Company:

Guy Carpenter

Description:

Guy Carpenter is seeking a highly accomplished and strategic Senior Vice President Broker to join our market-leading Credit, Bond & Political Risk Team in London, UK.

In this senior leadership role, you will leverage your extensive expertise and industry insight to drive growth and innovation within the dynamic and expanding credit specialty markets. As a key leader within a collaborative and high-performing team, you will take ownership of major client relationships, lead complex treaty reinsurance negotiations, and shape strategic initiatives that influence both client outcomes and our firm’s market positioning on a global scale. This role offers a unique opportunity to significantly impact business development, mentor emerging talent, and contribute to the long-term success and evolution of our organisation in a thriving sector of the industry.

We will count on you to:

• Lead and deepen strategic relationships with senior client executives and key stakeholders through proactive engagement, including international travel and high-level negotiations.

• Provide expert guidance on risk identification and management across credit, bond, political risk, and related financial sectors, applying advanced market knowledge and analytical rigor.

• Collaborate closely with underwriting, analytics, and product teams to design innovative, bespoke reinsurance solutions that meet complex client needs and optimize portfolio performance.

• Oversee the end-to-end treaty renewal and placement process, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely execution of contract documentation.

• Drive business development efforts by spearheading responses to RFPs and tenders, identifying new market opportunities, and contributing to thought leadership initiatives.

• Monitor and interpret evolving market trends and regulatory developments, advising clients and internal teams to maintain competitive advantage and mitigate emerging risks.

• Champion the highest standards of professionalism, ethics, and operational excellence, while leveraging MMC’s systems and tools to enhance efficiency and collaboration.

What you need to have:

• Extensive experience as a senior insurance/reinsurance broker or underwriter, with a proven track record in credit, surety, and/or political risk markets.

• Strong analytical capabilities with the ability to interpret data and market intelligence to inform strategic decision-making.

• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and build trust at senior levels across clients, reinsurers, and internal teams.

• Proven leadership skills, including mentoring and developing junior colleagues, fostering a collaborative team culture, and driving business growth.

• High level of professionalism, discretion, and integrity in managing confidential information and potential conflicts.

• Resilience and adaptability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

• Preferably holds Chartered Insurance Institute qualifications such as Cert CII, Dip CII, or ACII.

What makes you stand out?

• Deep and nuanced understanding of the credit, surety, and political risk insurance landscape, including key market players, products, and emerging trends.

• Demonstrated expertise in treaty reinsurance broking, including leadership of complex placements and negotiations.

• Strategic mindset with the ability to anticipate market shifts and design innovative risk transfer solutions that align with client and organisational objectives.

• Track record of successfully leading complex negotiations and delivering impactful business development results.

• Multilingual skills and international experience are advantageous.

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.

• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.

• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

At Guy Carpenter, you can be your best. We work on challenges that matter with colleagues who help bring out our best. Our uniquely collaborative environment will empower you to focus on your personal and professional success, learning from top specialists in the (re)insurance industry and leading you towards a rewarding and impactful career.

Guy Carpenter, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a leading global risk advisory and reinsurance specialist and broker. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit guycarp.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at [email protected].

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.