Jobs, fresher vacancy - Head of Reinsurance UK Protection • UK

Company: LegalAndGeneral

UK

Job DescriptionIntroduction: We are seeking a dynamic and experienced leader to head our newly combined UK Protection Reinsurance function, encompassing both Retail and Group protection businesses. This role involves collaborating with Commercial Directors to set the strategy and taking full ownership and responsibility for delivering the reinsurance strategy across these businesses. You will interact across the wider L&G Group to maximise commercial value for the UK Protection businesses within approved risk tolerance.What You'll Be Doing:Leading the design and execution of reinsurance strategy across the UK Protection businessMaximising commercial value, controlling risk exposure, and ensuring efficient capital usageInteracting with and influencing other reinsurance teams to implement a groupwide reinsurance engagement strategyDeputising for Commercial Directors and representing L&G at industry eventsOverseeing stakeholder engagement activities to maximise commercial value and control reinsurance decisionsManaging the UK Protection reinsurance team and ensuring optimal terms and benefits with reinsurersChallenging the Reinsurance Optimisation team to stay updated with market and pricing science developmentsOverseeing the implementation of monitoring and controls to ensure data integrity and accurate reinsurance accountingWhat We're Looking For:Proven leadership experience in reinsurance or a related fieldStrong strategic thinking and ability to set and execute reinsurance strategiesExcellent stakeholder management and influencing skillsAbility to represent the company at industry events and engage with key external stakeholdersExperience in managing teams and ensuring consistent application of management discretionKnowledge of market and pricing science developments in reinsuranceStrong understanding of portfolio risk and profitabilityAbility to identify, document, and manage risks and issues related to reinsurance