Starr Insurance Companies is a leading insurance and investment organization, providing commercial property and casualty insurance, including travel and accident coverage, to almost every imaginable business and industry in virtually every part of the world.
Cornelius Vander Starr established his first insurance company in Shanghai, China in 1919. Today, we are one of the world’s fastest growing insurance organizations, capable of writing in 128 countries on 6 continents.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the analysis and reporting of Property and Casualty Treaty reinsurance financial results, providing actionable insights to management and business partners.
- Establish, maintain, and monitor Property and Multinational Treaty agreements within company systems to ensure compliance and accuracy.
- Prepare and analyze Treaty premium and loss exhibits, track Treaty attachment points, and deliver comprehensive results analysis to stakeholders.
- Assess, enhance, and document allocation methodologies, collaborating with international Starr entities to achieve accurate financial and accounting treatment of reinsurance transactions.
- Serve as a primary liaison to identify, investigate, and resolve issues related to Treaty and Facultative reinsurance, including attachment and recoverable matters affecting company financial results.
- Review and reconcile reinsurance data, collaborating with Accounting, Finance, Operations, IT, and Actuarial teams to compare front-end data with Reinsurance Pro results for premiums and losses, thereby identifying and resolving discrepancies.
- Regularly meet and collaborate with Underwriting business leaders to validate and ensure accuracy in reinsurance processing and reporting.
- Coordinate with Starr IT to implement and maintain automated controls and data edits, ensuring monthly data integrity across systems.
- Prepare Inception-to-Date (ITD) Treaty Experience Exhibits and reconcile findings with Reinsurance Accounting, Profit Centers, and external brokers.
- Act as the primary contact for transactional audits, reviewing and researching broker and reinsurer inquiries, and resolving any data discrepancies.
- Review and resolve issues pertaining to potential treaty recoverables, recommending improvements to enhance process efficiency and reporting accuracy.
- Assist with coding and system setup for Property and Multinational treaty business.
- Serve as the Reinsurance Accounting Subject Matter Expert for organizational strategic projects and initiatives, providing advanced technical insight and recommendations.
- Support management with ad hoc analysis, special projects, and business initiatives as assigned.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, finance, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 15 years’ experience in insurance and reinsurance, with specialization in treaty accounting, results analysis, and multinational business exposure preferred.
- Deep expertise in Treaty and Facultative reinsurance structures, accounting practices, and financial reporting requirements.
- Extensive hands-on experience with reinsurance accounting systems; proficiency with RiPro or SRM (Sapiens) systems is highly advantageous.
- Demonstrated ability to proactively identify, investigate, and resolve treaty accounting discrepancies and drive process improvements for enhanced controls and reporting.
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, with exceptional attention to detail and a proven track record in dissecting complex reinsurance data.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to present complex treaty analyses to diverse audiences and effectively partner across business functions.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, for data analysis and presentation.
- CPCU and/or ARe professional designations preferred, but not required.
- Highly self-motivated, capable of managing multiple priorities independently, and delivering results in a fast-paced environment.
Starr is an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We offer first class training and development opportunities to all employees. Our aim is to grow our own talent and bring out the best in people.