Senior Actuarial Analyst

Markel International; Tottenham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Strong benefits package

Pension scheme

Private medical cover

Dental cover

Life assurance

Travel insurance

Income protection

Season ticket loan

Job summary

Markel International is seeking a Senior Actuarial Analyst to broaden actuarial expertise and influence business decisions across the UK portfolio. You will deliver actuarial insight for reserving, pricing, and portfolio management while collaborating with senior stakeholders in a high-visibility role.

You will join a team that supports Markel's International organization across multiple locations, with flexibility between remote and office settings.

Qualifications

• Strong experience supporting pricing and reserving activities.
• Ability to engage senior stakeholders and build strong relationships with Finance, Underwriting, and Capital.
• Proficient in a range of actuarial methods across reserving and pricing.
• Experience presenting analyses to senior management and influencing business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Provide actuarial insight to the product team for the Specialty and UK underwriting division.
• Maintain strong relations with UK underwriting teams, focusing on pricing and reserving activities.
• Own core processes to produce deliverables for external purposes.
• Support the wider Markel International Actuarial team.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Pricing and reserving

Actuarial analysis

Communication with senior mgmt

Team collaboration

Job description

Looking for an opportunity to broaden your actuarial expertise and influence business decisions?

We're seeking a Senior Actuarial Analyst to support our UK portfolio, delivering actuarial insight across reserving, pricing, and portfolio management while working closely with senior stakeholders in a highly visible role.

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special!

The opportunity:

You will join a team of 33 actuarial professionals providing support to Markel's International organisation across multiple geographical locations. While the team is primarily based in London, it operates flexibly across remote and office locations and works closely with colleagues across the business, including teams in the US and other global offices. We travel as required, particularly for office visits and conferences (both internally and externally).

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide strong technical and operational support to the product team supporting the Specialty and UK underwriting division.
• Maintain strong relations with the underwriting teams within the UK division, with key responsibilities in pricing and reserving activities. This will include large account pricing, pricing tool validation and reserving, as well as planning and capital model parameterisation.
• Own various core processes to produce deliverables for external purposes.
• Provide assistance to the wider Markel International Actuarial team.

Our must-haves:

• Ability to engage senior stakeholders and form effective relationships with stakeholders, including Finance, Underwriting, Capital etc.
• Ability to work well within a team, including prioritising your workload and supporting the team when needed.
• Be proficient in a wider variety of actuarial subject areas relating to both pricing and reserving fields.
• Have experience of engaging with senior underwriters in delivering results, running technical projects to produce analyses for portfolio management and presenting at formal meetings with senior management.
• Have experience in the actuarial elements of business planning and parameterisation of underwriting and reserve risk.
• Be present in the London office at least two days a week and be prepared to visit UK offices up to a few times a year.

Who we are:

Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory, and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you?

• A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…
• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy/sell extra leave
• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer
• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at [e-mail] or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.