Finance & Law

Pensions & Insurance Actuary

Put numbers on risk so the world can insure against it

€50k–€120k Medium demand

Actuaries use mathematics and statistics to assess financial risk — pricing insurance, managing pension funds and helping organisations understand uncertainty in precise terms.

1Modelling the long-term liabilities of a pension scheme

2Reviewing mortality assumptions with a colleague

3Explaining a complex reserving calculation to a non-technical board

4Stress-testing a portfolio against a 1-in-200-year scenario

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Actuarial mathematicsStatistics & probabilityFinancial modellingR or Python

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Actuarial mathematics

Statistics & probability

Financial modelling

R or Python

Communication of uncertainty

Regulatory knowledge

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