Head of Marine, Energy & Aviation - Reinsurance
London/Hybrid
We are looking for a Head of Marine, Energy & Aviation to join QBE Re’s London Underwriting team. You’ll lead on product strategy, pricing, and portfolio management—ensuring alignment with our business goals and regulatory standards—while also owning the P&L and championing growth across this key business line, as well managing the team. With hybrid office working and excellent benefits including 30 days holiday, you will be working in a supportive and inclusive environment. Delegate underwriting authority effectively, ensuring consistency with business goals and risk appetite.
Ensure timely and accurate production of contract certainty documentation in line with regulatory and internal standards.
Maintain full compliancewith all relevant internal policies and external regulatory requirements.
Deliver and monitor performance against the annual business plan, providing regular progress updates.
Establish clear roles and responsibilities,promoting a culture of ownership and performance excellence.
Strategic Leadership & Business Planning– Ability to define and execute underwriting strategies aligned with business objectives, while monitoring performance and driving results.
Underwriting & Market Expertise– Deep understanding of specialty reinsurance underwriting, pricing, and risk assessment, with strong awareness of market dynamics and cycles.
Stakeholder Management–Strong relationship-building skills with internal teams, brokers, and cedants, ensuring alignment and collaboration across functions.
Regulatory & Compliance Knowledge–Thorough understanding of legal, regulatory, and internal policy frameworks, ensuring full compliance in all underwriting activities.
Communication & Delegation– Clear communicator with the ability to articulate risk appetite, delegate effectively, and establish clear roles and responsibilities.
That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.
QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation ().
To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit our careers website.
You are more than your work – and QBE is more than a workplace, which is why we provide you with the benefits, support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally.30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.
~ Flexible working - balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours.
~ Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.
~ Private medical insurance – we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.
~ Family friendly policies – we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent.
~ Short term remote work abroad - you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad.
~ Sustainable investing - we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial, environmental, and social outcomes. Our pension strategy supports our net-zero goal to achieve year-on-year reductions in carbon footprint, by investing more in green businesses than the broader market, so your savings are looking after the planet's future, as well as your own.
~ Cycle-to-Work – benefit from regular exercise whilst making your commute greener and cheaper, select and bike and/or accessories up to the value of £5,000.
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Inclusion of Diversity
We are striving to create a workplace culture where all our people feel included, and we are committed to building a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we operate in.We are proud to have partnerships with organisations such as Stonewall and Working Families, and our commitment to the Women in Finance Charter, the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles and Race at Work charter helps keep us accountable and transparent. If you require any accommodations, please make your Talent Acquisition contact aware.
ESG & Sustainability
At QBE, we believe that integrating sustainability into our business helps us deliver on our purpose of enabling a more resilient future.Our three key focus areas include fostering an orderly and inclusive transition to a net-zero economy, enabling a sustainable and resilient workforce, and partnering for growth through innovative, sustainable, and impactful solutions. For further information regarding QBE’s sustainability targets, including our net-zero pledges and inclusion of diversity targets, and our award-winning impact investment initiative ‘Premiums4Good’, please visit our Sustainability homepage and read our latest Sustainability Report
If you have a passion to contribute to QBE’s vision of enabling a more resilient future for our customers and the community, we encourage you to apply! Simply click the “apply” button to submit your CV and other relevant documents, and a member of our friendly Talent Acquisition team will be in contact to discuss your interest further if you meet the requirements of the role.
Analytical Thinking, Coaching for success, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Influencing, Insurance Underwriting, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Navigating ambiguity, Portfolio Management, Problem Solving, Process Im]]