Guy Carpenter is the world's premier reinsurance intermediary and strategic advisor to leading insurance and reinsurance organizations, delivering integrated solutions through its industry-leading analytics and advisory services, highly specialized product knowledge and trading relationships with reinsurance markets around the world.
Guy Carpenter is looking for a talented and motivated candidate to join our team based in Mexico’s Office as a Senior Actuary Life, Accident & Health, Latin America & Caribbean
This is a hybrid role which requires working at least three days a week in the office.
In our market leading team in Latin America and the Caribbean you will be a strategic partner with brokers, our analytics’ team and clients helping to find the solutions to client problems with regards to their Life products. The senior actuary needs to be able to work hand in hand with the broking teams to ensure analytics resources are used appropriately, client needs are met, and GC Analytics is supporting and strengthening the relationship with the client.
We expect a senior leader to be able to meet with a client to discuss risks and concerns as well as potential solutions without having fully reviewed the company’s actuarial data, based on experience and general reinsurance market knowledge. You will work closely with the brokers to understand the issues and be fully engaged in discussions to find the right solutions, adding value to the process beyond the results of an actuarial analysis.
Essential part of this role is to further develop and market our actuarial Life, Accident & Health service offering in collaboration with other senior actuaries, the broking team and according to market and client needs.
This role would suit someone who enjoys working as part of a team, is able to communicate actuarial ideas to non-actuarial insurance practitioners, can develop ideas and is confident putting forward their opinion.
We will count on you to:
- Act independently to propose actuarial services and valuations to clients on their current and future needs to help them mitigate risk for their Life, A & H lines of business.
- Modify and develop complex Life, A & H models, and propose more value-added models to brokers and clients to assess their risk exposure and forecast risks, losses and financial impact.
- Expand client services beyond reinsurance transactions to drive business development on the Life, A&H side.
- Direct team to build complex Life, A&H models and solutions to assess risk and develop pricing strategies in different territories.
- Communicates strategically with brokers, re-insurers, and clients to anticipate clients’ needs and drive usage of actuarial Life services.
What you need to have:
- FSA, FCAS, FIA, FFA, or equivalent designation from a recognised association.
- Relevant industry experience, preferably with a focus on reinsurance or reinsurance broking.
- Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
- Experience in life reinsurance pricing, valuation, and/or capital modeling.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Excellent communication skills in both English and Spanish, both verbal and written; proficiency in Portuguese is a plus.
- Familiarity with programming languages such as Alteryx, R, Python, VBA, or SQL is advantageous.
- Ability to work effectively in collaborative, international, and intercultural teams, engaging with brokers and clients in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
What makes you stand out?
- Proven ability to lead daily projects and make informed decisions that drive progress and ensure timely completion.
- Experience in line management, demonstrating strong leadership and team development skills.
- Willingness and flexibility to travel as needed to support project objectives.
Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marshmclennan.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.
Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.
