SENIOR PORTFOLIO ACTUARY | 30129

Emerald Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Emerald Group in London seeks a Senior Portfolio Actuary to join their underwriting teams, architecting long-term portfolio design and managing pricing risk across a diverse product suite in London and the US.

The role focuses on leading pricing model design and integration, partnering with underwriters, and providing strategic commercial advice to balance growth with portfolio strategy. A Qualified Actuary with 7+ years in the London market is expected.

Qualifications

• Must be a Qualified Actuary with fellowship.
• 7+ years of actuarial pricing experience in the London market.
• Strong influencing skills and excellent communication.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage long-term net portfolios across long-tail, casualty, and financial lines.
• Lead pricing model design and parameterisation with underwriters and actuarial teams.
• Provide integrated commercial advisory to evaluate new lines of business and balance growth with portfolio strategy.
• Shape underwriting priorities and drive commercial outcomes through strategic partnership.

Skills

Actuarial pricing

Stakeholder management

Communication

Modeling tools

Education

Qualified Actuary

Tools

Pricing models

Actuarial software

Job description

As a Senior Portfolio Actuary, you will operate as an integral part of their underwriting teams to architect long-term portfolio design and manage pricing risks across a highly diverse, multi-geography product suite in London and the US

• Location: London
• Category: Non-life Actuarial
• Type: Permanent

Key responsibilities including however, not limited to the following:

• Long term portfolio design: partner with underwriters on the strategic design and management of net portfolios across long-tail, casualty, and financial lines to ensure long-term, sustainable growth
• Model design and integration: lead the specification and parameterisation of pricing models in close partnership with the broader Actuarial and Underwriting functions
• Integrated commercial advisory: act as a dedicated partner to evaluate new lines of business, balancing growth with overarching portfolio strategy
• Strategic business partnering: leverage your deep product expertise to shape underwriting priorities, co-owning business outcomes and driving commercial success
• Qualified Actuary
• 7+ years of actuarial pricing experience across long-tail or casualty insurance lines in the London market
• Strong influencing skills, with an aptitude for anticipating stakeholder needs and think about the right ways to provide support.
• Communicate with impact; you are a thoughtful and effective communicator with a diverse audience both face-to-face and in writing
• Strong insights on modern tooling and how it can be leveraged for the benefit of underwriting and portfolio analysis