Specialty reinsurance actuary Job at Star Actuarial Futures (London)

Pricing Actuary (Reinsurance)

Goodman Masson are currently partnered with a highly prominent Reinsurance Broke...

Location

United Kingdom , City of London

Salary:

100000.00 - 120000.00 GBP / Year

Goodman Masson

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Qualified Actuary with a strong Specialty background, gained either within Pricing or Capital Modelling
Exposure to tools such as R, Python and SQL will be highly beneficial

Job Responsibility

Working within the Marine & Energy division
Working with a wide range of clients on a variety of analytical initiatives
Conducting client presentations
Developing new Pricing tools
Mentoring junior team members

What we offer

Exceptional upwards mobility opportunities
Chance to partner with some of the industry’s most prominent stakeholders

Fulltime

Pricing Consultant Specialty Insurance & Reinsurance

You will work with a wide range of new and established clients on pricing and an...

Location

United Kingdom , London

Salary:

Not provided

The Emerald Group Ltd, Search and Selection

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

5+ years of pricing experience in the London Market, preferably within a company
Strong understanding of London Market underwriting dynamics and portfolio management
Experience working directly with underwriting teams and senior stakeholders
Experience with modern analytics, data science, or pricing technology is advantageous
Ability to manage multiple projects and navigate complex client environments

Job Responsibility

Translate complex actuarial and technical analysis into commercially actionable recommendations
Work closely with insurers, reinsurers, MGAs, Lloyd’s syndicates, and underwriting teams to help improve pricing sophistication, portfolio performance, and decision-making capability

Fulltime

New

Senior Exposure Analyst

This role is within the Exposure Management team dedicated to catastrophe risk m...

Location

United Kingdom , London

Salary:

Not provided

Social Value Portal Ltd

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Educated to A-Level or equivalent
Degree in a relevant discipline preferred but not essential
Actuarial background is advantageous but not required
Strong numerical ability with excellent attention to detail and accuracy
Effective verbal and written communication skills, able to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Strong time-management skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment
Problem-solving mindset with the ability to analyse issues and develop practical solutions
6+ years of experience in commercial insurance within exposure management, catastrophe risk or actuarial, ideally in cyber & specialty liability
Experience in managing individuals or a team (desirable)

Job Responsibility

Responsible for collation of cyber and liability portfolios for monthly roll-up processes and monitoring of risk appetites
Responsible for execution of catastrophe modelling across internal and external scenarios (including third-party models), overseeing Analysts
Responsible for execution of modelling and associated responses for cyber and liability regulatory reporting purposes, including the Lloyd's Realistic Disaster Scenarios (RDS)
Responsible for running internal probabilistic models, under guidance from the Capital team
Provide portfolio commentary and insights for governance committees including presenting modelling results and catastrophe risk papers to governance committees
Support the development, enhancement, and maintenance of scenarios and models, including vendor models, and internal modelling methods / frameworks
Ensure data quality, completeness, and appropriateness of inputs into models, working closely with Data and Underwriting teams
Oversee the validation and reconciliation of Delegated Authority data, ensuring appropriate representation of delegated portfolios within exposure frameworks and catastrophe models
Involved in strategic discussions on catastrophe modelling methods, including engagement with transformation projects, and overall team strategy
Keep abreast of industry good practice, market insights and regulatory expectations on catastrophe management (e.g. Lloyd's Principles)

Fulltime

MS Fabric Solution Architect

Location

India , NCR Region

Salary:

Not provided

NTT DATA

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

10+ years in data architecture, with 3+ years in Azure analytics
Deep hands on experience with Microsoft Fabric across: Data Engineering (Lakehouse, Notebooks, Pipelines), Data Factory (Dataflows Gen2, Pipelines), Data Warehouse (SQL Endpoint, Direct Lake), Real Time Analytics (KQL DB, Eventstream), Power BI (semantic models, DAX, governance), OneLake & Delta Lake
Strong understanding of Azure services: ADLS, ADF, Synapse, Databricks, Event Hub, Functions, Key Vault
Expertise in data modeling, ETL/ELT, medallion architecture, and distributed systems
Experience in insurance (preferred: P&C, specialty, or Lloyd’s market)
Familiarity with underwriting, claims, pricing, actuarial, and regulatory reporting data
Strong communication and stakeholder management
Ability to lead cross functional teams
Comfortable presenting to senior leadership and technical audiences

Job Responsibility

Define the end to end Microsoft Fabric architecture for Hiscox, covering ingestion, transformation, storage, analytics, and consumption layers
Design Lakehouse and Warehouse models optimized for insurance data (policies, claims, exposure, pricing, risk, reinsurance)
Establish data ingestion pipelines using Data Factory, Dataflows Gen2, and event based patterns
Architect semantic models and Power BI datasets for enterprise reporting and self service analytics
Ensure alignment with Hiscox’s enterprise architecture, security, and data governance frameworks
Lead technical delivery teams implementing Fabric components
Define best practices for Fabric workspace organization, medallion architecture, CI/CD, and DevOps
Guide teams on Delta Lake, OneLake, KQL, Notebooks, Pipelines, and Data Activator
Conduct design reviews, performance tuning, and optimization of Fabric workloads
Work with Hiscox business teams to translate requirements into scalable data solutions

Fulltime

Underwriter – Long-Tailed Lines (Technical Focus, London Market)

They are looking for a technically strong underwriter with exposure to long-tail...

