Our client is looking for an Advisor Life Insurance who will be responsible for:

• Following the societal debate on supplementary pensions and life insurance in general
• Treating the information collected on the market so as to guide the sector in its strategic choices
• Organising studies concerning, essentially, collective life insurances and take an active part in the launch and implementation of various projects (among others related to the calculation of technical provisions, solvency margins, etc.)
• Participating in projects that allow you to develop versatility in various subjects of insurance and for various departments (ex.: Risk & finance)
• Preparing the activities of working groups and commissions, and make sure to follow-up, your goal is to reach a consensus among the members
• Representing the company in consultation with members and external partners
• Taking part in the publications of the company (weekly, website, and others).…

Profile

• Master’s degree in Mathematics, Economics, Finance or related fields
• Professional experience in the area of supplementary pensions
• Operational Trilingual (FR / NL / EN)
• Effective communicator, on oral written plan, with excellent presentation skills
• At ease in communication and diplomatic approach
• Attentive to results and goals, you have initiative and autonomy
• Team player.

Our client, an international insurance player, is looking for a Lead Risk Officer to strengthen its Risk Management Team, in charge of managing the company’s insurance business risks.

Thanks to his/her talent for calculating and evaluating financial movements, the future Lead Risk Officer will analyse trends and developments in customer behaviour, financial markets and quantify the consequences for the company. He/She will review the key financials of the company and provide the team with proposals for improvements.

The team of 30 members shares expertise on asset valuation, Solvency II & IFRS reporting, cash flow modelling and assumption setting.

More specifically, the future Lead Risk Officer will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Optimise the risk profile, on both sides of the balance sheet. By reviewing the effect of various strategic and tactical asset allocations from a risk/return perspective, as well as optimising the value creation of the life insurance obligations the company holds and plans to sell.
• Keep a close eye on changes to regulations and standards in the sector (particularly Solvency II, IFRS, Belgian GAAP, etc.). Your advice on the impact they may have on our business will be leveraged to steer further refinements in the team and the company’s strategy.
• To achieve this, the future Lead Risk Officer will coordinate and centralise inputs & calculations from different team members and departments and ensure the impact of strategic discussion and/or (external) events is clearly reflected in the key financial indicators that are used by senior management in their decision making.
• Turn available data into meaningful and interactive reports. The Lead Risk Officer will always be thinking about the next insight and structure his/her analysis in such a way that they can be easily “sliced and diced” to provide additional clarification.

The future Lead Risk Officer will be working not only on his/her success, but also that of his/her colleagues. For example, he/she will have his/her expertise with others and encourage the growth and development of the people he/she works with.

The future Lead Risk Officer will also work closely with the senior management and report to them about financial movements, strategic developments and growth opportunities.

Profile

• University degree in a quantitative subject (economics, mathematics, physics, actuarial or engineering sciences).
• At least 5 years of experience in ALM, Asset or Risk Management.
• Understanding of the various financial instruments and asset classes.
• Interest in asset management, financial analysis and life insurance liability.
• Strong team spirit and leadership skills.
• Assertiveness and strong communication skills.

• Proactivity, curiosity, and open mindedness.
• Fluency in English, Dutch and/or French.

Our client, an international insurance company is looking for its Head of Insurance in Belgium.

The Head of Insurance will be responsible for  :

• Defining and building Health insurance products from scratch in order to meet customers’ expectations,
• Monitoring the business and the risks,
• Carrying out detailed reporting about business performance and adapting the product offer accordingly,
• Helping the rest of the team understand the subtleties of healthcare and insurance.

Profile

• Scientific university degree, in statistics or actuarial sciences,
• From five to ten years of experience in the insurance sector,
• Ability to understand technical, data, business and legal questions related to insurance,
• Analytical and structured approach, with a fact-based decision-making style,
• Strategic vision and thoroughness,
• Team spirit, curiosity, thirst for knowledge,
• Fluency in English.

Our client, a Belgian consultancy company is looking for an Actuary. The person will be working in EB and/or (Non-)Life, depending on his/her preference and experience.

