Hybrid Global Head, Specialty Reinsurance

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About the role

  • Global Head Specialty Reinsurance ensuring underwriting performance and growth across various sectors. Leading strategic direction and operational excellence with global responsibilities.

Responsibilities

  • Accountable for the underwriting performance, portfolio resilience and profitable growth of global Specialty reinsurance portfolio.
  • Carry global P&L responsibility and lead the Specialty business across various sectors (Agriculture, Aviation, Cyber, Engineering & Nuclear, Marine & Energy).
  • Set direction, hold the pen on underwriting decisions, and translate Swiss Re’s strategy into execution across regions.
  • Operate as a trusted partner to the P&C Re Executive team.

Requirements

  • Extensive senior executive leadership experience with proven track record across underwriting, portfolio management and senior client/broker leadership management.
  • Proven ability to lead leaders and manage large, diverse teams across geographies.
  • Deep understanding of underwriting governance, risk appetite and portfolio steering, with recognized or progressing senior underwriting authority.
  • Strong strategic judgement, commercial acumen and confidence operating with C-suite clients and senior internal stakeholders.
  • Highly developed nontechnical skills including decision-making, negotiation, stakeholder management and comfort navigating ambiguity.
  • A strong belief in data and technology as performance enablers, with experience driving adoption and change.
  • Fluency in English; additional languages desired.

Benefits

  • Attractive performance-based variable compensation component
  • Global and location specific benefits

Job title

Global Head, Specialty Reinsurance

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

£216,000 - £324,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

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