Actuarial Senior Lead – Reinsurance Pricing – QBE Re

The purpose of this role is to provide expert actuarial advice to support sustainable and profitable pricing decisions across assigned products and portfolios. The role leads the development, review, and governance of pricing methodologies, models, and tools, ensuring alignment with business strategy, risk appetite and actuarial standards.

• Location:
  
  New York, NY
• Work Arrangement:
  Hybrid – in office 2-3 days per week.
• Salary range for this role: $188,000 – $282,000, depending on experience.

• Analyze and price reinsurance treaty business, ensuring conclusions and recommendations are analytically robust and supported by data and models.
• Present complex analyses in a clear, structured manner to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Provide support to underwriters to negotiate terms and structures to meet business goals, including broker meetings and calls.
• Maintain and continuously improve actuarial methodologies, models, and reporting practices to meet evolving business needs.
• Develop monitoring and ad‑hoc reporting to track pricing performance, profitability and variance from expectations.
• Perform deep‑dive portfolio and product analyses, identifying performance drivers, trends and emerging risks.
• Proactively identify and evaluate opportunities to improve portfolio mix, pricing actions and underwriting strategies.
• Contribute to business planning and forecasting.
• Build and maintain strong internal and external stakeholder relationships, delivering timely, relevant and actionable insights. Internal stakeholders include underwriting, claims, finance and senior leadership.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability and continuous improvement within the actuarial function.

• Progressive experience within an actuarial career, preferably with exposure to pricing Property and Casualty insurance and/or reinsurance.
• Solid background in (re) insurance, including reserving and/or pricing.
• Experience in developing and modifying actuarial models.

• Actuarial qualification or progress toward qualification strongly preferred (e.g., FCAS, ACAS, or equivalent).
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Salary range as above. Eligible for QBE’s annual discretionary bonus plan based on business and individual performance.

• Hybrid working – mix of working from home and office.
• 22 weeks of paid leave for family growth, with 12 weeks available to all parents on a gender‑equal basis.
• Competitive 401(k) program with company match up to 8%.
• Well‑being program including coaching, gym membership, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice.
• Tuition reimbursement for professional certifications and continuing education.
• Employee network and community – support for six employee networks and opportunities to give back to community.

QBE provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious practices and observances, national origin, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship; applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.