VP, Senior Legal Counsel - Underwriting
RenaissanceReRenaissanceRe is a leading writer of Property & Casualty Reinsurance. For over 25 years, we have helped customers and communities recover and build resilience through our industry-leading ability to understand risk, source efficient capital and rapidly pay claims.
Our global team shares a passion for solving our customers’ biggest problems through a collaborative and entrepreneurial culture that empowers employees and rewards creative thinking.
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., through its operating subsidiaries, is a leading global provider of reinsurance and insurance. Our team shares a passion for providing exceptional service, innovation, creativity and a strong belief in the entrepreneurial culture which is a cornerstone of our competitive advantage.
The VP, Senior Legal Counsel – Underwriting, is responsible for providing support to the Bermuda Underwriting and the Global Claims functions to identify, manage and reduce litigation and dispute risk across the company’s reinsurance operations. The successful candidate reports to the SVP, Senior Counsel – Underwriting, and is expected to collaborate closely with peers in other offices to assure consistency of approach across our global operations.
Underwriting Responsibilities Include:
- Ensures that Bermuda underwriters understand how our legal rights and obligations are impacted by wordings and related issues.
- Alongside the SVP, Senior Counsel – Underwriting, acts as a resource for contract wordings issues for Property, Casualty, and Specialty assumed and ceded reinsurance contracts.
- Assists with production and review of confidentiality agreements/clauses review, consulting and licensing agreements tied to business operations, and other “operational” agreements, e.g. trust agreements, commutation agreements, settlement agreements, etc.; and
- Direct interaction with underwriters, clients, brokers, and banks, advising on and negotiating treaty wordings, NDAs, trust agreements, and other legal and regulatory issues.
- Represents the Company in public-facing presentations and educational fora.
- Providing legal support for the run-off and resolution of acquired “sidecar,” third-party capital, and similar facilities.
- Assist in the development and roll-out of technology-enabled tools for the improved efficiency and performance of the legal underwriting team.
Global Claims Responsibilities Include:
- Provides legal support to the Global Claims function with respect to assumed and ceded reinsurance claims arising out of a variety of classes of business, including property catastrophe, excess casualty, specialty, and credit lines of business.
- Assists the SVP, Chief Counsel – Underwriting & Litigation, and others to manage formal and informal legal proceedings and disputes in respect of our reinsurance operations, including supervising external legal counsel and managing e-discovery processes.
- Maintains reporting and analytical tools and communication processes to help track, manage, and report on disputes, insolvencies, and other matters in which the Company has a financial or reputational interest; and
- Provides qualitative reporting with respect to major or contentious claims to the SVP, Chief Counsel – Underwriting & Litigation for use in quarterly legal reports to senior management and the Board of Directors.
Education, Skills & Experience:
- Juris Doctor (J.D.), LL. B, or equivalent law degree from a highly respected and accredited law school.
- Minimum of seven (7) years of post-qualification legal experience, with significant experience as a practicing attorney or -in-house counsel supporting the insurance and reinsurance industry.
- Extensive experience managing and leading the arbitration and litigation of complex insurance and reinsurance disputes in the United States through evidentiary hearings, trial, and appeal proceedings.
- Deep understanding of reinsurance legal principles, including contract interpretation, coverage disputes and claims management.
- Proven experience advising on the legal aspects of run-off strategies, legacy portfolios, and the resolution of sidecar and third-party capital vehicles, including related contractual, regulatory, and dispute considerations.
- Exceptional legal research, analytical, drafting, and negotiation skills, with the ability to deliver clear, practical, and commercially focused advice on complex matters.
- Strong project management, organizational, and stakeholder management capabilities, with the ability to coordinate cross-functional teams across multiple jurisdictions.
- Demonstrated experience presenting, training, and speaking on highly technical insurance and reinsurance topics to internal and external audiences, including the development of educational materials and thought leadership.
- Demonstrated proficiency in leveraging technology-enabled legal tools to legal work in the reinsurance underwriting context.
This is a fast-paced business environment, demanding a strong work ethic and a results-oriented approach.
Written applications with Curriculum Vitae should be submitted via our Careers Portal at http://opportunities.renre.com/.
Closing date for applications: July 17, 2026
No agencies please.
We seek diversity, create equity, and practice inclusion. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal opportunity to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, disability, military status, or other legally protected categories.