Actuarial Analyst

Lane Clark & Peacock; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Lane Clark & Peacock in London is seeking an Actuarial Analyst to join our Insurance Analytics team. You will help test and sign-off new features for InsurSight, design user workflows, and contribute to AI-driven testing within a dynamic analytics product environment.

This role offers hybrid working from London, engagement with developers, data scientists, and product leaders, and the opportunity to shape insurance analytics software for non-life clients.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years' experience in actuarial work in non-life insurance.
• Good progress with the IFOA exams.
• Strong understanding of general insurance reserving concepts.
• Analytical, curious and detail-oriented mindset.
• Interest in learning about software development and testing.
• Ability to translate actuarial concepts into practical feedback for actuarial and non-actuarial audiences alike.

Responsibilities

• Support the actuarial testing, review and sign-off of new features and enhancements.
• Design real-world user workflows and work with QA engineers and wider IC team to test.
• Help develop test frameworks and reusable actuarial test cases, including AI-assisted testing.
• Support customers via our channels, investigating actuarial queries and InsurSight issues.
• Collaborate with QA to develop actuarial understanding and run tests effectively.
• Log and communicate issues to developers via Azure DevOps Boards.

Skills

Actuarial experience, non-life

IFOA exams

Insurance reserving

Analytical mindset

Software testing interest

Agile collaboration

Cross-functional collaboration

Proactive attitude

Technology enthusiasm

Tools

Azure DevOps Boards

Job description

Actuarial Analyst Business area Insurance Consulting Location London Job ID 329238

Location - London with hybrid working available At LCP we love what we do, and it shows. We help our clients make good decisions based on insightful analysis, industry expertise, and game-changing technology. Working across a wide range of sectors, including pensions and benefits, investments, insurance, energy, health, sports, and data analytics, we help our clients navigate complexity in order to take the action that matters. LCP InsurSight is trusted to assess over 200bn of non-life insurance business. We are expanding our team to serve a growing client base and to deliver on an exciting product roadmap. As an Actuarial analyst in our Insurance Analytics team, you'll sit at the intersection of actuarial practice, product design, and software development. In this role, your primary focus will be on driving forward our flagship SaaS platform, LCP InsurSight. You'll use your general : Test and design new features from proof of concept to implementation in the platform This is a unique opportunity for a student actuary to apply their actuarial training in a hands‑on software product role, build new skills in technology and agile delivery, and see your work impact hundreds of billions of pounds of insurance business. Strong communication skills and the ability to take ownership of your own workstream are must‑have skills for this role, as is recent work experience in a reserving team, as you will be working directly with a diverse range of individuals across and outside the business. We are looking forward for detail‑oriented individuals with drive and ambition, who want to use their actuarial knowledge to directly shape the future of a market‑leading product.

Our team currently consists of:

• 5 C# developers (including one lead developer)


• 3 Python developers


• 1 Actuarial data scientist


• 2 Front end developers


• 1 DevOps and site reliability engineer


• 3 QA engineers


• 1 Delivery manager


• 1 Product manager

What will you be doing?

• Support the actuarial testing, review and sign-off of new features and enhancements.


• Using your actuarial knowledge to design real-world user workflows and working with the QA engineers and wider IC team to carry out the testing


• Help develop test frameworks and reusable actuarial test cases to help us deliver new features more efficiently, specifically using AI to increase the speed and accuracy of testing


• Support customers via our support channels, investigating actuarial queries and helping resolve issues with InsurSight


• Collaborate with QA engineers to help them develop their actuarial understanding and carry out tests effectively


• Log and communicate issues clearly to developers via Azure DevOps Boards.


• Apply Participate in feature design discussions with clients, product managers, and developers


• Act as the \"voice of the actuary\" within delivery teams


• Collaborate with actuaries in the wider insurance consulting team to support consulting and transformation projects using InsurSight

What skills, qualities and experience are we looking for?

• At least 2 years' experience in actuarial work in non-life insurance


• Good progress with the IFOA exams


• Strong understanding of general insurance reserving concepts and processes


• Analytical, curious and detail‑oriented mindset


• Interest in learning about software development and testing


• Ability to translate actuarial concepts into practical feedback for actuarial and non-actuarial audiences alike


• Demonstrable experience of working with various team types, with experience of working with software developers and agile processes a benefit


• Proactive with colleagues and clients, driving work forward and contributing new ideas


• Interest in technology and innovation in insurance

What We Offer

• A rare opportunity to apply actuarial knowledge in a fast-growing analytics product setting


• A varied role spanning product design, actuarial testing, customer support and interaction with users


• Opportunity to broaden your skillset beyond that of a traditional actuary through close collaboration with developers, data scientists, and product leaders, particularly in the emerging field of AI


• Excellent support


• Potential career pathways


• Product management / leadership - Gain direct experience shaping features, prioritising work effectively, working with clients, and collaborating with developers. Ideal preparation for moving into product ownership or product management roles longer term.


• Actuarial testing & product support - Build hands‑on experience in actuarial testing and customer support while applying actuarial skills, giving you a clear route into specialist actuarial or product roles in SaaS and analytics.

What's in it for you?

Take a look at our and Career stories pages to see why our people love being here! As well as joining a certified B-Corp, multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best