Divisional Pricing Actuary: Lead Pricing & Strategy

Starr Insurance; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development

Inclusive environment

Job summary

Starr Insurance is seeking a qualified actuary to lead pricing across commercial lines, delivering case and portfolio pricing with strong governance. You will calibrate models, review underwriting adjustments, and collaborate with Finance, Reserving, Risk and Capital to provide a robust pricing perspective for the division.

The role emphasizes independent actuarial judgment, engagement with underwriting teams, and contribution to planning and regulatory responses, including AFR processes.

Qualifications

• Qualified UK actuary or equivalent with pricing skills in general insurance.
• Experience in London Market or specialty lines pricing.
• Ability to maintain independent analytical views in a commercial setting.
• Experience delivering case pricing, calibration, MI development, portfolio analysis.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver technical pricing across assigned classes of business.
• Maintain objective pricing views aligned with business needs without bias.
• Calibrate pricing models to reduce adjustments and noise.
• Review underwriting adjustments to outputs and escalate material concerns.
• Ensure pricing governance and model release controls are followed.
• Provide model development specifications to technical teams and deliver training to underwriters.

Skills

Pricing analytics

Stakeholder management

Model governance

Calibration

Back-testing

Education

UK actuarial qualification

Tools

hx Renew

Python

R

Job description

Starr Insurance is seeking a qualified actuary to lead pricing across commercial lines, delivering case and portfolio pricing with strong governance. You will calibrate models, review underwriting adjustments, and collaborate with Finance, Reserving, Risk and Capital to provide a robust pricing perspective for the division.

The role emphasizes independent actuarial judgment, engagement with underwriting teams, and contribution to planning and regulatory responses, including AFR processes.