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Actuarial Analyst – Reserving
About the organisation
A leading global specialty insurance organisation is seeking an Actuarial Analyst – Reserving to join its actuarial team.
The organisation operates in a specialist and dynamic insurance market and is focused on delivering high-quality products and services through strong technical expertise, collaboration and innovation.
This is an excellent opportunity for an actuarial professional to gain broad exposure to reserving, reporting, modelling and stakeholder management within a specialist insurance environment.
The Role
The Actuarial Analyst – Reserving will support the reserving function by delivering accurate and timely reserve analyses and models, helping to maintain robust reserving processes and providing trusted actuarial insight to stakeholders across the organisation.
The successful candidate will work closely with colleagues across actuarial, claims, finance and the wider business, contributing to both regular reserving activities and broader actuarial projects.
Key responsibilities
- Support the Best Estimate and syndicate reserving processes, producing, reconciling and analysing results across both gross and reinsurance bases.
- Prepare and present reserving results and supporting analysis for quarterly reserving meetings and relevant governance committees.
- Produce and review the allocation of reserving outputs to support a range of internal and regulatory reporting requirements, including within time-sensitive reporting cycles.
- Respond to requests and queries from stakeholders across the business, providing clear and technically sound actuarial support.
- Monitor claims experience through actual versus expected analysis, identifying trends and documenting findings for review.
- Maintain and enhance actuarial reserving models, including the annual review and update of reserving parameters across gross and reinsurance bases.
- Support the development of models for new lines of business and the implementation of new reserving methodologies and techniques.
- Assist with wider reserving activities, including the annual reserve report, benchmarking exercises and detailed reserving investigations.
- Contribute to other actuarial reporting and reserving projects as required.
- Support the organisation's commitment to good customer outcomes and strong conduct standards across the business.
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About the candidate
The organisation is looking for someone with a strong mathematical or actuarial background who is keen to develop their technical expertise within insurance reserving. Ideally, the successful candidate will have:
- A degree or academic background in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Statistics or a related quantitative discipline.
- At least 2 years' relevant experience, ideally within an actuarial reserving environment.
- Strong mathematical and statistical capabilities, with the ability to analyse complex information and communicate findings clearly.
- An interest in developing their knowledge of reserving, actuarial reporting and wider insurance market developments.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to produce accurate work within sometimes demanding deadlines.
- Good communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to work collaboratively across different areas of the business.
- A proactive approach to learning, problem-solving and developing both technical and professional skills.
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Candidates who meet most, but not necessarily all, of the criteria are encouraged to apply. The organisation recognises that skills and experience can be developed and is interested in hearing from people who are motivated to grow within the role.
Why apply?
This role offers the opportunity to:
- Build and deepen insurance reserving expertise.
- Work within a specialist and technically focused actuarial team.
- Gain exposure to senior stakeholders and actuarial governance.
- Develop experience across reserving, modelling, reporting and claims analysis.
- Contribute to projects involving new business classes and evolving actuarial methodologies.
- Develop both technical and broader professional skills within a supportive environment.
If you're an actuarial professional looking for your next opportunity in reserving and want to develop your career within a specialist insurance environment, this could be an excellent next step.
Please note: This role cannot offer sponsorship.
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