Senior Pricing Analyst - Portfolio Pricing

Role Description

LV= is excited to be recruiting for Senior Pricing Analysts into our Retail Portfolio Pricing department. LV= is a large, multi-award winning insurance company, and that’s driven by our people. The successful candidate is someone who really lives our values and they will play a key role in delivering a price to market that offers the best value to both our customers and our business.

We have teams based in London, Birmingham, Leeds and Bournemouth

About You

Your role will vary day to day, but here is a bit of what you can expect:

• Carry out and support the team with pricing analysis and when required presenting to the Trading Forum and contribute to delivering agreed outcomes.
• Contribute to the delivery of technical projects to improve underwriting performance against common technical modelling standards and adherence to data controls.
• Regularly review pricing and underwriting monitors, ensuring key points are escalated.
• With your manager, define, set priority and report on status of project work and rate reviews / analysis to support product and pricing development.
• Assist in coaching and developing other colleagues within the team to ensure constant up-skilling.
• Keep abreast of developments in the Company and wider UK insurance market.
  
  

Essential Skills

We don't expect you to know everything from day one, but the following will enable you to hit the ground running:

• Proven experience in working with large data sources and a good command of Python, SQL, SAS or similar coding languages
• Experience of Willis Towers Watson software suite mainly focused on Radar and Emblem
• Good understanding of the various elements of the price we set, and how we can optimise this to deliver business targets
• Good stakeholder management skills, including communication, expectation management and the ability to convey technical concepts to a non-technical audience
• Ability to build and maintain relationships throughout both the Pricing Department and the wider business
• Knowledge of relevant statistical modelling methods and machine learning techniques
• In addition you will be quick to learn, with the ability to prioritise activities and work accurately to tight deadlines, always remaining responsive to the needs of the business
• Ideally you will hold a highly numerate degree, and have experience of applying your knowledge in a business environment. A background in either Motor or Home General Insurance Pricing is helpful but not essential.
  
  

What We Can Offer You

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider LV=GI Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:

• 26 days' holiday – which increases after two years’ service to 28 days, plus bank holidays
• A competitive pension for which LV= will pay twice the amount you pay, up to 14%
• An annual bonus scheme based on company and personal performance
• A flexible benefits package (e.g. discounted retail vouchers, great value dental insurance)
• ElectriX EV salary sacrifice scheme
• A generous 25% discount off our general insurance products including home, pet and travel as well as up to 50% discount on your car insurance.
  
  

Our Ways of Working 

Do you need some flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen.  

We are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.  

 

Diversity & Inclusion 

At LV=GI we value diversity and inclusion, demonstrated by our numerous accreditations; EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter, signatories of Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter, and an Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer. 

We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success. 

We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements. 

Offer an Interview Scheme - As a Disability Confident employer, we will offer an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the essential criteria for the role.  To apply under the Offer an Interview scheme, please let us know when you apply by contacting our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications. 

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LV= General Insurance | Part of Allianz