From day one, our mission has been to create an independent business with a unique culture – one that is controlled by the people who work for it. Finding the most talented and entrepreneurial people has always been key to our success.

People come to Howden for lots of different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. That’s what sets us apart, and why we nurture and retain the best talent in the market. Whatever your priorities – work/life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you’ll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.

About us

Combining Howden Re’s global distribution network and data driven reinsurance expertise with TigerRisk’s leading position in Treaty reinsurance, capital markets, capital advisory, technology and analytics offering. Howden Tiger is uniquely positioned to be the premier reinsurance broker and advisor for the global market.

Across Howden Tiger we are one global team operating across multiple disciplines:

· We have over 500 employees across over 30 office locations.

· Our aim is to bring the full force of our firm to our clients to improve their performance.

· Client Impact; as a privately owned broker, we are focused on client impact rather than quarterly results.

· Elite Team; we are the destination of choice for the industry’s leading talent.

· Market Leading Advisory; our banking, strategic advisory, analytics, and rating agency capabilities add significant value beyond the placement.

· Innovation; is in our DNA - we are creative and willing to do whatever it takes for our clients.

· Relentless Execution; our passion, expertise, and “no silos” approach generates market leading outcomes for clients.

· Proven Results; we are, by far, the fastest growing reinsurance broker among the Top Tier; growing 3x faster than competition.

The energy over the past two years across the broader Howden Group has been incredibly exciting. We have grown to a $30bn GWP business, with organic growth of 19%. There are 15,000 employees including over 3,500 shareholders, demonstrating the value of an empowered, People First culture underpinned by employee ownership. We are growing our positions in all our markets around the world and with the acquisition of TigerRisk the main pillars of our business are now complete. We are:

· A major force in retail and specialty insurance broking

· The leading international MGA

· The leading risk, capital and strategic advisor.

This is a great time to join our business.

About the role

We serve clients via regional offices across the international region, who rely heavily on our expertise, as well as working with global multinational firms, who seek an independent, second pair of eyes perspective. You will be responsible for the delivery of solutions that provide outstanding results to both consumers (brokers, insureds and re-insureds) and capacity (carriers). The successful applicant will work within a dynamic multidisciplinary team containing actuarial and catastrophe modelling. The actuarial team is headed by Man Cheung.

What you’ll bring:

The ideal candidate will be an established practitioner in General Insurance with around 5-10 years’ industry experience in either pricing, reserving or capital work. This can be in a consultancy, broking or carrier context. If studying to be an actuary, you will have made solid progression through the actuarial exams.

You will have good interpersonal skills, passion, energy and a problem-solving demeanour and a delivery oriented mind-set. An aptitude to listen, to understand and anticipate the project requirements and the ability to optimally and expertly communicate your findings. Enthusiasm and willingness to work with brokers, carriers and/or insureds.

You will have:

· A strong mathematical and/or computing background

· An enthusiasm for general insurance and actuarial techniques

· A focus in delivery of projects and products

· An ability to learn and develop

· A desire to help grow a (relatively) new team.

You will be seeking a challenging and an opportunity to develop a successful your career in Howden.

Day to day you will have the opportunity to develop skills to help clients make decisions around capital, (re)insurance, pricing and reserving. You will help Howden Tiger to differentiate ourselves by delivering excellent service to retain existing accounts and help to win new business.

Key accountabilities

You will collaborate with broking colleagues across the Howden Tiger platform and collaborate with catastrophe and actuarial analytics teams on projects related to (re)insurance placements or for tender opportunities. Building your network will be encouraged both with colleagues, across peers within European markets and with clients or prospects.

You will be expected to apply (and refine) actuarial techniques to help deliver advisory and placement projects, working alongside more senior and junior colleagues. Commensurate with your experience and skills develop, you will also lead various client and research projects.

What do we offer in return?

A career that you define.

You can really make a difference to help propel our business forward at an incredibly exciting time to join our business. We offer all the usual rewards and benefits - including great healthcare provision, a wide variety of wellbeing offers, competitive salary, generous pensions and more. We will support academic/professional development - either the chartered insurance institute or actuarial qualifications as appropriate.

What you might not expect is a job where everyone has a voice, where volunteering in the community is part of the day job, and where everyone is encouraged to play a part towards our sustainability goals. We want people who want to make a difference - not just in the workplace, but in the industry and in the wider community.

Our culture: People First

Our core values dictate how we live and work. We are a group with independence and people at its heart and we are a home for talent with a unique culture.

The focus on being a People First business has always been at the very heart of the Howden Group; our vision was to create an independent business with a unique culture and one that would survive and thrive as a business controlled by the people working for it. And finding the most talented and entrepreneurial people to join the Group has been and will continue to be key.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Howden Group, we consider our people our chief competitive advantage and as such we treat colleagues, candidates, clients, and business partners with equality, fairness and respect, regardless of their age, disability, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family circumstances

Our Culture: People First

We’ve travelled far since opening our first office in 1994. Back then we were local experts – based in London, with direct access to the world’s biggest insurance market. We’re still locals, and we still deliver the right advice and the right insurance to our clients. But now, we’re local all over the world. With 15,000 global colleagues and a partner network spanning more than 100 territories, we are the largest independent insurance broker in the world. But our values haven’t changed since day one, when we set out to create a company grounded in:

• An employee-ownership model
• Aligned external investors
• The trust and integrity born of friendship
• Expertise
• Independence

Our focus on being a people-first business has always been at the very heart of Howden. Our vision was to create an independent business with a unique culture; one that would survive and thrive as a business controlled by the people working for it. Our employee ownership model sets us apart in the market. It’s created a culture of collaboration and innovation, where we’re driven to think bigger and empowered to challenge convention.

Our flat structure and entrepreneurial spirit help us attract the best people and empower them to be the best version of themselves. And when we bring in and nurture great talent, more follows. That makes us better – and that’s better for everyone.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Howden we consider our people our chief competitive advantage and as such we treat colleagues, candidates, clients, and business partners with equality, fairness and respect, regardless of their age, disability, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family circumstances.