SCOR

Graduate Trainee Pricing Actuary - 12 months

SCOR  •  London, GB (Onsite)  •  10 days ago
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Job Description

As a part of a multidisciplinary actuarial team working across both company and syndicate, the main role is to assist the team with driving further development of the Actuarial function through business-as-usual activities as well as project work. It is envisaged this role will mainly be focused on actuarial pricing but can also encompass some aspects of portfolio management, business planning, cat modelling and outwards reinsurance analysis. The jobholder will have strong technical interest and excellent communication skills. This opportunity will provide a successful candidate with an excellent opportunity to gain a wide range of experience and industry knowledge in a dynamic working environment.

  • Work closely with underwriters, underwriting management, exposure management/cat modelling and other members of the actuarial pricing team to develop and maintain appropriate pricing tools for multiple lines of business.
  • Technical pricing of portfolio risks (such as binders or MGAs) and large single risks, providing insightful analysis to underwriters through clear communication, with a focus on improving profitability.
  • Help enhance management information and reporting within the division, to Lloyd’s and SCOR Group to meet regulatory requirements and drive key decisions within the business, monitoring key performance indicators such as risk adjusted rate change.
  • Assist in the division having a joined-up view of the actuarial control cycle by contributing to other aspects of the actuarial function including reserving, business planning, capital modelling, cat modelling and outward reinsurance purchase processes.
  • Assist in the review of key insurance and economic assumptions for all actuarial tasks.

Required experience & competencies

  • Communication : Excellent interpersonal verbal and written skills that enable the candidate to communicate effectively with colleagues (especially underwriters), brokers and clients.
  • Integrity : the ability to make a principled stand where required.
  • Independent : a thinker with an analytical mindset.
  • Flexibility : the ability to manage workload and prioritise different tasks.
  • Personality : a self motivator who is keen to learn and take on increasing responsibility over time.
  • Team work : Ability to work collaboratively with others in the Actuarial Team.

Desirable

  • Excel, SQL, Tableau, Power BI Python or other programming language skills an advantage.

Required Education

  • Actuarial Degree or Numerical degree
  • Interested in pursuing a career as an Actuary

As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying “The Art & Science of Risk,” SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.

Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry – actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others – as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.

As an international company, our common culture is defined by “The SCOR Way.” Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.

SCOR supports inclusion and the diversity of talents, and all positions are open to people with disabilities.

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About SCOR

SCOR, one of the world's largest reinsurers, provides its clients with a diversified and innovative range of solutions to control and manage risk. Using its experience and expertise, “The Art & Science of Risk”, SCOR provides cutting-edge financial solutions, analytics tools and services in all areas related to risk – in Life & Health as well as in P&C.

The reinsurance industry is about combining technical expertise and experience with the developments of science. However many tools we use to conduct our activities (models, databases, pricing tools, reserving tools, and so on), we also need expert judgments and human experience to correctly underwrite. This is what we call the art of underwriting. Reinsurance is a knowledge industry. Expertise is an accumulation variable.

The most advanced tool will never replace the intuition of a seasoned underwriter facing a complex risk. Because at the end of the day, you have to make a decision, to sign, to underwrite. And what we have underwritten, we cannot overwrite - our word is our bond, as is our signature. This dimension of our business, linked to the art of underwriting, is more important than some observers would have people believe.

One way to acquire this art is to share experiences – both good and bad – and to share doubts and questions. Artists always belong to a school, from which they learn their craft.

Like artists, we have to learn, imitate, mimic, and then innovate, in order to find our own style and create our own distinctive work.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Paris, FR
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
scor.com
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