Senior Reinsurance Claims Associate

Axis Communications

Senior Reinsurance Claims Associate managing complex casualty reinsurance claims in AXIS Capital, a global insurance and reinsurance provider. Leading claims management and collaborating with various stakeholders.

Posted 6/25/2026full-timeZurich • 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide expert oversight and direction on complex casualty and specialty reinsurance claims, including long‑tail, high‑severity and coverage‑sensitive matters.
Lead coverage interpretation and liability analysis under excess of loss, proportional and facultative reinsurance contracts.
Act as escalation point for aggregation, exhaustion, attachment disputes, commutation strategy, and complex casualty settlement structures review and execution.
Maintain oversight of large loss notifications and casualty loss developments, ensuring timely reporting and issue escalation.
Ensure appropriate establishment, monitoring and governance of case reserves and IBNR for assigned casualty and specialty portfolios.
Work closely with actuarial and finance teams on loss development, emerging trends, and reserve adequacy.
Support reserve committees, large loss reviews, and senior management reporting relating to casualty exposures.
Lead, mentor and develop reinsurance claims specialists, ensuring strong technical capability and consistent handling standards.
Allocate and prioritize workloads across assigned team to meet reporting, service and governance requirements as needed.
Provide performance management, coaching and development planning for direct reports as needed.
Ensure casualty claims are handled in accordance with AXIS Re claims guidelines, delegated authorities, and regulatory expectations.
Support internal and external audits, QA reviews and regulatory inquiries relating to casualty claims.
Promote strong file quality, documentation standards and data integrity across casualty claims files and systems.
Act as a senior casualty claims contact for cedants, brokers, underwriting, legal, actuarial and finance stakeholders.
Participate in underwriting support discussions, portfolio reviews, and claims strategy forums relating to casualty business.
Represent AXIS Re Claims in cross‑functional initiatives and global casualty working groups.
Contribute to management and executive reporting on casualty claims trends, emerging risks and mass tort exposures.
Identify and support operational and digital improvements impacting casualty claims handling.
Share reinsurance claims expertise, lessons learned and best practices across the global AXIS Re Claims organisation.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Significant experience in casualty reinsurance claims handling, including excess casualty and long‑tail exposures.
Strong understanding of reinsurance contract structures, coverage interpretation, aggregation and attachment issues.
Experience with large loss management, commutations and complex casualty negotiations.
Familiarity with claims systems and workflows (e.g. SICS).
Proven ability to lead, mentor and develop experienced claims professionals.
Strong judgement, decision‑making and escalation capability for complex casualty matters.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
High standards of integrity, governance awareness and regulatory discipline.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical plans for you and your family
health and wellness programs
retirement plans
tuition reimbursement
paid annual leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

casualty reinsurance claims handlingcoverage interpretationliability analysislarge loss managementcommutationscomplex casualty negotiationscase reservesIBNRclaims systemsworkflow management

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringdecision-makingjudgementstakeholder managementcommunicationgovernance awarenessintegritycoachingperformance management