Jobs at Markel

Provide advanced actuarial analyses (primarily reserving, plus pricing, reinsurance, corporate reporting), guide junior actuaries, support underwriting teams, validate pricing tools, contribute to business planning and capital model parameterisation, manage stakeholder relationships, and produce external deliverables.

Lead technical claims for Marine Liability and related Marine, Energy and Casualty lines. Manage complex/high-value claims, mentor staff, liaise with underwriters and brokers, provide technical input on wordings, ensure reserving and regulatory compliance, analyse claims data to improve underwriting, and oversee litigation and US liability matters.

Support Global Reserving by performing reserving analysis, reporting, and transformation initiatives. Deliver reserve reviews, analytics, tool development, process improvements, and communicate findings to actuarial and business leadership. Contribute to ERMS/ResQ/MRD projects, audits, IBNR uploads, and automation efforts.

Lead pricing for portfolio-level, cross-class SPS deals. Develop and iterate pricing assumptions, monitor portfolio performance, support reserving/reinsurance, define monitoring tools, and engage brokers and stakeholders to drive profitable portfolio growth.

Lead and scale an £8m Life Science underwriting portfolio, set growth strategy (25%+ YoY), provide technical authority on complex casualty risks, drive product innovation, engage brokers, and coach underwriters. Blend trading decisions with technical underwriting to optimise pricing, wording, coverage, and commercial performance.