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Head of Marine, Energy & Aviation - Reinsurance

London/Hybrid

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a Head of Marine, Energy & Aviation to join QBE Re’s London Underwriting team. This is a high-impact leadership role where you’ll shape and drive the strategic direction of a diverse and profitable portfolio. 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. If you're passionate about delivering results, inspiring teams, and making a mark in a global organisation, we’d love to hear from you.

With hybrid office working and excellent benefits including 30 days holiday, you will be working in a supportive and inclusive environment. We’re the down-to-earth, international reinsurer that is neither too big nor small, so you can make a real impact!

Your Role:

• Lead the execution of the underwriting business plan, clearly communicating strategic direction to ensure alignment with business objectives
• Inspire and manage high-performing teams, fostering engagement, development, and accountability across all levels.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including brokers and cedants.
• Oversee underwriting activities, including negotiation of terms, pricing, and conditions for both new and renewal business.
• 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 compliance with all relevant internal policies and external regulatory requirements.
• Deliver and monitor performance against the annual business plan, providing regular progress updates.
• Stay ahead of market trends, demonstrating strong awareness of the market cycle to inform underwriting decisions.
• Establish clear roles and responsibilities, promoting a culture of ownership and performance excellence.

About you:

• 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.
• Team Leadership & Development – Proven capability to lead, motivate, and develop high-performing teams, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• 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.

Why QBE? At My Best   

At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that’s why we have created “At My Best”. It’s our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It’s in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA.   

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 (https://careers/flex-qbe/).  

With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.   

To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit our careers website.  

At My Best - QBE Benefits   

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.  As well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you!