Jobs at Markel

Leads technical calibration and governance of international specialty insurance pricing models. Oversees model validation, rate adequacy, performance monitoring, recalibration cycles, and technical standards across five divisions. Partners with portfolio managers, actuaries, underwriters, developers, and pricing transformation teams to improve models within the HX platform. Provides independent actuarial oversight, supports model maturity frameworks, influences senior stakeholders, and coaches colleagues to strengthen pricing capability and governance.

Provide actuarial analysis for Specialty insurance business, with ownership of quarterly reserving, pricing initiatives, large-account pricing, pricing tool validation, planning, and capital model parameterization. Partner with Underwriting, Finance, and Capital teams; deliver portfolio analyses, support strategic decisions, manage core external deliverables, and present findings to senior stakeholders. The role is hybrid, requiring attendance at the London office at least two days weekly.

Lead Markel UK’s newly created Data, MI, Governance and Oversight function. Develop data and reporting strategy, establish trusted executive performance insights, strengthen governance and customer outcome monitoring, and support conduct risk oversight. Lead a multidisciplinary team while partnering with Operations, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Underwriting and Technology. Translate complex insurance, financial and operational data into clear recommendations that improve strategic decision-making and business performance.

Analyze underwriting and portfolio performance across Markel International, identifying trends, risks, opportunities, and performance drivers. Support cycle management, portfolio reviews, forecasting, business planning, management reporting, and strategic initiatives. Partner with underwriting, actuarial, finance, exposure management, and portfolio teams to produce actionable insights, test assumptions, challenge constructively, and support profitable underwriting decisions.

Supports Global Reserving through quarterly reserve analysis, reporting, reserve reviews, adequacy and embedded margin analysis, transformation initiatives, process improvement, and development of scalable actuarial tools. The role uses actuarial and data technologies to improve reserving workflows, visualization, data quality, and automation. It also communicates findings to actuarial, finance, claims, underwriting, and executive stakeholders while supporting audits, IBNR uploads, and cross-functional initiatives.

Deliver catastrophe modeling, exposure management, and portfolio analytics across Markel International. Support underwriting decisions through pre-underwriting analysis, risk reporting, aggregation management, and ad hoc insights. Build relationships with underwriters and senior stakeholders, present analytical findings, collaborate with global teams and model vendors, and contribute to portfolio analytics projects and regulatory reporting for Lloyd’s and the PRA.

Support and continuously improve Markel International’s reserving function, ensuring accurate reserving, financial reporting, governance, and risk management. Develop reserving approaches, tools, and techniques; coordinate actuarial deliverables; collaborate with finance, auditors, regulators, and global actuarial teams; and lead, coach, and train reserving and actuarial colleagues. The role is hybrid, requiring at least two days weekly in the London office, with travel for office visits and conferences.