Lead Reinsurance Pricing Actuary

Job Details

Arthur is currently partnering with a highly regarded global (re)insurer in the London Market to appoint a Lead Reinsurance Pricing Actuary (Head of) into a lead role within their pricing function.

The role will report into the Chief Pricing Actuary and is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced pricing actuary who enjoys working closely with underwriting, influencing strategy, and leading high-performing teams.

This is a high-impact, visible role where you’ll sit at the intersection of actuarial and underwriting, supporting complex reinsurance deals and driving portfolio performance. You’ll be working across a broad mix of treaty reinsurance, including exposure to large and technically challenging risks.

Responsibilities

• Leading pricing support for treaty reinsurance business across multiple lines
• Partnering directly with underwriters on complex deal pricing and structuring
• Delivering portfolio insights to support profitability and strategy
• Developing and enhancing pricing tools and models
• Presenting actuarial outputs clearly to senior stakeholders across the business
• Manage and develop a team of actuaries (including direct reports)
• Provide mentorship, coaching, and technical oversight
• Drive best practice and continuous improvement across the pricing function
• Play a key role in shaping the future direction of the team

Requirements:

• Qualified Actuary (FIA or equivalent)
• Strong experience in reinsurance pricing (London Market experience highly desirable)
• Deep understanding of treaty pricing, including excess of loss and catastrophe business
• Proven people management experience (or clear readiness to step into a leadership role)
• Commercial mindset with the ability to influence underwriting decisions
• Strong communication skills – able to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Coding skills (Python/R) are a bonus, not essential

Company

Website address:

Telephone:

0203 587 7754

Email: t [email protected]

Location:

80 Leadenhall Street
London
EC3A 3DH
GB

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