Senior Pricing Analyst - Casualty

Are you a driven and determined problem solver with strong technical and team working skills, in the early stages of your actuarial career?
If you are passionate about growing your skills and career in a Casualty Pricing role with one of the largest Property & Casualty insurers in the world, then we would love to hear from you!
 

Background on Chubb:
Chubb is a large and successful international insurance business with operations in around 50 countries and serving clients in over 170 countries. In Europe, Chubb writes insurance through two brands: Chubb Europe and Chubb Global Markets, which includes Lloyd’s Syndicate 2488.
 

The Actuarial function for the European insurance operation broadly consists of three teams: Pricing, Reserving and Catastrophe Risk Management, all under the direction of the European Chief Actuary. Whilst the actuarial positions within the business are dedicated to these areas, there is interaction between the three teams and with the Capital Modelling function.
 

The role:
The opportunity is permanent and based in Paris (Carpe Diem) as part of the Chubb Europe Actuarial Pricing team, reporting into the Continental Europe Senior Casualty Pricing Actuary. The role holder will work on Casualty business (GL, EL and Motor; Primary and XS layers), mainly on the Continental European book (with annual premium well over $500m) but may occasionally support UK and Ireland as well. 
 

The successful candidate will support the business through the following:
1)    Pricing individual large risks, to determine the technical premium required to achieve the profitability target.
2)    Undertaking ad-hoc analyses to assist underwriters and business leaders.
3)    Business planning, to set targets and expected performance for the upcoming year.
4)    Supporting quarterly business reviews and annual performance reviews, to form the account’s strategy and appraise profitability.
5)    Refreshing and maintaining the dashboard, which summarises performance at granular levels.
6)    Monitoring monthly rate changes, to track the level of rate achieved against target.
7)    Parameterising underwriting risk, to assess the capital required to write the account.
8)    Progressing Actuarial development projects.
9)    Overseeing and reviewing work undertaken by offshore and Paris-based intern resource.
 

The candidate will build relationships with and work alongside underwriters, primarily based in Paris but also across Continental Europe.

Required Profile :

• The candidate must be solutions-focused, show initiative and embrace ownership of their work. They need sound technical skills and an eye for detail, as well as being able to manage multiple tasks and stakeholders. 

  The Ideal Candidate Will:

• Be a fluent English speaker, with good written and oral communication skills, and the ability to explain technical issues in non-technical terms – ideally French-speaking too
• Have 2-5 years of actuarial experience, ideally in either Commercial Insurance Pricing or Casualty Insurance (e.g. Casualty Insurance Reserving)
• Demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills
• Exhibit strong ownership of tasks and that they take solution-focussed approaches
• Have good technical and software skills
• Possess a proven ability to meet deadlines, and manage competing priorities and stakeholders
• Have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well in a team, whilst successfully adapting to change