Data Insights Lead

Axis Capital; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Health and wellness programs

Retirement plans

Tuition reimbursement

Paid vacation

Job summary

Axis Capital is seeking a Reserving Analytics lead in London or New York to turn complex data into clear insights for reserving decisions. You will work with Reserving, Finance, Actuarial, Claims, Underwriting, and Data & Analytics to deliver dashboards, datasets, and self-service tools that illuminate loss development, claims trends, exposure changes, and earlier indicators.

The role emphasizes building practical analytics with governance, exploring AI-enabled approaches, and communicating

Qualifications

• Experience in data, analytics, actuarial, finance, or related insurance/reinsurance role.
• Ability to design and deliver dashboards and self-service tools for business users.
• Strong understanding of insurance/reinsurance data domains.
• Experience leading through influence with technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with Reserving team and stakeholders to understand needs.
• Define the reserving analytics roadmap with clear business value.
• Design and deliver dashboards and datasets for loss development and claims trends.
• Replace static reports with interactive insight tools.
• Explain and monitor reserve signals and diagnostics.
• Collaborate with actuarial, data science, and AI teams to explore analytics.
• Promote responsible use of AI with governance.
• Create intuitive visualizations showing reserving movements and uncertainty.
• Improve how insights are communicated for management discussions.
• Define standards for reserving metrics and data definitions.
• Collaborate across architecture, governance, finance to align data.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes and build reusable capabilities.
• Take on additional responsibilities aligned with role.

Skills

Data analytics

Insurer domain

Dashboard design

Power BI

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

AI awareness

Cross-functional

Data governance

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Salary: £57,000 - 97,000 per year

Requirements:

• Experience in data, analytics, actuarial, finance, or a related insurance or reinsurance role.
• Experience helping to design, improve, or deliver data and analytics solutions for business users.
• A deep understanding of insurance or reinsurance data, including how claims, policy, exposure, premium, underwriting, finance, and actuarial information can be used to support analysis.
• The ability to lead through influence, work with technical teams, and bring people together around a shared outcome.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to make complex data and analysis clear, practical, and actionable.
• Experience creating dashboards, datasets, visualizations, or self-service tools that help business users understand performance, trends, and drivers.
• Curiosity about AI and emerging technologies, and an interest in applying them to real business problems in a practical and responsible way.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Power BI, or similar platforms.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Experience working with reserving, actuarial, finance, claims, underwriting, or performance reporting teams.
• Some knowledge of reserving processes, actuarial triangles, loss development, claims trends, or financial close reporting.
• Hands-on experience with Power BI and other visualization platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Build strong relationships with the Reserving team and the wider teams that use reserving information, taking time to understand their processes, challenges, priorities, and decision-making needs.
• Help define the reserving analytics roadmap, making sure the work we prioritise delivers clear value for the Reserving team and the business.
• Design and deliver dashboards, datasets, and self-service tools that give the Reserving team clearer views of loss development, claims experience, exposure changes, prior-year development, and other important indicators.
• Replace static, manual reporting with more interactive insight solutions that help users explore trends, compare results, test assumptions, and identify areas for deeper review.
• Help identify, explain and monitor reserve signals, including AvE, PYD, claims emergence, large loss activity, exposure/mix changes and reserve diagnostics.
• Work with actuarial, data science, and AI colleagues to explore where modern analytics can support reserving analysis, scenario exploration, anomaly detection, and clearer explanation of key drivers.
• Promote practical and responsible use of AI and analytics, with a focus on improving speed, transparency, and confidence while maintaining strong governance and actuarial judgement.
• Create clear, intuitive visualizations that help colleagues understand reserving movements, emerging trends, portfolio changes, and areas of uncertainty.
• Help improve how reserving insights are communicated so they are concise, consistent, and useful for actuarial, finance, management, and business discussions.
• Help define clear standards for reserving metrics, data definitions, reporting, reconciliation, and interpretation of key indicators.Support high-quality, governed outputs that align with enterprise data standards, actuarial controls, and financial reporting needs.
• Collaborate with architecture, engineering, governance, finance, actuarial, claims, and underwriting colleagues so reserving needs are considered from the data foundation through to the final insight experience.
• Look for opportunities to simplify processes, reduce manual data wrangling, and build reusable insight capabilities that teams can rely on over time.
• Take on additional responsibilities aligned with the nature and scope of the role.

Technologies:

• AI
• Support
• Power BI
• Network

More:

We are AXIS Capital, a trusted global provider of specialty lines insurance and reinsurance, known for outstanding client service, intelligent risk taking, and superior risk-adjusted returns for our shareholders. We maintain an entrepreneurial, disciplined, and ethical corporate culture, and we believe we are only as strong as our people. We foster an inclusive and welcoming environment where employees of all backgrounds can feel comfortable and empowered to be themselves. This role helps shape reserving analytics at AXIS by turning complex data into clear, trusted insight for better decision-making. You will work closely with colleagues across Reserving, Finance, Actuarial, Claims, Underwriting, and Data & Analytics, and collaborate with technical teams to build dashboards, datasets, self-service tools, and repeatable insight products. The role is based in New York, NY or London - Scalpel, with an expectation to attend the local office at least three days per week. The position is full time and includes a competitive salary range of $150,000 to $200,000 for New York, target incentive compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package including medical plans, health and wellness programs, retirement plans, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, and more.

last updated 36 week of 2026