Antwerp · Brussels · Amsterdam · Rotterdam
Specialist recruitment for financial services & insurance
A boutique search partner in Antwerp, run by its two founders. From underwriting and actuarial to project, product and data — we place the people who run and transform financial institutions in Belgium and the Netherlands, discreetly and at partner level.
Why Linkrs
The best program managers and business consultants are not reading job boards. They answer a credible call from someone who knows their niche.
Sector depth
Financial services and insurance only. We speak underwriting, actuarial, compliance and core-system transformation — because it is all we do.
Partner-led
Run by its two founders. The partner who takes your brief runs your search, supported by a network of specialist recruiters.
Cross-border
One search covers Belgium and the Netherlands, in the candidate's own language. Few agencies genuinely work the corridor. We do.
Sectors
Ten disciplines. One market.
Every recruiter in our network owns one discipline within financial services and insurance — and knows who is genuinely good in it, in both countries.
- Project & TransformationProject manager recruitment for financial services in Belgium and the Netherlands.
- Business Analysis & ProductBusiness analyst recruitment in Belgium and the Netherlands: functional analysts, product owners and product managers for insurers and banks.
- Data & AIData recruitment for financial services in Belgium and the Netherlands.
- Risk & ComplianceCompliance recruitment for financial services in Belgium and the Netherlands.
- UnderwritingSpecialist underwriting recruitment for insurers in Belgium and the Netherlands.
- ClaimsClaims recruitment Belgium: handlers, loss adjusters and claims managers for insurers and brokers.
- Employee Benefits & PensionsEmployee benefits recruitment and pensions specialists for Belgium and the Netherlands.
- ActuarialActuarial recruitment Belgium and the Netherlands: pricing, reserving and risk actuaries, from analyst to chief actuary.
- FinanceFinance recruitment for insurance and financial services in Belgium and the Netherlands.
- Commercial & DistributionInsurance sales recruitment for Belgium and the Netherlands.
- All sectors →
How we work
Three ways to hire with us
Contingency recruitment
Linkrs Search
No cure, no pay. Specialist and senior roles where the market is deep enough to move fast — risk sits with us until the right person signs.
Explore Linkrs SearchRetained & confidential executive search
Linkrs Mandate
For leadership and scarce expertise — and for searches that must stay invisible. Exclusive, partner-led, mapped across both countries.
Explore Linkrs MandateRecruitment capacity in your team
Linkrs Embedded
A Linkrs recruiter inside your process for a defined period. Your brand, our market access — built for multiple hires in the same discipline.
Explore Linkrs EmbeddedTrack record
Recently completed
Employers stay anonymous here for the same reason they hire us: discretion. Every search below completed with a signed contract.
- Manager Portfolio & SourcingMajor Belgian insurer
First interviews within two weeks of intake; contract signed within six.
- Lead Enterprise ArchitectInsurance company
- Compliance ManagerBank-insurance group
- Product OwnerInsurance company
- Senior ManagerManagement consultancy
- combined specialist recruitment experience
- 18 yrscombined specialist recruitment experience
- founding partners — on every mandate
- 2founding partners — on every mandate
- disciplines within financial services & insurance
- 10disciplines within financial services & insurance
- one search, both markets, your language
- BE + NLone search, both markets, your language
For employers
Hiring in insurance or financial services?
Tell us about the role. Within days you will know exactly what the market looks like for it — and who we would put in front of you.
For candidates
Your next move, handled discreetly
Browse live roles or share your CV in confidence. Nothing moves without your explicit consent — that is how this market works, and how we work.
Insights
From inside the market
Hiring insight
Why underwriters and claims specialists are so hard to hire in Belgium — and what actually works
The Belgian market for technical insurance talent is structurally tight. Here is why job ads fail for these profiles, and what a search that actually closes looks like.
Hiring insight
Retained vs. no-cure-no-pay: choosing the right search model for a financial services hire
Contingency and retained search solve different problems. An honest comparison of both models, including when each one is the wrong choice, and a framework for deciding.
Market guide
Hiring across the Belgium–Netherlands border: a practical guide for insurers and financial institutions
The BE–NL corridor is one of the most underused talent routes in European financial services. What actually differs — law, pay, benefits, culture — and how to hire across it well.