SompoRe has a unique opportunity for a Head of International Property Facultative to lead and grow our International Property Facultative portfolio from our London office. SompoRe operates in key markets worldwide, bringing specialized capabilities across a broad range of reinsurance products, supported by strong analytics, disciplined underwriting, risk management, and claims expertise. With global experience and local market knowledge, SompoRe remains a stable and trusted trading partner across market cycles. Our business, your impact, our opportunityAs Head of International Property Facultative, you will be responsible for leading the development, strategic direction, underwriting performance, and client management of SompoRe's International Property Facultative business. Based in London, you will drive profitable growth across target international markets by building and maintaining strong broker and client relationships, developing a robust pipeline of facultative opportunities, and ensuring underwriting discipline across the portfolio. You will play a key leadership role in shaping underwriting appetite, capacity deployment, portfolio strategy, retrocessional planning, renewal execution, and business planning. Working closely with senior leadership and cross-functional partners, you will ensure the International Property Facultative portfolio delivers sustainable profitability, strong market presence, and long-term client value. This role is ideal for a senior property facultative reinsurance professional with deep technical underwriting expertise, strong market relationships, international experience, and a proven ability to lead teams and deliver results. What you'll be doingStrategic Leadership and Portfolio ManagementLead the International Property Facultative business, setting strategic direction for growth, profitability, underwriting appetite, capacity deployment, and portfolio management. Drive underwriting performance across individual risk and automatic business, ensuring alignment with SompoRe's risk appetite, guidelines, authority levels, and portfolio objectives. Monitor portfolio performance, aggregation, exposure, pricing adequacy, catastrophe risk, and profitability trends. Support and inform retrocessional planning, renewal strategy, and annual portfolio planning. Identify market opportunities, emerging risks, and strategic areas for growth or remediation. Underwriting and Risk AnalysisUnderwrite and oversee complex International Property Facultative accounts, ensuring disciplined risk selection, pricing, terms, and conditions. Perform and oversee risk analysis, including exposure evaluation, aggregation review, scenario testing, catastrophe modelling outputs, and profitability assessment. Ensure underwriting decisions are supported by internal models, market data, technical analysis, and sound judgment. Maintain a strong control environment by supporting internal and external audits, identifying gaps, and driving remediation actions where required. Support annual updates to Property Facultative guidelines to reflect market conditions, retrocessional renewal terms, and evolving portfolio needs. Promote SompoRe's broader capabilities, including underwriting expertise, claims responsiveness, market insights, analytics, and client service. Lead complex negotiations with brokers and clients, balancing commercial objectives with underwriting discipline. Leadership and CollaborationLead, manage, mentor, and develop International Property Facultative underwriters and support staff. Foster a collaborative, high-performance team culture focused on underwriting excellence, accountability, client service, and profitability. Partner closely with Claims, Actuarial, Catastrophe/Exposure Management, Finance, Operations, Legal, Compliance, and other stakeholders to deliver strong underwriting outcomes and portfolio health. Contribute to special projects and strategic initiatives aligned with SompoRe's broader business objectives. What you'll bringSignificant experience in Property Facultative reinsurance, ideally including international and London market experience. Deep technical expertise in property facultative underwriting, including complex risks, individual risk underwriting, and automatic/facility business. Proven leadership and management experience, with a track record of developing teams and driving performance. Strong knowledge of catastrophe exposure, aggregation management, pricing, scenario testing, and profitability analysis. Experience contributing to or leading retrocessional planning, renewal strategy, and capacity management. Strong commercial judgment, analytical capability, and decision-making skills. Proficiency with Microsoft Office and relevant underwriting, analytics, modelling, and workflow tools. Willingness to travel internationally as required. Comfortable operating in a senior leadership role with accountability for portfolio performance. Client-focused, solutions-oriented, and committed to building long-term partnerships. Able to balance growth ambitions with prudent risk selection and profitability. Compensation and benefitsSompo offers competitive, high-quality compensation and benefit programs for eligible employees. Actual compensation will depend on factors including role scope, location, qualifications, skills, competencies, and relevant experience. Sompo's compensation philosophy is designed to support a pay-for-performance culture, with total compensation reflecting both company and individual performance. Benefits will be aligned with applicable local market practices in the United Kingdom. Ethics and integrity are the foundation of delivering on our commitments. At Sompo, we believe that strong relationships, trust, accountability, and respect drive long-term success. Sompo is an equal opportunity employer and values inclusion and diversity. Supporting Data:· "SompoRe operates in key markets worldwide, bringing to each account our specialized capabilities for a wide range of reinsurance products and a depth of understanding of local cultures."· "As the Regional Head of Property Facultative for a Region, you will lead the Region in the development, core client management, and inform the overall strategic business plan (capacity, retrocessional planning, underwriting appetite, business planning for growth and renewal opportunities) for the US Property Facultative business."· "You will build and manage relationships through direct opportunities and brokers in the Region, leveraging strategic thinking to deliver a strong pipeline of opportunities (individual risk and automatics) that supports profitable growth in SompoRe's U.Property Facultative business."· "Perform and oversee comprehensive risk analyses, including exposure evaluation, aggregation, scenario testing, and profitability assessments using internal models and market data."· "Partner with Claims, Actuarial, Cat/Exposure Management, Finance, and Operations teams to ensure optimal underwriting results and portfolio health."· "Minimum of 10 to 12 years of experience in Property Facultative underwriting, with a strong background in direct and broker-led business."· "Proven managerial experience, including leading teams and driving performance outcomes."· "At least 10 years, preferably 12 years of industry experience with Property Facultative experience Broker Market and Direct"SummaryLocation: London, United KingdomType: Full time
Head of Properties in London employer: Sompo International
Sompo is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in the heart of London where Actuarial Analysts can thrive and develop their careers. With a strong focus on collaboration, employee growth opportunities, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, we provide competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits that support our employees' well-being and professional development. Join us to make a meaningful impact while working alongside experienced professionals in the exciting field of Specialty Lines insurance.
