Actuarial Analyst – Pricing – UK Mid Market
Working hours: This role is available on a part-time, job-share or full-time basis.
Salary: Attractive remuneration and benefits package depending on experience
Location: We’re flexible! You’ll be joining our team based in Birmingham so you’ll ideally be required to be in our lovely Birmingham office at least once a week
Closing date for applications: 14th August 2026
The opportunity
- Are looking to make a step up in your actuarial career?
- Are you looking for variety in your role whilst working alongside some of the best actuaries and underwriters in the market?
- Are you looking to have your voice heard and make a real, measurable impact on our business?
- Are you excited about joining a team that is constantly looking to innovate and explore the art of the possible?
If so, this could be your next role and we would love to hear from you! As a Pricing Analyst you will be joining our high performing Mid-Market Pricing team, to work on our industry-leading pricing models, build a variety of performance dashboards and help maintain our customer-oriented service.
If you’re looking to pursue an actuarial career, you may also have the opportunity to join Zurich’s Actuarial Academy a four-year development programme for aspiring actuaries. The Academy helps you build knowledge across pricing, reserving and capital modelling, while growing your network with other actuarial students and colleagues across Zurich through projects and shadowing opportunities.
Many of our employees work flexibly in a variety of different ways, including part-time, flexible hours, job share, an element of working from home or compressed hours. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren’t available full-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need.
What will you be doing?
You will be working within the Pricing team on Property, Motor, Casualty and Engineering lines of business. This role focuses on our mid-market business meaning that (in our opinion!) it offers the best of both worlds – large volumes of data to get your teeth into along with the interesting technical and practical challenges that come with pricing in this space.
You’ll be working on:
- Pricing tools - looking after and improving our current suite of pricing tools, working across various platforms and working closely with underwriters
- Pricing analysis – getting stuck into our large & complex data sets to produce high-quality pricing analyses
- Portfolio monitoring – build and maintain our portfolio monitoring dashboards and help deliver portfolio insight sessions with key stakeholders
- Modernising our pricing capability – building and embedding new market-leading P&C pricing systems
- Technical skills – the chance to learn and use SQL, R/Python, Power BI & more
- Culture - contributing to a friendly, positive and supportive team environment. We are a friendly team and do regular quizzes & team outings.
- Collaborating - building strong relationships across the company (claims, reserving, underwriting, finance), providing trusted insights and helping to foster a strong data-driven culture
- Coaching & mentoring –opportunities to help develop the technical and non-technical skills of junior team members, with the possibility of line management in the future
What are we looking for?
Required:
- Highly numerate and analytical
- Good attention to detail and a structured approach to problem-solving.
- Strong communication and teamworking skills
- Proactivity and a keenness to learn and develop
Preferable:
- Experience in an Actuarial role, preferably in General Insurance
- Technical experience e.g. Excel, Snowflake/SQL, R, Python, Power BI, VBA
- Progress towards actuarial exams, or an interest in pursuing actuarial qualifications, where relevant.
What will you get in return?
Everyone’s different. That’s why at Zurich, we offer a wide range of employee benefits so our people can choose what fits them and their life. Our benefits provide real flexibility so our people can make considered choices and tailor their benefits throughout the year. Our benefits include 12% defined non-contributory pension scheme, annual company bonus, private medical insurance and the option to buy up to an additional 20 days or sell some of your holiday, alongside a range of other flexible benefits
You can find out more about our wide range of employee benefits on our website.
Who we are
At Zurich we aspire to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world. Together, we’re creating a brighter future for our customers, our people and our planet.
With over 65,000 employees, you’ll feel the support of being part of a strong and stable company that is a long-standing player in the insurance industry.
We’ve made a promise to each other and every employee: to focus on sustainable impact, to care about each other’s wellbeing, to use our diverse expertise to be curious and optimistic and to develop the skills needed for our future.
If you’re interested in working in a dynamic and challenging environment where your creativity, ideas and contributions are recognised and rewarded, Zurich could be just the place for you. Be part of something great.
Our culture
At Zurich, our strength comes from the diverse experiences, perspectives and talents of our people. Our goal is to create a workplace where every employee can flourish and where everyone feels valued, heard and respected.
Over a quarter of our employees are members of at least one of our inclusion communities (Employee Resource Groups), with groups focused on areas such as social mobility and cultural awareness. We’re proud to have received numerous industry awards recognising our diversity and inclusion policies and initiatives.
We’ve created an environment that places real importance on our people’s wellbeing from a physical, mental, social and financial perspective. We work with our wellbeing partners and industry experts to provide practical advice and access to a wide range of lifestyle support, alongside opportunities to learn, grow and develop the skills needed for the future.
We actively support our employees to give back to their communities through volunteering and charitable activity. Our charitable arm, Zurich Community Trust, is one of the longest‑established corporate trusts in the UK. Together, we’ve supported causes across the UK through grants and volunteering, contributing over £100 million in funding and volunteered time.
Your application
We’re committed to treating all applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their actual or assumed background, sexual orientation, disability or any other protected characteristic.
As an inclusive employer we also want to ensure that all candidates feel comfortable and are able to perform at their best during the interview. You’ll have the opportunity to let us know of any reasonable adjustment or practical support needed when you apply.
We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please send an email to
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So, make a difference. Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported. Love what you do. Work for us.