The Actuary will be responsible for the following tasks, depending on his/her field of preference:

EB:

• To give technical assistance and advice to pension funds, employers and insurance companies,
• To follow-up on the Belgian and EU pension environment/legislation (IORP II),
• To handle the actuarial management of pension plans,
• To support the appointed actuary for pension funds (OFP’s),
• To evaluate pension plans according to international standards.

Life/Non-Life:

• To give technical assistance and advice to insurance companies mainly in the Life/Non-Life field,
• To follow-up and be knowledgeable in Solvency II and, preferably, IFRS 17,
• To support the Actuarial Function,
• To be involved in M&A’s. …

Profile

• Master’s degree in actuarial sciences,
• Preferably, a working experience of 2-5 years,
• Good knowledge of the current IT applications,
• Pragmatic and proactive, with strong analytical skills,
• Independent worker who also likes teamwork,
• Good communication skills in Dutch, French and English

Our client an international insurance company, is looking for a P&C Pricing Manager to lead the Actuarial Team. The P&C Pricing Manager will more specifically focus on the P&C pricing area of activity, which includes the following key responsibilities: 

• Ensuring the setting of competitive and profitable rates.
• Monitoring developments in turnover, profitability and competitive position; intervenes and/or escalates when applicable. Analysing results per product / segment; reporting fact based conclusions in close collaboration with the team and head of pricing for the P&C domain. Implement concrete actions to improve products’ quality and performance.
• Ensuring and executing the implementation of different technical initiatives. Defining steps and driving actions to ensure continuous improvement of processes.
• Contributing and participating in diverse committees or projects.
• Supports on solving product- and pricing issues in the context of the planning, and strategic dialogue, ensuring compliancy with legislation applicable.
• Leading discussions with internal stakeholders at a national and at a group level. …

Profile

• Master’s degree in actuarial science or another equivalent quantitative field.
• Good knowledge and command of pricing in the P&C business.
• Good knowledge of SAS, R or Python.
• Strong analytics skills.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• Team spirit.
• Innovative thinking.
• Ability to work within a cross border domain, pro-actively seeking alignment on all levels and to plan/prioritise/follow up on activities.
• Fluency in English, knowledge of French and/or Dutch is an asset.

Our client, an international insurance company, is looking for a Non-Life Actuary whose main responsibilities will be as follows :  

• Development and monitoring of non-life products,
• Pricing calculations,
• Profitability studies and analyzes,
• Renewal and management of reinsurance treaties,
• Internal and external actuarial reporting,
• Development and optimization of reporting processes,
• Follow-up and implementation of the Solvency II directive,
• Technical support to other departments,
• Financial statements. 

Profile

• University degree in Actuarial Science,
• Strong expertise in the actuarial field,
• Dynamism and intellectual curiosity,
• Pragmatic approach and rigor,
• Fluency in French and English, and the command of Luxembourgish and/or German is considered an asset.

Our client, an international reinsurance company, is looking for a Catastrophe Modelling Analyst to strengthen its Analytics Team.

The future Catastrophe Modelling Analyst will mainly focus on the Benelux market. He/She will more specifically have the following responsibilities:

• Gather and prepare raw exposure data from clients for use in validation checks and exposure analyses,
• Use the different Cat models,
• Compile and interpret outputs form the models,
• Assist with the reporting and mapping of exposure and/or losses for real-time events,
• Perform basic analyses/Arc GIS mapping and modelling by processing and migrating data among Text, Dbase, Access, and SQL, and by developing or leveraging scripted code in R, Python, or SQL, in order to assist in quantifying risk,
• Assist in preparing summaries, presentations and reports in order to communicate findings to internal and external clients,
• Build and maintain strong relationships with the analysts in other company’s European offices,
• Work on ad-hoc projects in collaboration with other teams.

