About us
Starr is a global insurance and investment organisation providing property and casualty insurance solutions to business and industry. Starr has grown into one of the world’s fastest‑expanding insurance organisations, writing business in 128 countries across six continents. Our talented and experienced associates manage risk and ultimately support the profitable growth of organisations in a dynamic, competitive and ever-changing marketplace. Join us and become part of our talented and passionate workforce.
Role Purpose
The Actuarial Pricing Analyst provides analytical support to the pricing actuaries across all Starr lines of business. Working as part of a pooled resource model, the analyst collaborates closely with underwriters, actuaries and the wider pricing function to deliver high-quality pricing analysis, model support and management information, helping to drive pricing quality and consistency across the portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
Actuarial Pricing Support
- Support Divisional Actuaries with case pricing, portfolio pricing and ad hoc analytical work across assigned lines of business
- Assist with calibration exercises to reduce model adjustments, bias and noise in deployed pricing models
- Review and validate underwriting adjustments to model outputs, escalating material concerns to the Divisional Actuary
- Maintain and update pricing model parameters (Tier 3 and below), ensuring changes are accurately applied and documented
- Perform low-level code updates to deployed pricing models as directed, with appropriate testing and sign-off
- Support back-testing and model review processes, contributing to sign-off documentation as required
Data & Management Information
- Maintain data sources consumed by the pricing function, ensuring integrity and validating derived insights
- Support the design and delivery of class-specific management information, including pricing adequacy, rate change and return on capital metrics
- Identify and escalate data quality issues to the Divisional Actuary and Technical Pricing team
Collaboration & Governance
- Work closely with underwriters, reserving, capital modelling and exposure management teams to facilitate sharing of best practice
- Act as a point of contact for underwriters using pricing tools, supporting their day-to-day use and escalating platform issues to the Technical Pricing team
- Develop a working knowledge of the hx Renew pricing platform to understand how models are built, maintained and deployed, enabling effective collaboration with the Technical Pricing team
- Adhere to all pricing governance policies and model release standards in force
- Support the delivery of pricing training to underwriting teams as directed by the Divisional Actuary
Continuous Improvement
- Research and contribute to improvements in data quality, modelling techniques and pricing efficiency
- Support the identification and implementation of automation and AI opportunities within pricing workflows
The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list and you may be required to undertake any other reasonable duties compatible with your experience and competencies. This description may be varied from time to time to reflect changing business requirements.
Qualifications, skills and experience
Essential
- Actuarial experience gained in any background — Reserving, Capital or General Insurance Pricing
- Strong analytical and numerical skills with high attention to detail
- Experience working with large datasets and confident use of Excel for data analysis
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, able to build effective working relationships with underwriters and actuarial colleagues
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver to deadlines in a fast-moving environment
Preferred
- Familiarity with London Market or specialty insurance and actuarial pricing concepts, such as rating structures, calibration, parameterisation and UAT
- Experience with at least one coding language such as Python or R
- Exposure to model governance and audit readiness in a regulated environment
- Working familiarity with hx Renew or similar pricing platforms
Performance Measures
- Quality, accuracy and timeliness of analytical and pricing support delivered to Divisional Actuaries
- Accuracy of model parameter updates and low-level code changes, with appropriate testing and documentation
- Quality and timeliness of MI produced for the function and for class-level reporting
- Effectiveness of collaboration with underwriters and wider actuarial colleagues
- Adherence to pricing policies, governance standards and model release processes
Core behavioural competencies
- Analysis and decision making
- Innovation and problem solving
- Commerciality
- Relationships
- Communication and influence
- Development of self and others
Additional Information
- A full job description can be seen here.
Starr is an equal opportunity employer, which means we will consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We offer first class training and development opportunities to all employees. Our aim is to grow our own talent and bring out the best in people.