Location

Switzerland , Zurich

Salary:

Not provided

The Emerald Group Ltd, Search and Selection

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

University degree in actuarial science, mathematics, economics or similar
3 – 5 years’ experience in reinsurance underwriting or pricing (or actuarial role with underwriting exposure)
Solid understanding of long-tailed lines (casualty/liability)
Fluent in English
Structured, detail-oriented, and intellectually curious

Job Responsibility

Technical underwriting of reinsurance contracts across long-tailed lines (e.g. casualty, liability, specialty)
Detailed review of submissions, including London Market documentation (slips, MRCs, bordereaux, claims data)
Independent assessment of pricing adequacy, structure, and loss assumptions

Fulltime

Risk Actuary

Reporting to the Director of Risk & Governance, the Risk Actuary provides indepe...

Location

United Kingdom , London

Salary:

Not provided

PoloWorks

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Strong grounding in general insurance actuarial methods, specialty lines and long-/short-tail dynamics
Experience with actuarial and risk modelling tools (Excel, R, Python, capital models, exposure systems)
Deep understanding of the Lloyd's market and Managing Agency governance
Several years' actuarial experience within a Lloyd's managing agent, specialty insurer or London Market consultancy
Experience working in or closely with a second-line risk or assurance function
Demonstrated ability to influence underwriting or strategic decisions through actuarial insight
Qualified or near-qualified actuary (IFoA or equivalent)
Commitment to ongoing professional development

Job Responsibility

Provide a second-line view on actuarial models used to assess underwriting, reserve and reinsurance risk
Deliver independent analysis of exposure accumulations, volatility drivers and diversification benefits
Support stress and scenario testing, including Lloyd's and Board-driven scenarios
Support assessment of capital adequacy under internal frameworks, Lloyd's requirements and Solvency II / Solvency UK regimes
Provide actuarial input into capital model assumptions, parameter validation and model change governance
Articulate how underwriting strategy and reinsurance structures influence capital efficiency
Translate the Agency's risk appetite into measurable actuarial metrics and tolerances
Monitor and report on utilisation, breaches, trends and emerging risks
Contribute to risk policies, limits frameworks and delegated authority oversight
Partner with Underwriting to challenge pricing adequacy, margin sustainability and strategic changes

What we offer

Discretionary annual bonus
Minimum 27 days of annual leave (with the option to buy more)
Flexible, hybrid working
Private health insurance
Life assurance
Income protection
Enhanced pension contributions
Occupational maternity and paternity pay
Company volunteering days
Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing scheme

Fulltime

Specialty Claims Adjuster

Provides technical claims handling within agreed authority levels.

Location

United Kingdom , London

Salary:

Not provided

The Emerald Group Ltd, Search and Selection

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Good LOB-specific claim knowledge
Knowledge of the respective claims environment (as applicable)
Technical knowledge – legal principles, policy wordings, (re)insurance market practice
Preference for (re)insurance qualifications in progress (e.g. ACII or equivalent)
Background in adjusting claims independently within own authority level
working knowledge of relevant (re)insurance market systems (e.g. ECF / CLASS or equivalent)
Able to communicate confidently internal and external and experienced in meetings with key stakeholders in the business such as underwriters, actuaries, in-house legal and/or the outwards reinsurance team

Job Responsibility

Prompt and accurate claims handling in full compliance with external and internal minimum standards, policies and procedure
Handle claims within authority and seek and maintain necessary approval from line manager for handling claims above authority

Fulltime

Pricing Actuary

Actuarial pricing for the Property Risks Division at Beazley

Location

United Kingdom , London

Salary:

Not provided

Social Value Portal Ltd

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Actuarial qualification
Pricing experience
with specialty (re)-insurance market knowledge desirable
Firm grasp of actuarial / statistical techniques used in pricing
Understanding of reinsurance and capital with application to pricing
University degree in Mathematics or related field
General commercial and financial knowledge
Competent user of MS Excel
VBA, Access, Python, SQL and R skills desirable
Strong analytical skills with attention to detail

Job Responsibility

Provide pricing support to the Property Risks underwriting teams at Beazley
Developing pricing tools that support the estimation of price adequacy and rate change
Performing portfolio and transactional pricing analyses
Performing segmental and trend analyses
Performance monitoring (e.g. rate change and price adequacy metrics)
Develop, maintain and review pricing models to the required standards
Contribute effectively to the production of the relevant reports required for any key committees where required
Provide training to underwriters in pricing
Understand and support the underwriting controls related to pricing and relevant regulatory principles
Understand and apply the pricing quality assurance process

What we offer

Attractive base compensation and discretionary performance related annual bonus
Private medical insurance coverage for both you and your dependents
Company paid life assurance and long term disability insurance
Pension with 10% employer contribution, plus a further matched contribution up to 2.5%
25 days of annual leave (prorated for 1st calendar year of employment), plus public holidays, with the ability to flex the religious bank holidays to suit your religious beliefs, subject to approval. Additional annual leave purchase is also available up to a maximum of five additional days per year
Up to 2.5 days matched paid leave for volunteering at a charity of your choice and 5 days paid leave to provide or arrange care for a dependent with a long term care need annually
Up to £550 reimbursement towards home office setup
Free in-office lunch and monthly lifestyle allowance
Monthly travel allowance or annual season ticket
The opportunity to save for, and purchase, shares of Beazley stock

Fulltime

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