Oliver James
Senior Structuring and Pricing Actuary
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Summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Structuring & Pricing Actuary to join a growing international Life Financial Solutions team. The role will focus on developing, structuring and pricing life reinsurance solutions across the Europe, Middle East, and Latin America regions.
This is an opportunity to work across a wide variety of products and innovative reinsurance solutions, contributing to the development of the Life Financial Solutions team and the wider Life & Health proposition.
About the job
As a Senior Structuring & Pricing Actuary, you will be responsible for developing and pricing financial solutions and supporting the growth of the business across the region.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Developing, structuring, and marketing appropriate reinsurance solutions, considering accounting, regulatory, and economic risk-transfer aspects.
- Developing pricing tools to analyse the risk and profitability of life reinsurance solutions.
- Undertaking high-level experience analysis to support the assessment of underlying risk.
- Contributing to deal execution, including responding to RFPs, negotiating terms with clients and brokers, and preparing internal approval memoranda.
- Supporting business development activity, including prospecting and client visits, and promoting solutions tailored to specific client objectives.
- Preparing and delivering internal and external presentations on life reinsurance topics as required.
- Contributing to the development of the wider Life Financial Solutions team and enhancement of Life & Health propositions.
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The role can be based in London, Paris, Dublin, or Zurich and will involve working within an international and multicultural environment.
About you
We are looking for a qualified Life Actuary with a strong actuarial background and relevant financial services experience.
You will ideally have:
- At least 8 years' relevant financial services industry experience.
- Experience in actuarial pricing within life insurance and/or reinsurance.
- Experience in pricing and structuring bespoke reinsurance agreements would be advantageous.
- Strong knowledge of Solvency II, including awareness of issues faced by insurers.
- Familiarity with accounting standards such as IFRS 17 and US GAAP.
- Experience developing or working with pricing tools and models.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- The ability to apply technical actuarial expertise alongside commercial considerations.
- Experience working in a client-facing capacity.
- Fluent English; additional European languages would be desirable.
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The role would suit someone who enjoys working across diverse tasks, collaborating with colleagues while also working independently, and operating in a dynamic environment.
How to apply
If you are a qualified Life Actuary with relevant experience in life reinsurance pricing, structuring, or financial solutions, please get in touch to discuss the opportunity in more detail.
Please submit your CV for consideration and we will be in touch regarding the next steps.
Desired Skills and Experience
- LinkedIn Skills & Experience
- Qualified Life Actuary
- 8+ years' life insurance/reinsurance experience
- Life & Health reinsurance pricing
- Reinsurance structuring
- Financial Solutions
- Bespoke reinsurance transactions
- Solvency II
- IFRS 17
- US GAAP
- Pricing model development
- Experience analysis
- Risk transfer
- Transaction execution
- RFP / tender experience
- Client and broker-facing experience
- International / European markets
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