Senior Vice President – Actuarial

Introduction

At Gallagher Re, we bring clarity to complexity by helping clients around the world make confident, data‑driven decisions in a rapidly evolving risk landscape. Here, you’ll be part of a team that leverages world‑class analytics and deep reinsurance expertise to deliver strategic advisory services and transactional excellence. Together, we transform advanced insights and market intelligence into strategies that protect businesses, drive performance, and shape the future of reinsurance.

We’re a community of decision makers, future shapers, and trusted experts working side by side to deliver meaningful impact through innovative thinking and practical solutions.

At Gallagher Re, your curiosity is welcomed, your growth is championed, and your work truly matters. This is a place where you'll have the freedom to explore new ideas, take ownership of your career, and collaborate with people who are as driven and inquisitive as you are.

As a growing, entrepreneurial company in a niche industry, Gallagher Re offers true career opportunity to qualified applicants, and we are currently recruiting exceptional individuals in our actuarial department. The role as Ag Insight Analytical Lead encompasses a wide range of activities, building actuarial models of agriculture and livestock insurance risk, reinsurance pricing analysis, interaction with our Broking teams, clients and reinsurer as well as research to improve those models.

This broad‑based introduction to the reinsurance sector will position you for significant future growth opportunities within our firm.

This role will lead the development of our modeling for US Agricultural Insurance and requires experience in building models of US livestock and in‑depth knowledge of the US livestock insurance products and market. Specifically, commodity price models, options pricing models, US livestock insurance pricing models and the impact of various hedging and risk management tools on portfolio risk. Our team‑oriented culture will promote development, enabling you to gain a balanced skill set, including acumen in analysis and negotiations.

As an SVP you will provide dynamic support for our clients and prospects to help them optimise their business. You will also be asked to explain technical concepts and results to clients, prospects and reinsurers to gain support for Ag Insight. As you gain experience and demonstrate your capabilities, we will provide you with increased responsibility.

• Design and develop analysis for Ag Insight, and the US Agriculture practice to establish Gallagher as a thought leader in the reinsurance and primary marketplace
• Lead Agriculture Model development for livestock and assist with other agriculture model design and development
• Assist with the design and development of systems to exchange US agriculture data with counter parties to support modeling and risk management processes
• Perform actuarial analysis to develop loss models, fund designation and risk management models for client business, estimate reinsurance pricing, and determine optimal reinsurance structures given client risk profile and underwriting strategy
• Present analyses in clear terms appropriate to the audience
• Provide value‑added service to clients as needed
• Work closely with other analytical associates across Gallagher Re, including other actuaries, catastrophe modelers, rating agency advisory, ERM and capital markets associates

• Able to apply advanced mathematical / actuarial concepts and techniques
• Skilled in using Microsoft Excel and other software
• Skilled in R and Python
• Seeks appropriate data needed for analysis
• Considers issues in depth, not just superficially
• Finds effective, creative solutions
• Applies high standard of quality control
• Seeks assistance / support as appropriate

• Builds strong working relationships with brokers and clients
• Demonstrates good listening skills
• Exhibits positive attitude
• Clearly explains technical concepts in appropriate detail

• Bachelor’s degree or commensurate experience; 9+ years’ related experience
• FCAS or ACAS
• Profici…