Chaucer Group
Pricing Actuary - Portfolio Solutions
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About us
Chaucer is a leading insurance group at Lloyd's, the world's specialist insurance market. We help protect industries around the world from the risks they face. Our customers include major airlines, energy companies, shipping groups, global manufacturers and property groups.
Headquartered in London, with international hubs in Copenhagen, Dubai, Miami, Dublin, Singapore, Sydney and Bermuda, to be closer to our clients across the world. To learn more about us please visit our website www.chaucergroup.com
Job summary
The Pricing Actuary will be responsible for Actuarial pricing for Chaucer's growing Partnership and Innovation portfolio across London and international offices. Chaucer's Partnership team is a well-resourced and high profile business within the Group, writing a combination of bespoke partnership deals and large market facilities alongside new and innovative products to the insurance market, giving the Pricing Actuary a wide scope to develop and add value.
The role will be strongly underwriter and client-facing, incorporating support for broker negotiations, individual case pricing support, developing portfolio analytics capabilities, supporting strategic projects and developing new pricing capabilities. The Pricing Actuary will also provide pricing support for other classes and Group-wide projects as required.
The successful applicant will have strong technical pricing skills and strong project management and communication skills in order to provide effective broker and client support, and deliver across multiple workstreams and secure buy-in for new initiatives. We are looking for someone who enjoys solving problems and developing new ideas.
The Pricing Actuary will be located within the Actuarial pricing team in London and work directly with the underwriting teams and other pricing actuaries under the guidance of the Head of Pricing / Insurance Pricing Manager / Reinsurance Pricing Manager.
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Main duties
Develop, support and provide oversight across pricing activities, working collaboratively with the Head of Pricing / Insurance Pricing Manager / Reinsurance Pricing Manager and other Pricing Actuaries. To include:
- Account pricing and underwriter support for broker negotiations
- Ongoing portfolio monitoring for accounts and overall portfolio
- Pricing model and other tool development, in line with Actuarial pricing frameworks and technological solutions
- Pricing analytics and MI development and making use of available data to support risk selection and portfolio optimisation more generally and advance Chaucer's broader work in portfolio led decision making and insight
- Support for deep dives, model usage reviews, portfolio monitoring / steering
- Ensure alignment of pricing with evolving exposure management practices and 'Own View of Risk' frameworks. Provide input into the development of modelling approaches where appropriate
- Development of a deep understanding of the Partnership accounts, trends and underwriting team strategies
- Contribute ideas to wider delegated underwriting authority and trading strategies
- Keep abreast of industry initiatives, provide thought leadership, develop new pricing/visualisation techniques and best practice where opportunities arise
- Work collaboratively with underwriters, the pricing team and underwriting management
- Present and share knowledge with the wider Actuarial team on pricing approaches
- Provide assistance with other pricing team activities as required
- Project management of more junior team members & actuarial contributions to cross functional projects
Our requirements
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Essential
- London Market pricing experience
Desirable
- Experience of pricing bespoke deals and/or large facilities
- Experience of producing insights from portfolio data
Technical skills
- Advanced IT skills, including comprehensive knowledge of Excel
- VBA, Python, SQL would be desirable
Education & Experience
Essential
- FIA Qualified Actuary
- 2.1 or 1st degree in Mathematics or Mathematics-related subject (e.g. Physics, Engineering, Statistics)
- 3 or more strong 'A' levels, including Maths
Personal Skills
- Stakeholder and project management skills.
- Interpersonal, verbal and written skills
- Intellectually curious and results-oriented with a strong sense of responsibility
- Self-motivated, hard-working and committed
- Able to collaborate, work as a team and communicate with staff at all levels
Other responsibilities
Some travel in support of Underwriter/Client meetings and travel to Chaucer underwriting offices may be required.
Why Join Chaucer?
Chaucer is a leading global insurer operating in both Lloyd's and company markets, helping industries worldwide manage risk-from nuclear, shipping, manufacturing, and property. Headquartered in London, with offices in Copenhagen, Bermuda, Sydney, Ireland, Miami, Dubai, and Singapore, we're close to our clients wherever they are.
We have shown strong financial success with our Gross Written Premiums growing from $1.4bn in 2019 to $3.5bn in 2024. Backed by strong teams, platforms, and client relationships, Chaucer is poised for continued success.
We offer:
- A flexible hybrid work model that supports individual and team needs.
- A diverse, inclusive culture that values people for who they are.
- Extensive, non-contributory benefits, including medical, life, and pension cover, flexible holidays, and wellbeing support.
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