Head of Pricing & Performance Insight – Commercial Underwriting

TN United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Head of Pricing & Performance Insight to lead a dynamic team in shaping pricing strategies. This pivotal role involves leveraging data-driven insights to enhance underwriting performance and profitability. You will design pricing models, develop performance management frameworks, and collaborate with data engineering teams to optimize data usage. If you are a confident communicator with a strong analytical background and a passion for driving commercial growth, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Flexible Working Hours

Remote Work Options

Professional Development Opportunities

Health Insurance

Employee Discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience in commercial insurance pricing or performance insight.
• Strong academic background in numerate disciplines such as Mathematics or Statistics.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain pricing models for rate reviews and forecasting.
• Lead the development of performance management frameworks.
• Build tools and dashboards for actionable insights.

Skills

Commercial Insurance Pricing

Performance Insight

Data Analysis

GLMs

Elasticity Modelling

Leadership

Education

Mathematics

Statistics

Actuarial Science

Tools

Data Management Tools

Forecasting Tools

Job description

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Head of Pricing & Performance Insight – Commercial Underwriting, London

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Finance

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: bc40a5df6022

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Posted: 29.04.2025

Expiry Date: 13.06.2025

Job Description:

Location: UK-based (remote/hybrid). Occasional travel to London or Huntingdon required for team meetings.

About the Role
We’re looking for a dynamic, data-driven leader to shape the future of pricing and performance insight at Jensten Underwriting. Reporting directly to the Director of Underwriting, you will play a pivotal role in driving data-led decision-making across our underwriting strategy. Leading a team of pricing analysts, you’ll develop and implement models, tools, and insights that enable us to balance sustainable profitability with commercial growth.

This is a high-impact leadership role where your analytical expertise, commercial thinking, and collaboration skills will help us sharpen pricing decisions, improve underwriting performance, and ultimately drive smarter trading outcomes.

What You’ll Be Doing and Key Responsibilities:

• Design and maintain pricing models to support rate reviews, pricing elasticity analysis, and loss ratio forecasting.
• Lead the development of performance management frameworks to monitor rate changes, product mix, and market movements.
• Build a suite of tools and dashboards that provide proactive, actionable insight to underwriting leaders.
• Partner with data engineering teams to structure data sources for effective use in modelling, forecasting, and insight generation.
• Drive collaboration with external actuarial providers to maximise value from their insight and recommendations.
• Produce regular management information and forecasting to support strategic decision-making.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a small team of pricing analysts, fostering a culture of analytical excellence and innovation.
• Embed pricing best practices within product development and underwriting processes.

What We’re Looking For:

• Strong track record in commercial insurance pricing or performance insight, within an MGA or underwriting environments.
• Deep technical experience with pricing methodologies (GLMs, elasticity modelling, etc.) and relevant tools.
• Confident communicator who can simplify complex data into clear recommendations for underwriting and senior leadership teams.
• Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing analysts.
• Comfortable working across a mix of strategic and hands-on delivery.
• Commercially savvy with a strong grasp of underwriting profitability levers and market dynamics.
• Strong academic background in a numerate discipline such as Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, or similar.

About Us:

Launched in 2018, Jensten is one of the UK's largest independent broking groups. Growing organically and through strategic acquisition, we now place over £700m GWP into the market via our retail insurance broking, Lloyd's and London Market broking, and specialist underwriting arms.

We have the scale, ambition, and expertise to stand out, but the people, culture, and entrepreneurial DNA to maintain our client focus. We are not just one of the leading independent broking groups; we are one of the most exciting too.

Join us to be part of a team committed to delivering insurance distribution excellence, listening to our people, and acting on their feedback. Our EVP work is key to maintaining and enhancing our culture and benefits, making Jensten Group a fantastic place to work, learn, and grow.