Director of Ceded Reinsurance

Ledgebrook

. Lead reinsurance strategy, placement, and administration for Stonehaven Specialty Insurance Company.

Posted 10/14/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $200,000 - $350,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in reinsurance strategy, treaty structuring, and placement, with a strong focus on statutory accounting and risk-transfer testing. Proven ability to manage relationships with reinsurers and oversee reinsurance operations effectively.

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Reinsurance Strategy DevelopmentTreaty Structuring and PlacementStatutory Reinsurance AccountingCession Administration and RecoverablesProfessional Designation (ARe or CPCU)

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Hard Skills

Treaty Drafting and NegotiationRisk-Transfer TestingCession Operations ManagementReinsurance Recoverables ManagementContract Management Systems

Soft Skills

Relationship ManagementCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

Reinsurance Administration SystemsContract Management Systems

Certifications & Qualifications

AReCPCU

Industry Keywords

P&C ReinsuranceQuota-ShareExcess-of-LossFacultative ReinsuranceCollateralized Reinsurance

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead reinsurance strategy, placement, and administration for Stonehaven Specialty Insurance Company.
Develop preferred treaty wording, including security, downgrade, offset, insolvency, and dispute-resolution terms.
Structure and place quota-share, sliding-scale and profit commission, excess-of-loss, facultative, and whole-account reinsurance placements.
Evaluate reinsurance attached to programs and obtain independent approval of reinsurers and collateral providers from the Director of Credit & Collateral Risk.
Perform risk-transfer testing with Actuarial and Finance to preserve statutory credit and protect Schedule F.
Identify unceded risk, including tail above treaty caps and exposures outside treaty terms.
Run cession operations, reconcile cessions to financials, and meet treaty reporting and notification requirements.
Manage reinsurance recoverables with Finance and Claims, including cash calls on large losses, and resolve disputes.
Ensure reinsurance is bound before programs quote business; plan renewals, commutations, and runoff.
Build a searchable treaty contract management system with Technology.
Support the Reinsurance Security Committee and manage relationships with reinsurers, captives, and reinsurance intermediaries.
Report to the Chief Risk Officer and collaborate with Actuarial, Finance, Claims, and program teams.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years in P&C reinsurance at a carrier, fronting carrier, reinsurer, or reinsurance intermediary, including treaty structuring and placement.
Direct experience drafting and negotiating treaty wordings, including security, offset, insolvency, and dispute-resolution clauses.
Working knowledge of statutory reinsurance accounting, risk-transfer testing, and Schedule F.
Experience administering cessions and collecting recoverables, including large-loss cash calls.
Prior experience at a fronting, hybrid fronting, or program carrier, where reinsurance often arrives with the program.
Experience with captive, ILS, or other collateralized reinsurance capacity.
Professional designation such as ARe or CPCU.
Experience with reinsurance administration or contract management systems.
Must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Full remote flexibility and asynchronous work culture.
Unlimited PTO and fully paid sick leave.
Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus HSA and FSA options.
401(k).
Company-paid life insurance.
Disability coverage.
Equity incentive program.