Director - Actuarial Non-Life (Re) Insurance Consulting in Reigate

We are looking for an experienced senior pricing practitioner, with specific experience in the UK general insurance personal lines market to join WTW as a Personal Lines Pricing Associate Director. You will join our UK and Ireland general insurance practice within the wider Insurance Consulting and Technology (“ICT”) division, to help us to grow and develop our pricing advisory capability.

You will work beside some of the market’s top thought leaders designing and implementing cutting-edge solutions to the pricing and underwriting challenges faced by the UK’s leading general insurers and intermediaries. In your role you will be helping our broad range of UK personal lines pricing and underwriting clients by:

• Delivering best in class pricing and underwriting capability and process reviews
• Designing appropriate pricing analytics and helping to build effective pricing models, tools and processes using a wide range of data science techniques
• Supporting the design and delivery of appropriate underwriting approaches in line with client portfolio management strategy
• Designing and building sophisticated MI and portfolio management capabilities
• Leveraging your market knowledge in developing cutting edge personal lines pricing solutions in collaboration with various teams from across WTW

The Role:

• To build and develop a market profile as a representative and advocate of WTW pricing consulting services and technology solutions
• Manage workstreams within large projects, overseen by senior colleagues but with responsibility for communication with clients and the day-to-day running of projects
• Work collaboratively across a range of projects and internal management and innovation responsibilities, managing priorities and resources appropriately
• Develop a trusted advisor relationship with client contacts through effective communication and efficient, high quality execution of client work
• Willingly and energetically become involved across a variety of work to ensure that a broad skill set (technical, management and client) is maintained and developed
• Interface with colleagues from other specialisms, practices and regions on assignments that reflect a client’s broader business challenges and needs
• Contribute to the development of the company’s intellectual capital including the plans for taking this to market
• Develop and present proposals to potential clients, demonstrating the commercial value of our offerings
• Build relationships internally and collaborate effectively on cross-functional teams
• Opportunity to serve as line manager or mentor to more junior associates

Qualifications:

• Demonstrable experience of pricing and/or underwriting, and of interactions with adjacent functions, in a UK general insurance firm – (personal lines) – either with experience across multiple lines of business or a deep expertise in a particular line
• A commercial mindset and “finisher” attitude, focussed on tangible outcomes
• An advocate for the development of analytical approaches and the adoption of new techniques, including data science, machine learning and AI
• Strong interpersonal and team skills
• Excellent project management skills
• The ability to see the "big picture”, engaging and leveraging the resources of adjacent specialisms to address clients’ business challenges
• Occasional domestic travel required

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.