This is a senior actuarial role focused on life insurance capital, regulatory requirements, and internal model expertise. You will advise clients on Solvency UK, covering internal model (“IM”) development/validation, Standard Formula (“SF”) assessments, capital optimisation, risk management, and regulatory interaction.
The scope of your services may also extend to other global life insurance markets in which the business operates for example Bermuda. You will have a “once in a career opportunity” to help develop the Life Actuarial consulting risk and capital proposition.
It is expected that a typical day will involve:
➢ leading or supporting life insurance client’s internal model development initiatives, refinement and validation, including major model change applications, model governance and documentation
➢ advising clients on SF calculations and appropriateness assessments
➢ assessing capital requirements, including Solvency Capital Requirement (“SCR”), Matching Adjustment (“MA”) and SF capital impacts, and sensitivities
➢ supporting clients with capital aggregation, risk calibration, and scenario/ stress design
➢ providing expert guidance on Solvency UK requirements, PRA expectations, Section 166 reviews regulatory submissions etc.
➢ advising clients on credit risk modelling, new Solvency UK flexibilities and identifying opportunities for clients to optimise capital, including reinsurance strategy support (including Funded Re), asset mix impacts and longevity risk management
➢ developing new client relationships, liaising with existing clients & leveraging your existing relationships to generate revenue for the team
➢ developing and supporting other Life actuarial consulting propositions through identifying cross selling opportunities
➢ developing technology solutions to solve client problems
➢ developing your internal network; and
➢ being agile and flexible to ensure that the team is fully supported
Skills and experience that will lead to success
Role holder is expected to have/be
➢ Proven senior manager level delivery track record in the UK Insurance industry and comfortable presenting to senior leadership and boards
➢ Understanding of other international capital regimes incl. Bermuda (preferable but not essential)
➢ Strong relationships across the UK Life Insurance industry and ability to contribute to revenue generation
➢ Proven Risk & Capital technical expertise – acts as a thought leader within the Life consulting team, coaching other members and setting quality standards
➢ Technical expertise acquired in an (re)insurance company / BPA provider or similar but willing to adapt to a fast-paced consulting environment
➢ Strong understanding of the UK Life Insurance market with a solid grasp on the risk and capital principles with a willingness of applying those principles globally
➢ High performing self-motivated team player that both leads and works collaboratively and is agile & willing to participate in other projects within the team
➢ Ability to work under pressure, takes initiative, proactive, shows resolve and is agile
➢ Ability to sponsor/shape capital modelling automation and analytics (e.g., Python/R/SQL/Alteryx/Power BI)
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