United Kingdom - Strategic Advice, Risk Transfer Market Engagement Insurance and Reinsurance Brokerage Service
- Client
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- RFP Number
- MRB-57813
- Posted
- 10/7/2026
- Category
- Marketing and Branding
- Budget
- Looking for Proposal
- NAICS
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- Set-aside
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- Contact
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Description
AI GeneratedStart Network requires a qualified broker to provide strategic advice, risk transfer market engagement, and insurance and reinsurance brokerage services for its Start Ready programme. The selected broker will design cost-effective reinsurance solutions, engage markets, provide capital modelling, and support decision-making to protect the humanitarian pooled fund against extreme loss scenarios. Eligible applicants are UK-only, onshore reinsurance brokerage firms with at least five years of experience in reinsurance brokerage and advisory services. Candidates must demonstrate experience structuring catastrophe, parametric, or aggregate risk transfer solutions, as well as working with pooled funds or sovereign risk pools. Bidders must submit their proposals, including cost breakdowns and team profiles, via email by the end of the day on October 26, 2026. The contract term and budget are determined by the submitted proposals, though quoted rates must include all taxes, services, and travel expenses.
Key solicitation details
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Start Network is seeking qualified insurance and reinsurance brokerage firms to provide reinsurance brokerage and advisory services for its Start Ready programme. The selected broker will advise on risk-transfer strategies, design cost-effective reinsurance solutions, and provide capital modelling and portfolio analytics.
- Issued by
- Start Network
- Deadline for submission
- End of day Monday 26th October 2026
- Interviews with shortlisted consultants
- Week of 9th November
- Selection of consultant and contracting
- Week of 23rd November
- Start of work
- Week of 30th November
- How to submit
- Submission details
- Submitted via email with attachments in PDF format and subject line: RFP – Start Ready reinsurance nomination of broker. No hard copies required.
- Place of performance
- Offsite
Scope of work
- Advise on appropriate risk transfer strategies and structures for the Start Ready portfolio
- Support assessment of options against objectives, risk appetite, capital position, and value-for-money
- Provide recommendations on programme design to improve capital efficiency and resilience
- Advise on alternative and innovative risk financing approaches
- Provide analytical support, review, and validate catastrophe modelling assumptions and portfolio risk assessments
- Engage relevant insurance and reinsurance markets to obtain and negotiate competitive terms
- Support contracting, implementation, and strictly respect deadlines for the launch of the Start Ready Pool
- Provide ongoing support throughout the policy period including claims recovery assistance and governance meeting attendance
Minimum qualifications
- Minimum 5 years experience in reinsurance brokerage and advisory services
- Demonstrated experience structuring catastrophe, parametric, or aggregate loss reinsurance programmes
- Proven experience working with pooled funds, sovereign risk pools, development finance institutions, NGOs, or climate risk programmes
- Strong relationships with international reinsurance markets and capacity providers
- Access to sophisticated catastrophe modelling and portfolio analytics tools
- Capability to model climate and disaster-related risks across multiple countries and perils
- Ability to conduct correlation analysis, scenario testing, probabilistic modelling, and historical back-testing
- Proposed team including lead broker, catastrophe modelling specialist, climate/disaster risk finance specialist, market engagement specialist, and client servicing contact
Documents to include with the bid
- Completed Bidder Information template
- Cost breakdown and pricing proposal
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