Senior Reinsurance Placement Lead

American Family Insurance Agency Staff; Saint Joseph (MO); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) contribution

Pension plan

Paid holidays

Relocation assistance

Job summary

American Family Insurance is seeking a senior professional to lead complex ceded reinsurance placements across the enterprise. You will collaborate with business leaders, brokers, reinsurers, and internal stake holders to develop underwriting submissions, evaluate alternatives, and support risk transfer decisions.

You will oversee data collection, validation, and analysis of exposure, premium, and losses used in placement, while evaluating catastrophe modeling results and alternative structures.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of the global reinsurance industry, including treaty and facultative structures.
• Experience communicating complex treaty findings to internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience leading large, cross-functional projects and managing relationships with brokers and reinsurers.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end execution of complex ceded reinsurance placements across the enterprise.
• Coordinate collection, validation, and reconciliation of underwriting data for submissions.
• Develop comprehensive reinsurance underwriting submissions communicating portfolio characteristics and risk management actions.
• Analyze pricing, terms, and structures to inform placement recommendations.
• Collaborate with catastrophe modeling, actuarial, finance, underwriting and business teams to evaluate portfolio risk.
• Interact with brokers and reinsurers throughout the placement process to support optimal outcomes.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship within the Ceded Reinsurance team.

Skills

Reinsurance expertise

Stakeholder collaboration

Data analysis

Executive communication

Job description

American Family Insurance is seeking a senior professional to lead complex ceded reinsurance placements across the enterprise. You will collaborate with business leaders, brokers, reinsurers, and internal stake holders to develop underwriting submissions, evaluate alternatives, and support risk transfer decisions.

You will oversee data collection, validation, and analysis of exposure, premium, and losses used in placement, while evaluating catastrophe modeling results and alternative structures.