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SVP, Actuarial Advisor

Marsh McLennan · Chicago, IL · Full time

Posted Sep 21, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time you expanded a client relationship beyond the reinsurance transaction into other actuarial work.

What they are checking: Business development ability, which the role names as a key expectation.

How do you develop the team you direct so they can handle client conversations on their own?

What they are checking: Leadership and coaching of actuaries toward client-facing work.

Tell me about a time your recommendation conflicted with what the broker wanted to propose. How did it resolve?

What they are checking: Ability to hold an independent view while partnering closely with brokers.

What would you do

You often need to advise clients even without a full data review. How do you give useful guidance while being clear about its limits?

What they are checking: Comfort giving expert judgment in the room while staying honest about uncertainty.

How do you decide where scarce analytics resources should go across many brokers and clients?

What they are checking: Strategic allocation of analytical capacity to the highest-value needs.

A broker wants you in a pitch meeting tomorrow and you know little about the client. How do you prepare?

What they are checking: Quick preparation using market knowledge and the ability to add value with limited information.

How do you show the value of GC Analytics in a way clients feel, not just hear about?

What they are checking: Ability to tie analytics to concrete client outcomes that strengthen relationships.

About the work

A cedent's board is worried about capital after a bad year. What options would you lay out?

What they are checking: Breadth of reinsurance and capital solutions, including quota share, aggregate covers and their tradeoffs.

How do you decide when to modify an existing specialty model versus build something new for a client?

What they are checking: Judgment about cost, speed and value when proposing models to brokers and clients.

What is happening in the reinsurance market right now that clients should understand?

What they are checking: Current, specific market knowledge that a senior advisor is expected to bring.

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The full job description

As published by Marsh McLennan.

Company: Guy Carpenter Description: Guy Carpenter (GC) is seeking an SVP Actuarial Advisor who will serve as a strategic partner to brokers and clients, collaboratively identifying and delivering effective solutions to client challenges. The SVP Actuary will work closely with broking teams to ensure optimal use of analytical resources, address client needs, and enhance the value GC Analytics brings to client relationships. As a senior leader, you will engage directly with clients to discuss risks, concerns, and potential solutions, leveraging your expertise and broad reinsurance market knowledge—even in the absence of a full actuarial data review. By partnering with brokers, you will actively contribute to problem-solving discussions, providing insights that extend beyond traditional actuarial analysis to drive meaningful client outcomes. This is a hybrid role (3 days a week in office, 2 days a week remote). SVP, Actuarial Advisor We will count on you to: • Act independently to propose actuarial services and valuations to clients, addressing their current and future needs to help mitigate risk. • Modify complex specialty models and propose value-added models to brokers and clients to assess risk exposure, forecast risks, losses, and financial impact. • Expand client services beyond reinsurance transactions to drive business development. • Direct a team to build complex specialty models to assess risk and develop pricing strategies for a range of risk exposures. • Advise senior management regularly on issues and progress to ensure smooth reinsurance transaction processes. • Communicate strategically with brokers, reinsurers, and clients to anticipate client needs and promote the use of reinsurance actuarial services. What you need to have: • Minimum ACAS designation, preferably FCAS, with at least 7-10 years of industry experience. • Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field. • Experience in pricing, valuation, and/or capital modeling. • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office suite. • Visualization skills using Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • Coding experience in programming languages such as Alteryx, R, Python, VBA, or SQL. • Comfortable working collaboratively in interactive teams with brokers and clients. • Ability to lead day-to-day project activities and make decisions to keep projects on track. • Strong problem-solving skills. What makes you stand out: • Experience in reinsurance. • Experience in Financial Lines such as Errors & Omissions (E&O) and Directors & Officers (D&O) insurance. Why join our team: • We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders. • We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities. • Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being. Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X. Marsh is committed to embracing 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, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting reasonableaccommodations@marsh.com. Marsh 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 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.

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