Business Development Manager (Reinsurance and Underwriting Partnerships)

ABOUT US:

PolicyStreet is a leading InsurTech group, specialising in innovative digital insurance solutions for businesses and consumers in Southeast Asia and Australia. With a network of over 40 providers, we offer a comprehensive range of products, including embedded insurance, customised employee benefits, car insurance renewals, financial advisory, and digital solutions – making insurance straightforward, for everyone. Through our regional group of companies, we serve more than 5 million customers with over US$ 10 billion in sum insured.

As a licensed Reinsurer, General Insurer and Takaful Operator by the Labuan Financial Services Authority (LFSA), an approved Financial Adviser and Islamic Financial Adviser by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), and a licensee of the Australian Financial Services License by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), PolicyStreet is able to underwrite, customize policies, and provide unbiased advice to its clients and partners worldwide.

WHY POLISEA RE?

• An a+ RAM-rated licensed reinsurance arm of PolicyStreet Group with underwriting authority and capital strength.
• Designed to unlock protection capacity by converting fragmented micro-risks (high-volume, low-ticket, emerging) into institutional-grade portfolios.
• Direct access to underwriting, pricing, actuarial, analytics, and product teams.
• Exposure to embedded, parametric, and data-led risk programs.
• Regional work across Southeast Asia and beyond, operating at the intersection of structured risk, embedded insurance, and data-driven underwriting.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

We’re building the next generation of underwriting-led, technology-enabled reinsurance. 

As such, we are looking for a Business Development Manager who is a true hunter — someone who originates underwriting opportunities and wants to move closer to the risk, not just place it.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Originate & Hunt Underwriting Opportunities
  Carrying a Builder + Hunter role, you would be responsible to actively identify, develop, and close reinsurance and underwriting partnerships across treaty, facultative, quota share, and structured programs.

• Own the Front-End of Deal Creation
  Drive real ownership by leading commercial discussions from first contact to bound deals. You will be engaging insurers, MGAs, brokers, insurtechs, and platform partners to shape viable underwriting opportunities right from the early-stage conversations. 

• Translate Market Needs into Underwritable Structures
  Proactively developing a deeper exposure and understanding of the market. You will work closely with underwriting, pricing, actuarial, and tech teams to convert raw opportunities into scalable, risk-sound programs. Identify embedded, specialty, or non-traditional risks requiring creative structuring.

• Build Long-Term Ecosystem Relationships
  Develop trusted partnerships across the (re)insurance value chain, translating it into a relationship-driven deal sourcing, — not purely transactional placements.

• Be at the Forefront of New Risk Models
  Helping to build and define the future of reinsurance, you will actively participate in embedded insurance, parametric solutions, and data-led underwriting programs that go beyond traditional placements. 

Requirements

WHAT WE EXPECT OF YOU:

• 3–5 years of relevant experience in reinsurance broking, reinsurance underwriting, or insurtech.
• Strong regional networks within the (re)insurance ecosystem.
• Experience originating or structuring treaty / facultative / specialty programs.
• Commercially sharp, relationship-driven, and comfortable hunting new deals.
• Strong understanding of portfolio dynamics, pricing, and loss ratio fundamentals.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and growth orientation.
• Excited by innovation, technology, and new insurance models.