FIG Insurance Coverage Vice President

BBVA

$190K — $240K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6-9 years in investment banking or capital markets with insurance sector focus
  • Strong knowledge of insurance company balance sheets and regulatory frameworks
  • Familiarity with US and Bermuda insurance regulations
  • Demonstrated execution experience in debt capital markets or derivatives
  • Excellent communication skills for senior-level presentations
  • Bachelor's degree required, with Series 79 and 63 certifications (or ability to obtain)
  • Spanish language skills preferred for coordination with international teams

Responsibilities

  • Support MD-level coverage and preparation of client-facing materials and relationship reviews
  • Develop and manage VP/Director-level client relationships
  • Identify and coordinate cross-sell opportunities across multiple financial products
  • Execute a range of insurance capital markets transactions
  • Support M&A and reinsurance dialogues with preparation of necessary materials
  • Manage internal processes including credit approvals and legal documentation
  • Produce high-quality client materials and monitor sector developments

Benefits

  • Collaboration-focused culture promoting ownership and continuous improvement
  • High-visibility environment with exposure to senior stakeholders
  • Opportunity to deepen regulatory expertise and work across functions
  • Involvement in key regulatory and strategic initiatives
  • Participation in a generous employee benefits package
  • Potential eligibility for a discretionary bonus
Full Job Description
About the Role

BBVA's Corporate & Investment Banking division is seeking a Vice President to join its Insurance Coverage team in New York. The VP will support the origination and execution of strategic dialogue and transactions with insurance sector clients — life, annuity, P&C, reinsurance, and insurance-linked asset managers — across Global Markets, Global Transaction Banking, and Global Investment Banking product sets.

This is a client-facing role with significant senior exposure. The successful candidate will operate as the connective tissue between coverage and product partners, driving account planning, deal execution, and content creation for a portfolio of US-domiciled insurers with global operations.

Key Responsibilities

Client Coverage & Origination

  • Support MD-level coverage of insurance clients, including preparation of pre-meeting intelligence briefs, account plans, wallet analyses, and relationship reviews

  • Develop and maintain relationships with client counterparts at the VP/Director level (treasury, capital management, investments, corporate development)

  • Identify cross-sell opportunities across financing, hedging, transaction banking, and advisory, and coordinate delivery with product partners in New York, Madrid, and London

Transaction Execution

  • Execute across the full insurance capital markets toolkit: hybrid and subordinated debt, surplus notes, FABN/FABS and other funding agreement-backed programs, credit facilities, letters of credit and reinsurance collateral solutions, and derivative overlays

  • Support M&A, block reinsurance, and sidecar/flow reinsurance dialogue, including preparation of strategic materials and coordination with advisory teams

  • Manage internal processes end-to-end: credit approvals, KYC/onboarding, capital committee memos, and legal documentation coordination

Content & Analysis

  • Produce high-quality client materials: pitch books, market updates, capital structure and peer benchmarking analyses, regulatory impact assessments

  • Monitor sector developments — rating agency actions, NAIC/BMA/PRA/EIOPA regulatory changes, reinsurance renewal conditions, and transaction activity — and translate them into actionable client dialogue

  • Mentor and direct the work of associates and analysts

Qualifications

Required

  • 6–9 years of experience in investment banking, corporate banking, or capital markets with direct insurance sector or FIG coverage exposure

  • Strong working knowledge of insurance company balance sheets, including statutory and GAAP/IFRS accounting, RBC and other capital frameworks, and reinsurance structures

  • Familiarity with the regulatory landscape governing US and Bermuda insurers (NAIC, BMA); exposure to PRA and Solvency II a plus

  • Demonstrated execution experience across debt capital markets, structured financing, or derivatives for financial institutions clients

  • Excellent written and verbal communication; able to produce senior-ready materials with minimal oversight

  • Bachelor's degree required; FINRA Series 79 and 63 (or ability to obtain within a defined period)

  • FINRA SIE, Series 79, Series 63 required (or willing to obtain in 3 months of hire)

Preferred

  • Experience covering or executing for PE-backed insurers, Bermuda reinsurers, or insurance asset managers

  • Knowledge of funding agreement-backed issuance programs, FHLB borrowing, and insurer secured funding structures

  • Spanish language skills a plus, given coordination with Madrid-based product and risk partners

The New York Branch provides a high-visibility environment, with direct exposure to senior stakeholders and involvement in key regulatory and strategic initiatives in the U.S.

We promote a collaborative culture that values ownership and continuous improvement. This role offers the opportunity to deepen your regulatory expertise, work across functions and develop within a global organization.

With respect to this position in our New York Office, the expected base salary ranges from $190,000 to $240,000. It is not typical for offers to be made at or near the top of the range. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, successful candidates are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus.

*Employment eligibility to work with BBVA in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions

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