Hybrid Global Head, Specialty Reinsurance

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About the role

  • Global Head Specialty Reinsurance managing profitable growth of Swiss Re’s global portfolio. Leading underwriting strategy across various lines of business with P&L responsibility.

Responsibilities

  • You are accountable for the underwriting performance, portfolio resilience and the profitable growth of Swiss Re’s global Specialty reinsurance portfolio.
  • You carry a global P&L responsibility and lead the Specialty business across Agriculture, Aviation, Cyber, Engineering & Nuclear, and Marine & Energy.
  • You operate as a trusted partner to the P&C Re Executive team, shaping priorities, steering capital and representing Swiss Re externally with clients, brokers and industry bodies.
  • Owns, steers and profitably grows the global Specialty portfolio with clear accountability for new and in-force businesses.
  • Holds the ultimate UW pen and therefore accountability for risk appetite definition, underwriting standards and their consistent application across lines and regions.
  • Guides complex, material or precedent-setting underwriting decisions, balancing commercial ambition with disciplined risk judgement and long-term portfolio resilience.
  • Actively monitors portfolio performance, emerging risk signals and accumulation exposures, intervenes decisively where underwriting action is required to protect capital and earnings.

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

  • Total compensation approach considering base pay, short-and long-term incentives, and benefits offered.

Job title

Global Head, Specialty Reinsurance

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$300,000 - $500,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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