Hybrid Reinsurance Technician

at QBE Insurance

• Job title: Reinsurance Technician
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Reinsurance Technician managing balances and relationships with brokers and reinsurers in European Operations. Working in a supportive, hybrid environment with excellent benefits.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the recording and collection of balances relating to proportional and non-proportional reinsurances in the European Operations division.
• Building and developing relationships with brokers and reinsurers.
• Ensuring that QBE meets its obligations in respect of this important area.
• Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders, specifically Reinsurers, Brokers, Underwriters and Claims Teams.
• Respond to Broker and Reinsurer queries relating to premium settlements and claims recoveries.
• Liaising with Claims team to obtain loss reports for reinsurance recoveries.
• Support the work of the Outwards Credit Control team to ensure timely receipt of recoveries (LORs experience beneficial).
• Perform peer review for tasks completed by the Offshore and Onshore reinsurance team.
• Determines own work priorities and activities in line with agreed plans to ensure the achievement of personal and team objectives.
• Running reports to extract and analyse data in Excel and PowerBI.

Requirements

• Knowledge of Insurance or Reinsurance business (essential)
• Facultative Reinsurance experience (advantageous)
• Captive / Co-Reinsurance experience (advantageous)
• A high level of numeracy and literacy.
• Ability to prioritise work to demanding deadlines.
• Knowledge of business processes.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Organisational and analytical skills, and the ability to prioritise work.
• Experience using DCXL (advantageous).

Benefits

• 30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.
• 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.
• 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 £5,000.