Swiss Re
Head Mortality Pricing and Portfolio Management - L&H UK & Ireland (Hybrid, 80-100% FTE)
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Head Mortality Pricing and Portfolio Management - L&H UK & Ireland (Hybrid, 80-100% FTE)
Role: Senior Actuary (Life & Health UK & Ireland Mortality Portfolio Owner)
About the Role
In this high-impact, client-facing role, you will play a leading role in shaping reinsurance solutions across the UK & Ireland protection market. Leveraging your technical actuarial and modelling expertise, you’ll contribute to new business pricing, portfolio monitoring, and strategical initiatives, collaborating closely with clients, senior colleagues, and Swiss Re’s global network.
Key commercial exposure opportunities:
- Influence pricing decisions, portfolio performance, and market strategy through direct engagement
- Represent Swiss Re externally via client interactions, enhancing market presence
- Lead a line management team with three direct reports
Main Activities
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Client Relations & Partnerships
- Build and maintain long-term relationships with clients’ pricing and reinsurance teams
- Act as a trusted advisor on new business and portfolio monitoring topics
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Pricing & Trade Development
- Lead development of Terms of Trade (ToTs) for UK & Ireland Life & Health protection products
- Focus areas: individual/group mortality risk
- Ensure pricing assumptions are robust, evidence-based, and aligned with market experience
- Own traditional reinsurance tender pricing for new and existing products, including:
- Ownership of recommendations and sign-off within organisational authority
- Collaborate with clients on pricing and product optimisation, delivering commercial insights and solutions
- Lead development of Terms of Trade (ToTs) for UK & Ireland Life & Health protection products
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Portfolio & Performance Management
- Shared responsibility for UK&I in-force portfolios, including:
- Rate reviews, recaptures, benefit changes, and broader portfolio optimisation
- Monitor mortality portfolio performance, providing transparent reporting to senior stakeholders
- Highlight key risks and opportunities for strategic decision-making
- Shared responsibility for UK&I in-force portfolios, including:
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- Market Representation & Team Leadership
- Represent Market Unit as local mortality portfolio owner in Swiss Re’s global forums
- Contribute to cross-border pricing, portfolio, and market strategy
- Lead and develop a small team, ensuring high-quality delivery and fostering a performance-driven culture
About The Team
Life & Health Pricing Team
Our London-based team delivers reinsurance pricing across:
- Life & Health products for the UK & Ireland insurance markets
- In-force portfolio management & performance monitoring
Team Culture
- Diverse, driven, and collaborative: Small but impactful team tackling complex challenges
- Core values: Curiosity, supportiveness, and continuous learning
- Employees thrive through high standards and collective problem-solving
About You: Requirements & Fit
Qualifications & Experience
- Full professional actuarial qualification (e.g., FIA/FFA/FSA or equivalent)
- 3+ years post-qualification in an insurance-related role
- Specialised experience in:
- UK & Ireland Life & Health (re)insurance markets or analogous industries
- Mortality risk pricing (preferred), with additional experience in other lines advantageous
- Mortality modelling and improvement frameworks
Technical Skills
- Expertise in mortality risk quantification, statistical modelling, and actuarial analysis
- Strong familiarity with:
- Mortality improvement patterns, drivers, and frameworks
- Relevant statistical and actuarial techniques
- Modern analytics tools/platforms, including:
- Python, R
- Power BI (with DAX/PowerPivot), Excel
Soft Skills & Attributes
- Outstanding communication and influencing skills
- Proven client-facing experience and impact
- Ability to excel under pressure, delivering quality work under tight deadlines
- Demonstrated sound judgement, strong decision-making, and commercial astuteness
- Appetite for client interaction alongside technical problem-solving
- Highly motivated and capable of cross-functional collaboration
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Compensation & Work Model
Salary Range
- Base Salary: £92,000 – £138,000 p.a. (FTE equivalent)
- Full-time role with salary determined by:
- Role profile (scope, complexity, responsibilities)
- Candidate’s profile: qualifications, expertise, specialisation, experience
Performance Compensation
- Variable component tied to achieved results and performance
Additional Benefits
- Global location benefits and hybrid working flexibility
- Swiss Re offers travel perks, pension schemes, skills development, and well-being support
Flexible Working Terms
- Hybrid model preferred: Minimum three office days per week
About Swiss Re
Swiss Re is a global leader in reinsurance, insurance, and risk transfer, dedicated to enhancing world resilience.Our ecosystem covers:
- Property & Casualty
- Life & Health (considered in this role) Global workforce: +15,000 professionals in 120+ countries
Key Values
- Inclusivity: Equal access
- Commitment to diversity in age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, culture, and skillset
- Sustainability: Integration of ESG, climate, and societal risks into solutions
- Flexibility & Growth: Encouraging employees to grow in a collaborative environment
Career Progression
- Professionals returning to work are actively considered for roles
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