VP, Professional Liability Treaty Underwriter

PartnerRe is a leading, privately owned, multi-line global reinsurer with a reputation for financial stability and strength. Our mission is to be a financially stable and predictable business partner, supporting clients with tailored solutions, delivering superior returns, and providing rewarding opportunities for our people while making a positive contribution to society.

About the role

The Vice President Underwriter, Professional Liability Treaty is responsible for underwriting, managing, and growing a portfolio of professional liability treaty reinsurance business, delivering sustainable profitability across the market cycle. This role combines technical underwriting, portfolio management, client and broker relationship leadership, and collaboration with actuarial, claims, finance, and other underwriting colleagues to develop well-structured reinsurance solutions for cedants.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite and manage a portfolio of professional liability treaty reinsurance business, including classes such as D&O, E&O, transactional liability, cyber liability, and other related specialty casualty exposures.
• Evaluate new and renewal treaty opportunities through detailed analysis of cedant strategy, underwriting practices, historical performance, exposure profile, policy terms, and management quality.
• Structure, price, and negotiate treaty reinsurance programs, ensuring terms and conditions appropriately reflect risk, portfolio objectives, and market conditions.
• Build and maintain a profitable portfolio designed to perform consistently through changing market cycles, with disciplined attention to risk selection, aggregation, and portfolio balance.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with brokers, cedants, and other market participants to generate new business opportunities and strengthen market presence.
• Partner closely with actuarial, claims, finance, and legal colleagues to assess opportunities, review experience data, analyze wording, and support program design and portfolio monitoring.
• Contribute to production planning, business development strategy, portfolio reviews, and regular monitoring of underwriting performance against plan.
• Prepare and present underwriting recommendations clearly to senior management, including rationale for pricing, structure, risk appetite alignment, and profitability expectations.
• Travel as needed to meet clients and brokers, conduct portfolio and client reviews, and represent the company at industry meetings and conferences.

Requirements

Technical Competencies

• Strong technical underwriting expertise in professional liability treaty reinsurance and related casualty or specialty lines.
• Sound understanding of treaty structures, pricing concepts, portfolio construction, and the drivers of long-term underwriting profitability.
• Ability to analyze cedant financials, underwriting results, exposure information, and market trends to support risk selection and pricing decisions.
• Working knowledge of policy wording, contract terms, and coverage issues relevant to professional liability and specialty casualty classes.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including comfort working with underwriting models, pricing tools, and portfolio reports.
• Awareness of market dynamics, legal and claims developments, and emerging risks affecting professional liability business.

Behavioural Competencies

• Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to earn credibility and trust with brokers, cedants, and internal stakeholders.
• Commercial mindset paired with disciplined underwriting judgment and a clear focus on profitability.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain complex underwriting issues clearly and concisely.
• Collaborative working style with the flexibility to operate effectively across functions, geographies, and levels of seniority.
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• High professional integrity, sound judgment, and a proactive approach to problem-solving and decision-making.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of relevant underwriting experience in reinsurance, insurance, or brokerage, with meaningful experience in professional liability, specialty casualty, or related lines.
• Prior treaty reinsurance experience is strongly preferred, along with a track record of managing broker and client relationships and contributing to profitable portfolio growth.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced professional designations or graduate qualifications such as CPCU, ARe, MBA, or equivalent are preferred.

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