Profile

• Degree in a quantitative, scientific or environmental discipline such as data science, computer science, geography, applied mathematics, statistics, engineering, economics or finance,
• Strong data preparation skills,
• Data mining skills are considered as an asset,
• Prior experience in coding with R, SQL, Access and/or Alteryx is considered as an asset,
• Knowledge of catastrophe models is considered as an asset,
• Strong organisation and planning skills,
• Ability to respect deadlines,
• Good communication skills and team spirit,
• Integrity,
• Fluency in Dutch, French and English.

Our client, an insurance company, is looking for a P&C Product Actuary to strengthen its Technical Department. He/She will join the P&C Actuarial team, in charge of the technical design, the pricing and reserving of P&C products. However, the future P&C Product Actuary will mainly focus on actuarial studies related to Automotive products (individual and fleet insurance).

The future P&C Product Actuary will more specifically have the following responsibilities:

Design and pricing of Casualty products:

• Carry out technical pricing studies in the context of the creation of new products or guarantees, or the evolution of existing products,
• Contribute to the definition of offers in the context of the creation of new products or guarantees,
• Participate in tenders’ documents on the technical side,
• Propose and assess scenarios for pricing evolution as part of the definition of the annual pricing policy.

Calculation and management of technical provisions:

• Deterministic estimation of ultimate claims expenses and technical reserves by product, guarantee and underwriting year within the framework of monthly accounting closures,
• Analysis of the claims experience and production of studies within the framework of the various committees,
• Projection of future claims by product within the framework of budget and landing simulations.

Monitoring and analysis of portfolios:

• Defining and implementing technical steering indicators (in collaboration with the Technical Support) in the context of launching new products or guarantees,
• Analyse the indicators of claims experience (frequency, average costs, C/P, severe claims, etc.)

Profile

• Master’s degree in Actuarial Science, Statistics or Econometrics,
• Ideally qualified by the Institute of Actuaries,
• At least 4 years of experience in the Non-Life actuarial sector,
• A prior experience with fleet insurance products is a big asset,
• Good command of pricing actuarial techniques (such as GLM and GAM),
• Good knowledge and command of deterministic reserving methods (Chain Ladder, Bornhuetter-Ferguson, average cost, loss ratio…)
• Good command of the following tools : Word, PowerPoint, Excel (ideally VBA), and SAS (client/server mode, BASE/STAT/MACRO modules).
• Analytical thinking and strong communication skills,
• Team spirit and strong interpersonal skills,
• Ability to meet deadlines,
• Fluency in French.

Our client, an international reinsurance company is looking for a Life Valuation Actuary. He/she will be in charge of the management and monitoring of a strategic portfolio of Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefits (GMDB).

The Life Valuation Actuary will be responsible for  :

Best Estimate Reserve valuation (Solvency II and MCEV):

• Conduct Experience Analysis Studies
• Set up Best Estimate Assumptions
• Produce Best Estimate Reserve
• Prepare the analysis of variance
• Produce sensitivities and Solvency II shocks
• Coordinate with other team members to facilitate the consolidation
• Update and document the process/results
• Contribute to the Loss Distribution production for the GCM

Modelling for a specific line of Business:

• Ensure the development and maintenance of the model
• Ensure the model documentation and a robust control framework
• Play an active role in the model migration
• Design unit test of the current model and the new model
• Update and document the process/results
• Be involved in the development of the LDTI (MRB) approach and IFRS 17 approach

Profile

• Qualified actuary with at least 4 years of experience in Life reserving / valuation topics
• Proficient in Microsoft Office with a concentration in MS Excel
• Life reserving techniques (stochastic projections, VIF, BEL, biometrics, market risks)
• Economic Reporting (Solvency 2, US GAAP, LDTI, FR GAAP is a plus)
• Embedded Value
• Modelling (knowledge of RAFM/AXIS/R coding language would be an advantage)
• Reinsurance knowledge is an asset
• Able to work independently in a dynamic, international company
• Flexible to adapt in a rapidly changing environment
• Strong work ethic, persistence & drive to look for improvements
• Strong communication skills, fluent in English, French is a plus