Senior Director - Actuarial Non-Life (Re) Insurance Consulting
WTW
City of London, England, United Kingdom["Full time"]
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As a Senior Director within the Global Specialty Consulting Practice you will
work with some of the market’s top thought leaders designing and implementing
cutting-edge solutions to pricing and underwriting challenges faced by the
world’s leading commercial insurers.
In your role you will be helping our clients by:
• Leading a project team to deliver client projects
• Optimising their Specialty, Commercial Lines insurance and reinsurance
pricing strategies and approaches
• Delivering pricing and underwriting capability reviews and pricing
transformation engagements
• Helping to build effective Specialty and Commercial Lines pricing models,
tools and processes
• Designing sophisticated MI and portfolio management capabilities
• Leveraging your market knowledge in developing cutting edge solutions for
commercial lines pricing in collaboration with various teams from across WTW
• Bringing innovative data enrichment ideas to harness pricing insights and
providing support with their implementation.
The Role
Your
main responsibilities will be as follows:
Clients
• To build a market profile as a representative and advocate of WTW commercial
lines pricing consulting services and software tools
• Develop a trusted advisor relationship with client contacts through effective
communication and efficient, quality execution of projects
• Actively seek to be involved in a variety of work to ensure a broad skill set
(technical, management and client) is maintained and developed
• Interface with colleagues from other practices and regions on assignments
that reflect the client’s broader business issues
• Demonstrate commitment to WTW’s professional standards in managing analyses
and in communications with clients
Thought leadership
• To develop new relevant propositions or to enhance current propositions in
commercial lines pricing leveraging WTW’s toolset and broader pricing
intellectual property and resources
• Lead or contribute to the development of the company’s intellectual capital
including plans for taking this to market
• Have a desire to establish and enhance a public reputation in a chosen
specialism through the production of articles and presentations
• Financial and business development
• Meet goals for billable hours and intellectual capital development
• Develop and present proposals to potential clients, demonstrating the
economic value of the company’s offerings
• Use contacts within current network to obtain introductions to new contacts;
work to develop supporters for company’s products and services
People
• Build relationships internally and collaborate effectively on
cross-functional teams
• Serve as a manager and mentor to more junior associates training them on the
specificities of the London Market, including processes, systems and market
operations.
QUALIFICATIONS
What you'll bring:
• Relevant experience in a Commercial Lines pricing or portfolio management
role in a London Market insurance firm or consultancy advising London Market
clients on pricing and underwriting.
• Prior experience of building exposure, experience and stochastic models
including fluency of using first loss curves and increased limit factors.
• An advocate for the development of analytical approaches and the adoption of
new techniques
• Advocate for the value of data enrichment in commercial lines pricing and
underwriting
• Exposure to machine learning or big data techniques beneficial
• Solid experience with data manipulation packages (SAS, SQL, WPS, etc.)
• Experience of Emblem and Radar software, preferred
• Experience or interest in selling projects to insurance / financial
institutions
• A track record in innovation and creativity delivering realised revenue
enhancements
• Strong communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and team skills
• Self-starter attitude and ability to work within ambiguity
• Strong analytical and creative skills
• Enjoy training / mentoring junior staff
• The ability to see the "big picture”, leveraging the resources of related
practices to address the clients' business challenges
• Availability to travel on an as needed basis, domestically and
internationally
What we offer:
Enjoy a benefits package designed to help you thrive, both professionally and
personally. You'll receive 25 days of annual leave plus an extra WTW day to
relax and recharge. Our comprehensive health and wellbeing offering includes
private healthcare, life insurance, group income protection, and regular health
assessments, all giving you peace of mind. Secure your future with our defined
contribution pension scheme, featuring matched contributions up to 10% from the
company.
We support your growth and balance with hybrid working options, access to an
employee assistance programme, and a fully paid volunteer day to make a
difference in your community. On top of these, you can opt into a variety of
additional perks including an electric vehicle car scheme, share scheme,
cycle-to-work programme, dental and optical cover, critical illness protection,
and much more. Start making the most of your career and wellbeing with a range
of benefits tailored for you.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We’re committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application,
interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants. If you
foresee any barriers, from the
application process through to joining WTW,
please email candidatehelpdesk@wtwco.com [candidatehelpdesk@wtwco.com]