General Insurance Chief Actuary

Location: City of Edinburgh

## General Insurance Chief Actuary Apply locations:
Leeds Wellington Place:
Edinburgh:
Bristol Harboursidetime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todaytime left to apply:
End Date:
June 25, 2026 (20 days left to apply) job requisition :
158159
** End Date
** Wednesday 24 June 2026
** Salary Range**£156,681 - £184,330
** We support flexible working –  for more information on flexible working options
**** Flexible Working Options
** Hybrid Working
** Job Description Summary**.
** Job Description
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* JOB TITLE:

General Insurance Chief Actuary
**** LOCATION(S):
** Bristol, Edinburgh or Leeds
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* HOURS:

** Full time
** WORKING PATTERN:
** Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.## ## About this opportunity

Reporting to the Group Chief Actuary, this General Insurance Chief Actuary role directs a team of actuarial professionals. The role includes crafting the operating model and working closely with participants. It supports business planning and decisions by providing insight, control, and thought leadership. This is an SMF
20 role subject to the relevant regulatory obligations.## ## Key Accountabilities
* Responsible for delivering elements related to reserves, capital, and liquidity, including maintaining and improving processes and models. Also provides pricing and underwriting support.
* Proactively consider forward-looking capital and optimisation projects for the General Insurance business and its engagement with the wider business of the Group.
* Lead processes to deliver regular and ad hoc insightful information to influence business decisions.
* Contributes to the strategic direction of the General Insurance business, applying insight to support participation, product, rate setting, and risk assessment options.
* Lead actuarial projects or provide actuarial advice to corporate projects with an impact across the divisions.
* Maintain a high performing team to ensure colleagues are led, mentored and developed.
* Ensure self and team maintain positive interaction with key business and finance collaborators with a view to continuous improvement in working relationships and working practices.
* Interpret and translate policy into processes for functional areas and business divisions
* Proactively build and maintain an external and internal network for the purpose of commercial understanding and/or the protection of customers
* Incorporate new regulatory standards while advising and providing updates to the board. Lead all aspects of General Insurance and other governance bodies on technical, strategic, and regulatory issues. This includes the reserved roles under UK Solvency II.
* Develop a positive relationship with the PRA, contributing to and leading discussions on actuarial and risk items, Solvency II and internal model maintenance and development.
* Promote positive engagement with Risk and Internal Audit. Sustain a positive tone at the top. Ensure appropriate risk focus in decision-making. Maintain a strong control, governance, and compliance structure.
* Review and make recommendations relating to the Organisation build to ensure it is fit for purpose.
* Support the wider education of the business in all matters GI## ## Knowledge/Capabilities
* Qualified actuary with extensive experience of GI pricing, capital (quantification, reporting, management and monitoring), reserving (including claims processes and reserve monitoring/setting), Liquidity management and ALM
* Business Planning experience, especially stress and sensitivity
* Entity / Reinsurance structure knowledge
* Sound knowledge of market consistent techniques, policies/risk appetite, SII Internal Model and its calibrations, SII legislative requirements, the wider regulatory context and practical implications
* Track record of:
* Being able to explain sophisticated technical matters to broader senior audiences
* Ability to have difficult conversations at any level in the Organisation, provide constructive challenges and effective oversight of significant/sophisticated businesses
* Delivering sophisticated projects across different functions; taking practical decisions to deliver what’s…