European roots. International search capability.
A Luxembourg boutique built on two decades inside the sector, working with carriers, reinsurers, brokers and captives across EU and UK markets.
Two decades inside insurance and reinsurance
Underwriting, pricing, claims and portfolio governance — sector experience, not agency recruitment.
Technical, underwriting-led screening
Candidates assessed on what the role actually involves, before a CV reaches you.
EU and UK market focus
Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Spain and the Benelux.
International mandates considered
Targeted headhunting beyond the core markets, subject to the mandate and local requirements.
About Charlemain
Hire on substance, not on keywords.
Charlemain Consulting works with insurers, reinsurers, brokers and captive managers hiring for roles where sector knowledge decides the outcome: underwriting, pricing, actuarial, claims, compliance and portfolio management.
The same title means different things in Luxembourg, London, Paris, Milan or Munich. We read the role, the operating model and what the hiring manager actually needs before a single CV moves. The result is shorter shortlists and fewer wasted interviews.
Luxembourg is our base. Europe is our market.
We work across English, French, Italian, Spanish and German-speaking insurance and reinsurance markets.
The founder
Founder, Charlemain Consulting
After two decades inside insurance and reinsurance, across domestic and international markets, I founded Charlemain Consulting to bring stronger technical judgement into specialist recruitment.
I have lived and worked in five countries and supported markets from Chile to China. That taught me one thing above all: a technical hire is never just a CV, a title or a salary.
Roles vary by country, company, product line and operating model. The same title can carry very different responsibilities from one market to the next.
Effective recruitment here means reading between the lines: what the role involves day to day, how the company operates, what the hiring manager actually needs, and whether the candidate is ready for the step.
Every mandate draws on direct experience across underwriting, pricing, treaty and facultative reinsurance, delegated authority frameworks, claims oversight and cross-border portfolio management.
What we do
Focused support for firms hiring technical talent across EU and UK insurance and reinsurance markets.
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Senior and mid-level technical hires across insurance, reinsurance and employee benefits. Every shortlist is screened by someone who has done the work.
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Candidate assessment grounded in sector knowledge, technical fit and role context, for your own shortlist or ours.
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Talent landscaping for firms entering a new market, building a specialist team or planning succession.
Where we work
Core operating markets, each handled with local context and a cross-border view. Charlemain has no offices or regulated operations outside the EU and the UK.
Home base
Europe's leading captive reinsurance domicile and a growing reinsurance and life centre.
London
Lloyd's and the London Market: Europe's largest commercial insurance and reinsurance hub.
Paris
France's captive reinsurance market has expanded significantly since the 2023 resilience-provision framework, alongside a deep mutual and bancassurance market.
Milan
Italy's mandatory natural-catastrophe insurance regime is reshaping corporate risk and insurance requirements, alongside a captive market re-emerging through redomiciliations.
Munich, Cologne, Hanover
Continental Europe's reinsurance heartland and its largest primary insurance market.
Coverage across these markets draws on founder experience, partner relationships and a developed candidate network, spanning English, French, Italian, Spanish and German-speaking insurance and reinsurance markets.
Beyond the core markets
For clients with requirements beyond the EU and UK, Charlemain can undertake targeted headhunting and executive-search assignments for roles in other territories. Each assignment is considered according to the mandate, the destination jurisdiction and applicable local requirements.
This is an international search capability, not an international office network.
Discuss an international searchSector expertise
Charlemain covers technical hiring across the full insurance and reinsurance value chain. Every mandate is scoped against both the line of business and the function.
Contact
Client mandates, candidate introductions or a market conversation. Every enquiry is handled in confidence, and we typically reply within one working day.