Vice President, Ceded Reinsurance

🕒 July 22

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Skyward Specialty Insurance

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2007

🏗️ Construction

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

💰 $177.3M Post-IPO Secondary - Skyward Specialty on 2024-05

Construction • Consulting • Healthcare

Skyward Specialty Insurance is a Houston-based specialty insurance group that provides tailored risk solutions across niche and complex markets. The company offers a range of specialty insurance products including transactional Excess & Surplus (E&S), professional lines, medical stop-loss, surety, captives, programs, global property, agriculture & credit (re)insurance, and risk consulting. Skyward works primarily with brokers and agents, leverages technology (including e-surety capabilities) to deliver innovative underwriting and claims services, and focuses on high-complexity, non-standard risks and scalable specialty solutions.

📋 Description

• Partner with the President of Reinsurance to shape and execute forward-looking reinsurance strategies that align with the company's growth, capital management, and enterprise risk objectives; contribute directly to board-level strategic discussions on reinsurance. • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of reinsurance professionals to foster a high-performance culture focused on innovation, accountability, and excellence. • Oversee the design, placement, and optimization of treaty and facultative reinsurance programs, including negotiations with reinsurers and brokers to achieve best-in-class outcomes. • Direct and enhance contract review, drafting, and ongoing management processes to ensure alignment with underwriting objectives, regulatory compliance, and efficient claims recovery. • Drive advanced analytics and reporting capabilities to assess reinsurance performance, emerging risks, and market opportunities. Prepare and present strategic insights and performance updates to the President of Reinsurance and, as appropriate, C-suite and board-level stakeholders. • Cultivate and strengthen long-term partnerships with reinsurers, brokers, and industry bodies; serve as a company representative in the reinsurance market. • Ensure all ceded reinsurance activities adhere to regulatory, accounting, and internal standards; support robust risk control, governance, and audit processes. • Monitor industry developments, regulatory changes, and macroeconomic trends; represent the company at industry conferences and professional associations.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Risk Management, or a related discipline required • Minimum of 8+ years in reinsurance, with at least 3 years in a leadership role managing ceded re portfolios/programs in a complex (re)insurance environment • Strong knowledge of reinsurance markets, contract structures, alternative risk transfer mechanisms, and regulatory frameworks (e.g., NAIC, Solvency II) • Demonstrated success leading and developing teams, implementing change, and driving organizational results, with readiness to grow into a Head-level seat • Strong communication, presentation, and influence skills, with experience or clear readiness to advise executive management and boards • Sophisticated analytical and problem-solving skills, including proficiency in reinsurance financial modeling and data-driven decision-making • Effective negotiator with a track record of building strategic partnerships across the reinsurance ecosystem.

🏖️ Benefits

• health and welfare benefits • tuition and professional certification assistance • 401k savings • elective participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Program • paid time off • paid holidays • child bonding leave • other employee assistance