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About Us:At Direct Line Group, insurance is just the start. Combining decades of industry experience with talented people in every field, we're a customer-obsessed market powerhouse. And we all work together to be brilliant for customers, every single day.Pricing and Underwriting is a complicated world, where historical data, geospatial information, and mathematical models meet talented analysts. Pricing our products is a fine line between balancing our business goals and customer needs. That's why our pricers and underwriters are the best of the best. They reduce risk and predict future events ensuring our business can continue to grow whilst each and every one of our consumers gets the best price.Pricing SME What you'll be doingOur mission is to be a best-in-class function. To be the best of the best we need exceptional people. This is where your expertise comes into play. Joining our Home Tribe who are responsible for setting the price for our home policies, you'll use your experience to ensure appropriate claim costs are set.Day to day you'll... Contribute to the quarterly reviews of the Pricing Best Estimate (PBE) process for all Home Products.Own the report production and stakeholder management for the Quarterly PBE sign off meetings as well as monthly performance analysis.Work closely with Corporate Actuarial, Claims and Pricing teams to understand emerging loss development trends to be reflected in the PBE/Claims projections.Work alongside the Modelling team to unlock value through shared data, systems and methods.Take ownership of the data quality to be used in the claims projections and work closely with Data & MI team for timely releases of related data and reports.Review market information to ensure appropriate inflation projections and social trends are used within our Home Products.Strive continuously to improve the statistical validity and efficiency of all modelling, projection processes and techniques.Identify, own and manage the risks involved in running our business appropriately to this role, in line with the company risk framework. What we are looking for Previous experience in a similar role within pricing / actuarial, specifically with reserving experience.Good understanding of data quality, processing and data visualisation principles, additionally some knowledge within data science would be beneficial.Strong data manipulation skills, knowledge of SAS/Python, advanced excel (VBA, SQL) would be beneficial. What we'll give you: We recognise we wouldn't be where we are today without our people and the wide variety of perspectives and life experiences they bring. That's why we offer excellent benefits to suit your lifestyle and a flexible working model combining the best parts of home and office-working, varying with the nature of your role. Core benefits include: 9% employer contributed pension50% off home, motor and pet insurance plus free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown coverUp to 10% annual bonusGenerous holiday allowance bank holidaysPrivate medical insurance for yourselfEV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way.Buy as you earn share schemeEmployee discounts and cashbackPlus many moreRead our flexible working approach here. Be yourselfWe recognise and embrace people that work in different ways so if you need any reasonable adjustments within this recruitment process, please reach out to us and we can discuss how we can support you with this. There's no-one else like you. No-one with the exact same mix of strengths, quirks, skills, and thoughts. That's why you could belong here. As part of a team, in a place that empowers you to be the best you can be. We're proud of who we are, of what we do, and what every one of us brings. Direct Line Group is an equal opportunity employer, and we think diversity of background and thinking is a big strength in our people. We know you're more than a CV, and the things that make you, you, are what bring potential to our business.Join us. Help us keep innovating and putting customers at the heart of everything. To be an insurance company of the future. When we work together, we can all achieve great things. Inspiring, challenging, and supporting each other to aim higher.Together we're one of a kind.#LI-AW1#LI-REMOTE
Pricing Practitioner Hybrid Let's make the most of your talent Join us as a Pricing Practitioner within our Pricing & Underwriting Chapter, whether it's optimisation, trading, retail or risk pricing or even data science, we've got an opportunity for you. About Us: At Direct Line Group, insurance is just the start. Combining decades of industry experience with talented people in every field, we're a customer-obsessed market powerhouse. And we all work together to be brilliant for customers, every single day. Pricing and Underwriting is a complicated world, where historical data, geospatial information, and mathematical models meet talented analysts. Pricing our products is a fine line between balancing our business goals and customer needs. That's why our pricers and underwriters are the best of the best. They reduce risk and predict future events ensuring our business can continue to grow whilst each and every one of our consumers gets the best price. What you'll be doing: Working in an agile way means you'll take charge early on, soak up new experiences and most importantly your ideas will shape what we do making a positive impact on our customers lives. We'll utilise your skills where they are most needed whilst also giving you to opportunity to build and grow the breadth of your expertise. You'll join one of our various tribes (home, motor, pet, travel etc.) and complete your work day to day within one of our squads focusing on a key area of pricing. Support the delivery of your squad's pricing & underwriting objectivesImprove DLG's pricing performance and longer-term capability whilst maintaining pricing & underwriting disciplineUse your technical and analytical skills to develop innovative solutions to challenging problemsPerform pricing tasks to help your squad achieve it's objectives and support colleagues when needed with their work Engage in the wider Pricing & Underwriting communityTake ownership of projects and developing your skillset utilising the tools and network around you We are open to a range of insurance pricing backgrounds and if successful at interview you'll be placed into anyone of our tribes; Motor Manufacturing, Motor Retail, Pet, Travel, Private, Darwin, Rescue or Home. What we are looking for: Previous pricing experience within an insurance pricing role and the ability to work and create in an ever changing environment Knowledge and technical experience within general pricing such as trading, modelling, optimisation etc. Knowledge and/or desire to learn the following software; Radar, Emblem, SAS, SQL, PythonDisplay curiosity and collaboration as well as being an excellent communicator and a good problem solver What we offer: We recognise we wouldn't be where we are today without our colleagues, that's why we offer excellent benefits designed to suit your lifestyle: 9% employer contributed pension50% off home, motor and pet insurance plus free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover Up to 10% annual bonus 25 days holiday (rising by 1 each year to 28) bank holidays and option to buy or sell up to 5 days Additional optional Health and Dental insuranceEV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way. Buy as you earn share schemeEmployee discounts and cashback Ways of WorkingOur hybrid model way of working offers a 'best of both worlds' approach combining the best parts of home and office-working, offering flexibility for everyone. When you'll be in the office depends on your role, but most colleagues are in 2 days a week, and we'll consider the flexible working options that work best for you. Read our flexible working approach hereBe yourselfWe recognise and embrace people that work in different ways so if you need any reasonable adjustments within this recruitment process, please reach out to us and we can discuss how we can support you with this. There's no-one else like you. No-one with the exact same mix of strengths, quirks, skills, and thoughts. That's why you could belong here. As part of a team, in a place that empowers you to be the best you can be. We're proud of who we are, of what we do, and what every one of us brings. Direct Line Group is an equal opportunity employer, and we think diversity of background and thinking is a big strength in our people. We know you're more than a CV, and the things that make you, you, are what bring potential to our business.Join us. Help us keep innovating and putting customers at the heart of everything. To be an insurance company of the future. When we work together, we can all achieve great things. Inspiring, challenging, and supporting each other to aim higher.Together we're one of a kind.#LI-AW1#LI-HYBRID