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Vice President – Reinsurance Actuary

Guy Carpenter

Dubai, UAE

Full Time

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1 months ago

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About the Role

Guy Carpenter is seeking a Vice President – Reinsurance Actuary to join the Actuarial Analytics team in Dubai. The role involves supporting clients across the IMEA region with reinsurance strategy, portfolio analytics, and structuring solutions.

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Actuarial ScienceReinsurancePortfolio AnalyticsRisk AssessmentPricingMetaRisk

Responsibilities

Partner closely with Reinsurance brokers to support portfolio strategy, client engagement, and business growth initiatives
Perform technical assessments across general insurance portfolios, including pricing adequacy, volatility analysis, retention optimization, and reinsurance structuring
Develop, validate, and interpret analytical outputs using sound actuarial judgment
Build and review loss projections, stress scenarios, and portfolio performance metrics
Translate technical analysis into commercially relevant insights and clear narratives
Support structuring and optimization of proportional and non proportional reinsurance solutions
Collaborate with brokers and regional stakeholders on client presentations and renewal negotiations
Use internal tools including MetaRisk, portfolio models, and bespoke analytical frameworks
Challenge assumptions, validate methodologies, and ensure outputs are technically robust and commercially relevant
Contribute to analytics framework development, process improvement, and knowledge sharing

Requirements

Qualified or near qualified actuary (FIAI, FIA, FCAS, or equivalent)
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Data Science, or related quantitative discipline
8+ years of relevant actuarial or reinsurance analytics experience
Strong technical understanding of actuarial principles, portfolio analytics, and reinsurance structures
Ability to independently assess analytical reasonability and validate outputs
Strong commercial awareness and ability to communicate complex concepts
High attention to detail and strong sense of ownership

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Role Overview

Guy Carpenter is seeking a high performing, technically adept Vice President – Reinsurance Actuary to join the Actuarial Analytics team in Dubai, UAE.
This is an exciting opportunity to support clients across the IMEA region, delivering insight led analytics that shape reinsurance strategy.
You will combine technical actuarial expertise with commercial insight to support key reinsurance decisions across a diverse portfolio.

What You Will Do

Partner closely with Reinsurance brokers to support portfolio strategy, client engagement, and business growth initiatives.
Perform technical assessments across general insurance portfolios, including pricing adequacy, volatility analysis, retention optimization, and reinsurance structuring.
Develop, validate, and interpret analytical outputs using sound actuarial judgment and first principles thinking.
Build and review loss projections, stress scenarios, and portfolio performance metrics to support reinsurance decision making.
Translate technical analysis into commercially relevant insights and clear, market facing narratives.
Support the structuring and optimization of proportional and non proportional reinsurance solutions, including quota share, excess of loss, and hybrid arrangements.
Collaborate with brokers and regional stakeholders on client presentations, strategic discussions, and renewal negotiations.
Use internal tools, including MetaRisk, portfolio models, and bespoke analytical frameworks, to develop practical reinsurance solutions.
Challenge assumptions, validate methodologies, and ensure outputs are technically robust, commercially relevant, and aligned with governance standards.
Take ownership of deliverables while working within established peer review and oversight frameworks.
Contribute to analytics framework development, process improvement, and knowledge sharing across regional teams.
Build and maintain strong working relationships with brokers, clients, reinsurers, and internal stakeholders across IMEA.

What You Need to Have

Qualified or near qualified actuary (FIAI, FIA, FCAS, or equivalent).
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Data Science, or a related quantitative discipline.
8+ years of relevant actuarial or reinsurance analytics experience.
Strong technical understanding of actuarial principles, portfolio analytics, and reinsurance structures.
Ability to independently assess analytical reasonability, validate outputs, and identify inconsistencies or flawed assumptions.
Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to connect technical findings to practical market outcomes.
Ability to communicate complex analytical concepts clearly and concisely to both technical and non technical stakeholders.
High attention to detail, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability for quality.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver under tight timelines in a fast paced environment.
Collaborative working style, with strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.

What Makes You Stand Out

Experience within a reinsurance broker, reinsurer, or insurer environment.
Prior exposure to client facing discussions, renewal support, and reinsurance placement strategy.
Experience working across multiple markets and product lines within a regional setup.
Familiarity with analytical and visualization tools such as R, Python, SQL, Alteryx, Power BI, or equivalent platforms.
Ability to balance technical depth with commercial practicality and high quality communication.

Why Join Guy Carpenter?

Opportunity to work on high impact reinsurance decisions across the IMEA region.
Exposure to a multi market, regional portfolio and diverse client challenges.
Professional development opportunities, interesting work, and supportive leadership.
A vibrant and inclusive culture that fosters collaboration and innovation.
A broad range of career opportunities and benefits designed to support your well being.

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