Senior Reinsurance Treaty Specialist

Job Title: Senior Reinsurance Treaty Specialist

Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Work Arrangement: 100% Remote — Work From Home

Level: Senior

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Reinsurance Treaty Specialist to manage and coordinate reinsurance treaty arrangements, support renewal negotiations, analyze treaty structures, and oversee contractual documentation and operational performance. The successful candidate will work closely with insurers, reinsurers, brokers, underwriting teams, actuarial professionals, and finance departments to ensure treaty arrangements align with business objectives, risk appetite, and applicable regulatory requirements. This fully remote role emphasizes treaty analysis, contract review, portfolio reporting, risk evaluation, and stakeholder coordination across domestic and international markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate the administration and ongoing management of proportional and non-proportional reinsurance treaties.
• Review treaty structures, including quota share, surplus, excess-of-loss, catastrophe, and aggregate stop-loss arrangements.
• Support annual treaty renewals by preparing exposure data, underwriting information, portfolio summaries, and renewal submissions.
• Analyze treaty terms, coverage limits, retentions, reinstatements, exclusions, commissions, and other contractual provisions.
• Review reinsurance slips, treaty wordings, endorsements, addenda, and related contractual documentation for accuracy and completeness.
• Coordinate with reinsurance brokers, reinsurers, underwriters, actuaries, and internal stakeholders throughout the treaty lifecycle.
• Support treaty pricing and placement discussions by compiling portfolio performance data, loss experience, exposure information, and relevant market intelligence.
• Monitor treaty performance against agreed terms, underwriting objectives, and risk transfer requirements.
• Review premium calculations, brokerage, commissions, profit commissions, and other treaty-related financial components.
• Coordinate treaty accounting activities, including premium bordereaux, cash calls, recoverables, settlements, and outstanding balances.
• Support the identification and resolution of treaty interpretation issues, coverage questions, and contractual discrepancies.
• Analyze claims recoveries under applicable treaty provisions and coordinate with claims teams to support timely recovery processes.
• Maintain accurate treaty records, contract registers, renewal calendars, correspondence, and supporting documentation.
• Prepare management reports covering treaty utilization, premium performance, claims recoveries, exposure concentrations, and renewal outcomes.
• Support reinsurance purchasing strategies by assessing treaty structures, capacity requirements, coverage gaps, and risk transfer considerations.
• Monitor developments in the reinsurance market and identify relevant changes in pricing, capacity, contractual practices, and risk appetite.
• Contribute to internal controls, audit preparation, regulatory reporting support, and reinsurance governance activities.
• Recommend improvements to treaty administration procedures, data quality, reporting processes, and operational efficiency.
• Provide technical guidance to junior team members on treaty documentation, contractual terms, and reinsurance processes.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Insurance, Risk Management, Finance, Accounting, Actuarial Science, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Significant professional experience in reinsurance treaty administration, treaty placement support, reinsurance underwriting, or reinsurance operations.
• Strong understanding of proportional and non-proportional reinsurance structures and their commercial applications.
• Experience reviewing treaty wordings, reinsurance slips, endorsements, exclusions, limits, retentions, and reinstatement provisions.
• Knowledge of treaty renewal processes, submission preparation, market negotiations, and placement coordination.
• Understanding of reinsurance premium calculations, commissions, claims recoveries, and treaty accounting.
• Familiarity with underwriting portfolios, exposure analysis, loss development, and reinsurance performance metrics.
• Ability to interpret contractual provisions and identify potential coverage ambiguities or operational risks.
• Knowledge of relevant reinsurance market practices and applicable insurance regulatory requirements.
• Experience working with reinsurance administration systems, insurance platforms, and data reporting tools.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and the ability to analyze complex portfolio and treaty datasets.
• Strong analytical, negotiation-support, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for coordinating with international stakeholders.
• High attention to detail and strong document management capabilities.
• Ability to manage renewal deadlines, multiple treaty portfolios, and competing priorities in a fully remote environment.
• Professional qualifications such as ACII, CII, or relevant reinsurance certifications are an advantage.

What We Offer

• A fully remote, work-from-home position within the UAE employment context.
• Competitive compensation based on qualifications and relevant reinsurance experience.
• Opportunities to work with international reinsurance markets and complex treaty structures.
• Professional development in treaty analysis, risk transfer, contract interpretation, and reinsurance strategy.
• A collaborative environment focused on technical expertise, accuracy, and continuous improvement.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit an updated CV highlighting their experience in reinsurance treaty administration, treaty renewals, contractual analysis, portfolio reporting, and reinsurance operations.

Application Subject: Application – Senior Reinsurance Treaty Specialist (UAE Remote)

• Candidates should confirm applicable employment arrangements, residency requirements, and work authorization before accepting an offer. This position is designed for remote treaty analysis, documentation review, portfolio reporting, and virtual stakeholder coordination. Any regulated insurance or reinsurance activities, binding placement commitments, formal contract execution, and regulatory submissions must be performed by appropriately authorized personnel in accordance with applicable laws and licensing requirements.