: ESG Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year
• Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2023:QBE rated as a 5-Star Employee

To learn more about our achievements clickhere

How to Apply

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