Senior Reinsurance Claims Analyst - London

Key Responsibilities

• Handling and reviewing large and complex technical Reinsurance claims, with oversight for accurate and timely case reserves and payments.
• Managing internal claim ultimate estimates for certain large CAT events, collaborating with the Head of Reinsurance Claims, and providing recommendations to Actuaries and the senior management team.
• Holding a high level of authority for Reinsurance claims and overseeing areas where delegation of reserving, payment and settlement authority has been given to more junior internal staff.
• Contributing and participating in internal and external meetings, including deputising in the absence of the Head of Reinsurance Claims.
• Working closely with the Claims Operations team on managing forward thinking claims MI data.
• Creating and nurturing collaborative relationships with the Reinsurance Underwriting team.

Key Requirements

• Extensive technical claims expertise and demonstrable working knowledge of the most significant and complex Reinsurance Treaty Excess of Loss claims, ideally gained from working for a Lead Reinsurer.
• Experience of handling US Property Catastrophe business is essential.
• Strong experience of managing internal claims ultimate estimates on catastrophe events and large losses, working on this process with Underwriters and Actuaries.
• Good experience of handling all aspects of pro-rata treaties.
• Leadership experience. Comfortable leading from the front and leading by example with the internal claims team, in the market and externally with brokers and clients.