Senior Portfolio Pricing Actuary
Location: London
The Pricing function supports underwriters and management in building robust and profitable portfolios by providing objective insights through deep product expertise.
This newly created role supports AXIS Capacity Solutions, focused on originating and scaling structured, multi‑line portfolio capacity solutions, including delegated and facilitated arrangements and increasing use of alternative capital. You will also support Portfolio Solutions, underwriting portfolios of multi‑class risks alongside best‑in‑class lead carriers.
Responsibilities
- Own end‑to‑end pricing for complex, high‑value, multi‑class portfolio deals, partnering across product teams to assess risk, return, and capital efficiency, and deliver clear recommendations on deal structure, pricing adequacy, and portfolio mix.
- Partner with underwriters to design and optimise portfolio structures, including attachment points, limits, and the use of traditional reinsurance and alternative capital solutions, and act as a senior pricing partner across underwriting, exposure, reserving, capital modelling and finance.
- Deliver regular portfolio and product monitoring analyses to identify issues and opportunities, and support the design, execution and tracking of portfolio action plans with underwriting teams.
- Analyse rate changes, price adequacy, exposure growth, market conditions, competitive dynamics and loss trends, clearly articulating drivers of portfolio performance.
- Maintain and enhance benchmarks and portfolio metrics, working closely with Product Pricing and Analytics teams, and support the ongoing development of pricing tools, models, data flows and analytical capabilities.
- Derive expected loss ratios for business planning, considering business strategy, market conditions, mix of business, trends and reinsurance structures.
- Contribute to the development and consistency of pricing standards, methodologies and governance across portfolio business.
- Provide technical guidance, mentoring and informal leadership to Portfolio Pricing Actuaries and Analysts.
- May also be required to take on additional duties, responsibilities and activities appropriate to the nature of this role.
Qualifications
- Fellow or Associate of the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries or equivalent.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build credibility across underwriting, actuarial and broader business partners.
- Ability to communicate complex actuarial analysis clearly to non‑technical audiences, including senior management.
- Proactive, self‑directed approach with strong attention to detail and sound judgment.
Preferred Skills
- London Market pricing experience is highly desired.
- Exposure to portfolio deals, structured transactions or delegated authority business.
- Strong Excel and SQL skills; VBA, R or Python advantageous.
- Experience influencing underwriting strategy without formal authority.
- An interest in developing junior actuaries.
Working Conditions
- Be in the office 3 days per week.
- Occasional broker or client meetings, including outside standard office hours.
Benefits
You will be eligible for a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes medical plans for you and your family, health and wellness programmes, retirement plans, tuition reimbursement, paid annual leave and much more.
Equal Employment Opportunity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion or creed, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, civil union status, family or parental status or any other characteristic protected by law. Accommodation is available upon request for candidates taking part in the selection process.
Contact
Melissa Shirley – Talent Acquisition Partner
0207 8773986
Melissa.Shirley@axiscapital.com
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