SVP, Broker Willis Re Speciality

Willis Re (UK) Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Willis Re (UK) Limited seeks a senior broker to lead placements for property, cyber, MGAs and capital markets, and to grow a broad, growing book across London, Bermuda, the US, Europe and Asia.

You will work with broking, analytics and capital teams to provide clients with a joined-up view of risk and capital options, building relationships at the C-suite level.

Qualifications

• Significant reinsurance broking experience in property and specialty lines.
• Knowledge of the cyber market and how accumulation is modeled.

Responsibilities

• Lead placements for property and emerging-risk treaties, from structuring and submission through to marketing and binding.
• Build and grow MGA/Insurtech relationships, including capacity, binder and quota share solutions.
• Collaborate with Willis Re's capital markets and advisory practice across London, Bermuda and the US.
• Bring clients into offerings: capital and strategic advisory, Funds at Lloyd's, ILS and alternative capital, sidecars, structured, legacy and retro solutions.
• Spot capital needs early for start-ups, MGAs and Lloyd's entrants and bring in the right specialists.
• Develop the cyber reinsurance offering and work on cyber treaty and aggregate protection.
• Use cyber catastrophe modelling and scenario analysis to frame risk and bring cyber capacity to programs.
• Build relationships with clients at C-suite level and with reinsurance markets.

Skills

Reinsurance broking

Property knowledge

Specialist lines

Capital markets awareness

Job description

Senior Broker – Property, Cyber & Emerging Risks, MGAs & Capital Markets

This senior broker joins the Global Specialties team and covers Property, Cyber and Emerging Risks, MGAs and Capital Markets. You will look after a portfolio of cedants and MGA/Insurtech partners, find and develop new business, and work alongside our broking, analytics and capital teams to give clients one joined-up view of their risk and capital options. The role suits someone who enjoys new problems and wants to build a broad, growing book in a team that is expanding across London, Bermuda and the US, as well as Europe and Asia.

What you'll do:

• Lead placements for property and emerging-risk treaties, from structuring and submission through to marketing and binding.
• Build and grow MGA/Insurtech relationships, including capacity, binder and quota share solutions.
• Work closely with Willis Re's capital markets and advisory practice, which is being built across London, Bermuda and the US.
• Bring clients into its offering: capital and strategic advisory, Funds at Lloyd's, ILS and alternative capital, sidecars, and structured, legacy and retro solutions.
• Spot capital needs early, for example for start-ups, MGAs and Lloyd's entrants, and bring in the right specialists.
• Develop our cyber reinsurance offering.
• Work with clients on cyber treaty and aggregate protection, use cyber catastrophe modelling and scenario analysis to frame the risk, and bring cyber capacity to MGA and specialty programmes.
• Build relationships with clients at C-suite level and with reinsurance markets.

What you'll bring:

• Significant reinsurance broking experience in property and specialty lines.
• A working knowledge of the cyber market, including how cyber accumulation is modelled and how reinsurers deploy capacity.
• A strong network across cedants, MGAs and capacity providers.
• Commercial judgement and the ability to work across teams.
• An interest in alternative capital and new kinds of risk.

About Willis Re

We combine specialist broking with analytics, modeling and research to help insurers optimize risk transfer, strengthen balance sheets and achieve sustainable growth. Our approach is relationship-driven, transparent and outcome-focused. At the heart of Willis Re is a focus on delivering the most cutting‑edge analytical solutions to enable more informed, better decision‑making for risk selection, portfolio optimization, and capital management. The launch of Willis Re brings a strategic advantage of being unhindered by legacy, an ability to leverage data, statistical models and advanced technologies with the best knowledge and expertise to deliver more efficient and effective reinsurance outcomes. This places Willis Re in a unique position to build a truly analytically driven business, focused on creating solutions for the reinsurance industry that are future‑led and forward thinking. Willis Re will also leverage recognized technical expertise from WTW’s Insurance Consulting & Technology business including their advanced modeling and analytical capabilities. Alongside this will be WTW’s Research Network, an award‑winning business supporting and influencing science to improve the understanding and quantification of risk.

Willis Re is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive, and flexible work environment.

We provide equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless of race, colour, religion, age, gender, gender expression, national origin, veteran status, disability, orientation, or any other legally protected categories.

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