This posting is for an existing vacancy.
This is your opportunity to join AXIS Capital – a trusted global provider of specialty lines insurance and reinsurance. We stand apart for our outstanding client service, intelligent risk taking and superior risk adjusted returns for our shareholders. We also proudly maintain an entrepreneurial, disciplined and ethical corporate culture. As a member of AXIS, you join a team that is among the best in the industry.
At AXIS, we believe that we are only as strong as our people. We strive to create an inclusive and welcoming culture where employees of all backgrounds and from all walks of life feel comfortable and empowered to be themselves. This means that we bring our whole selves to work.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic, including age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any basis prohibited by the laws that govern its operations.
Junior Portfolio Pricing Analyst
Job Family Grouping: Portfolio Pricing Analyst
Job Family: Actuarial Pricing
London
How does this role contribute to our collective success?
The Pricing function supports underwriters and management in building robust and profitable portfolios by providing objective insights through deep product expertise.
As a Junior Portfolio Pricing Analyst, you will support the pricing and monitoring of portfolio deals, helping to produce analysis that informs underwriting decisions. This role is designed to build foundational actuarial and portfolio pricing skills, with exposure to structured and multi-class portfolio solutions in the London Market.
What will you do in this role?
- Support the pricing of portfolio deals by preparing data, running models, and assisting in the production of analysis for pricing decisions.
- Work with underwriters and actuarial colleagues to understand risk profiles and contribute to pricing analysis and evaluation of deal structures.
- Assist with portfolio monitoring, including analysis of rate change, premium adequacy, exposure movements, and loss experience to support insights on performance.
- Help maintain and update pricing tools, models, benchmarks, and portfolio metrics, ensuring data accuracy and consistency.
- Contribute to the development of expected loss ratios and key pricing assumptions for business planning, considering business mix, market conditions, and observed trends.
- Perform data validation, analysis, and basic modelling to support pricing and portfolio analytics.
- Collaborate with teams across underwriting, reserving, catastrophe modelling, capital, and finance to support aligned analysis and outputs.
- Participate in team projects and actively develop technical, actuarial, and commercial skills.
You may also be required to take on additional duties, responsibilities and activities appropriate to the nature of this role.
About You:
We encourage you to bring your own experience and expertise to the table, so while there are some qualifications and experiences, we need you to have, we are open to discussing how your individual knowledge might lend itself to fulfilling this role and help us achieve our goals.
What you need to have:
- First class or 2:1 university degree.
- Interest in qualifying as a member of an actuarial society.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Thoroughness and attention to detail.
- Ability to document work appropriately.
- Ability to work well in a team.
- Self-starter and a quick learner with strong numeracy skills.
- Willing to question and investigate.
- Strong data analytical skills.
- Interest in the insurance industry.
What we prefer you to have:
- Experience within the insurance industry either academically or through prior internships.
- Familiarity with SQL, VBA, R, Microsoft Office is preferrable.
Role Factors:
In this role, you will typically be required to:
- Be in the office 3 days per week, or when required.
What we offer:
You will be eligible for the Actuarial Study Program which includes paid study leave for up to 40 days a year, financial support for the cost of course materials and exam fees, and salary increases for passed exams. You will be eligible for a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes medical plans for you and your family, health and wellness programs, retirement plans, tuition reimbursement, paid annual leave, and much more.
