Pricing Actuary, Wholesale Casualty and Portfolio Solutions

Sompo; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness Benefits

Retirement & Savings Plans

Parental Leave & Adoption Support

Employee Assistance Program

Tuition Reimbursement & Professional资格

Job summary

Sompo is seeking a Pricing Actuary for our London Market pricing team. The role focuses on data-driven analysis, governance, and collaboration with underwriters to price a range of Casualty, Property and Finpro classes.

You will lead pricing for assigned lines, develop models, and provide insights to support business planning and portfolio decisions. This is a dynamic, collaborative role based in our London office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
• Qualified or progressing towards actuarial qualification with the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries or similar.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in commercial insurance pricing, with demonstrated pricing leadership.

Responsibilities

• Assist in data collection, analysis and validation for actuarial modelling and calculations, guiding junior team members.
• Lead development of tools for monitoring and reporting rate change and rate adequacy.
• Serve as lead pricing contact for assigned lines, managing day-to-day underwriting relationships.
• Lead individual account pricing and review delegated business within governance frameworks.
• Develop pricing models for new business areas and update models through reparameterisation.
• Apply pricing techniques to portfolio analyses and prepare management presentations with insights.
• Lead business planning for allocated classes and articulate underlying rationale.
• Identify growth opportunities by collaborating with underwriting and analysing portfolio vs market.
• Complete risk audits to ensure accurate modelling by underwriters and address deficiencies.
• Research industry developments that could impact Sompo and perform ad hoc duties as required.

Skills

Pricing experience

Data analysis

Excel

SQL

Python

Communication

Actuarial modelling

Education

Actuarial Science degree

Tools

Excel

SQL

R

Python

Job description

Are you looking for your next opportunity? Sompo has an opportunity for a Pricing Actuary in our UK Insurance Pricing to support our London Market business. The role is within the Wholesale Casualty and Portfolio Solutions pricing team. You will have the opportunity to gain hands‑on experience and contribute to real projects and initiatives within our company. The role offers a unique opportunity to gain exposure to a range of products through the Portfolio Solutions accounts including Casualty, Property and Finpro classes.

Our UK Insurance pricing team works closely with our Underwriting colleagues to provide robust data driven portfolio and pricing insights, across a variety of product areas. You will be joining an established team of Analysts and qualified Actuaries working collaboratively to best support our core business.

Location: This position will be based out of our London office. We strive for collaboration which is why we offer a work environment where our employees thrive and develop long lasting careers.

Our Business, Your Impact, Our Opportunity

What you’ll be doing:

• Assist in data collection, analysis and validation for actuarial modelling and calculations. Providing support and guidance to the more junior members of the team.
• Lead the development of tools for the monitoring and reporting of rate change and rate adequacy.
• Become the lead pricing contact for your assigned lines of business, managing the day to day relationships with the underwriting team.
• Lead the individual account pricing providing actuarial analysis on complex open market cases and review of delegated business. Adhering to established governance framework in place.
• Support in developing pricing models for new areas of business written by the Underwriting team and update the pricing models through reparameterisation exercises and structural modifications where necessary.
• Apply actuarial pricing techniques to individual account analysis and portfolio analyses and prepare presentations and quantitative exhibits for management and underwriters that convey insight and key outcomes.
• Lead the business planning process for you allocated classes, working with the lead Pricing Actuary for the class of business and the underwriters to articulate business plans and the rationale that underpins them.
• Assist in identifying and assessing strategic growth opportunities by working alongside the underwriting team to better understand the current portfolio against the market portfolio.
• Completion of risk audits to ensure the pricing models are being completed appropriately by the underwriters and that the modelled results are reasonable, taking action to resolve any deficiencies.
• Research into industry developments and trends that could impact Sompo.
• Other ad hoc duties as required.

What You’ll Bring

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
• Qualified or making good progress towards qualification with the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries or similar actuarial body.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in the commercial insurance industry (preferably within a pricing role) with the ability to learn quickly and think critically and commercially.
• Experience leading case pricing work, including communication of findings to the underwriting teams.
• Capability of working closely with other members of the team and collaborating with other functions to support day to day pricing activity and deliverables.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written), including ability to express findings in non-actuarial language.
• Effective time management, ability to organise own workload and manage expectations to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills in Excel, SQL or other relevant tools and strong IT skills in areas such as R and Python are an advantage.
• Dynamic/flexible demeanour with strong client service skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively interact with colleagues at all levels.

At Sompo, we recognize that the talent, skills, and commitment of our employees drive our success. This is why we offer competitive, high-quality compensation and benefit programs to eligible employees.

Our compensation program is built on a foundation that promotes a pay-for-performance culture, resulting in higher incentive awards, on average, when the Company does well and lower incentive awards when the Company underperforms. The total compensation opportunity for all regular, full-time employees is a combination of base salary and incentives that gets adjusted upfront based on overall Company performance with final awards based on individual performance.

We continuously evaluate and update our benefit programs to ensure that our plans remain competitive and meet the needs of our employees and their dependents.

Below is a summary of some of the benefits we offer, which may vary depending on the country:

• Health & Wellness Benefits
• Retirement & Savings Plans
• Global Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Qualification benefits

Who We Are And What We Stand For

At Sompo, our shared purpose is to create meaningful value for clients, communities, and each other. We strive to foster a workplace where everyone feels respected, included, and empowered to excel. As a global organization, we embrace diversity and champion equal opportunity. Guided by our core values—Accountability, Agility, Collaboration, Development, and Integrity—we build trust and support one another to achieve our goals worldwide.

Life at Sompo | Sompo

Our values come to life in how we hire and grow talent. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and organizational need, and we strive to ensure equitable access to opportunities so everyone can do their best work.