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Exclusive Vacancy – Senior Underwriter – Casualty Treaty
Reinsurer
City of London
I am currently partnered exclusively with a leading reinsurer who are seeking a Senior Underwriter to join their growing Casualty Treaty team.
This role will be Underwriting Casualty Treaty business on an international basis, inline with appetite, using pricing tools and collaborating with the wider team.
My client is seeking an Underwriting professional with strong expertise in technical Casualty Treaty Underwriting, strong broker contacts and the drive to build a profitable reinsurance portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
- Underwrite casualty treaty reinsurance business within established authority levels, underwriting appetite, and risk management frameworks.
- Contribute to portfolio management, business planning, and strategic initiatives aimed at achieving sustainable and profitable growth.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with brokers, clients, and market counterparts through regular engagement and business development activity.
- Analyse market conditions, industry trends, and emerging risks to identify opportunities and support informed underwriting decisions.
- Partner with actuarial and analytical teams to evaluate exposures, assess risk quality, and support pricing decisions.
- Assist with the ongoing development, enhancement, and effective application of pricing tools and underwriting methodologies.
- Ensure underwriting files, decision-making processes, referrals, and supporting documentation are maintained accurately and in line with governance requirements.
- Produce and contribute to portfolio performance reviews, including analysis of business written, opportunities not pursued, and changing market dynamics.
- Support portfolio optimisation initiatives, including reinsurance purchasing assessments and other risk management activities.
- Monitor casualty accumulations and exposure trends, helping to maintain effective controls, reporting, and oversight processes.
- Collaborate with actuarial and risk teams to develop aggregation scenarios, stress tests, and portfolio monitoring tools.
- Provide guidance and technical support to junior colleagues, helping to develop underwriting capability across the team.
- Participate in research, market analysis, and knowledge-sharing initiatives that enhance team performance and technical expertise.
- Escalate material underwriting, portfolio, operational, or market-related issues to senior stakeholders as required.
- Contribute to a collaborative team culture, supporting continuous improvement and best practice across underwriting activities.
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