Specialty reinsurance underwriter modernizing core operations with cloud and automation
Chaucer is a Lloyd's-backed specialty reinsurance group (established 1922, backed by China Re) shifting from legacy Excel-and-VBA workflows toward cloud analytics and process automation. The tech stack reflects this transition: entrenched Microsoft Office tooling alongside Snowflake, Power Platform, and ServiceNow deployments. Active hiring across operations, finance, and data roles — plus a dedicated Finance Transformation Lead — signals a sustained push to retire manual processes and upgrade the operating model.
Notable leadership hires: Finance Transformation Lead
Chaucer underwrites specialty and reinsurance products through Lloyd's of London and the company markets, serving brokers, coverholders, and corporate clients globally. The group operates across underwriting, claims, actuarial, and risk functions, with recent focus on designing non-standard treaty structures and improving reinsurance purchasing workflows. A member of China Re (rated A-excellent by AM Best), Chaucer operates out of City of London with teams across the UK, Ireland, US, UAE, and Bermuda. Current priorities include migrating to a unified GRC platform, building an enterprise risk management framework, and implementing an automated expense reporting suite.
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate), ServiceNow, Snowflake (including Cortex), Power BI, SQL, Python, R, and SharePoint. Legacy tools (VBA, Crystal, DCOM) remain in use alongside newer cloud infrastructure.
Finance transformation, single GRC system migration, enterprise risk management framework rollout, Power Platform service roadmap, expense reporting automation, and process improvements across underwriting and controls testing.
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