Actuarial Services / Risk

Life Reinsurance Pricing Actuary (all gender) Full-Time or Part-Time

Workload: 50% - 100% Place of work: Zürich, Stettbach Level of experience: With work experience FlexOffice: on-site
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Anyone taking out insurance wants to feel secure. You can assist our customers here – through risk transfer and capital optimization in numerous risk classes. Based on our Swiss values, our vision is to be a strong reinsurance partner throughout the world, both in life and in non-life insurance. Are you on board – and ready to be part of our dynamic, sustainable growth?

In this technical and client-facing role, you will lead actuarial pricing exercises while engaging directly with clients and brokers. We seek a candidate who combines market expertise, technical proficiency, and innovative thinking with a deep understanding of client needs and challenges. This position requires occasional travel and a balance of analytical skills and interpersonal communication.

What you'll be doing

  • Develop, maintain, and enhance pricing methodologies and tools for Life reinsurance pricing
  • Establish pricing bases for target markets and product lines
  • Conduct detailed pricing of proportional and non-proportional reinsurance solutions, including experience analyses, assumption development and cash flows modeling
  • Partner with the life underwriting function in responding to client and broker requests for proposals
  • Review performance of the in-force portfolio against pricing expectations and recommend corrective actions where needed

 

What you'll bring to the role

  • A Bachelor's or Master's degree in a quantitative field such as actuarial science, data science or mathematics
  • Relevant experience in life reinsurance pricing or a closely related actuarial role
  • Strong analytical skills and an interest in using data analytics to generate practical business insights
  • Curiosity about modern AI tools and techniques, and motivation to explore their value in actuarial work
  • Fluency in English; additional languages are a valuable asset in our international environment
  • A collaborative and curious mindset, with the confidence to exchange ideas across teams and markets
  • A proactive, solution-oriented approach and the drive to take ownership in a dynamic growth environment

Your contact

Alice-Alexandra KallRecruiting Partner

What we offer

FlexOffice

Flexible work in the office, from home or on the go

Insurance & pension solutions

Discounts on insurance and pension solutions

Holiday purchase

Buy yourself extra vacation days

Training and development

Attractive training and development opportunities for your personal development

Retirement plan

Above-average retirement provision benefits

Do you have any questions?

For this position we cannot consider applications through recruitment agencies.

Your contact person

Alice-Alexandra Kall
Alice-Alexandra Kall
Recruiting Partner

Your manager

Sounds like your kind of environment?

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