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Full-time CPO, WTW
FULL-TIME CPO JOB · FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR · CITY OF LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
WTW (major global professional services firm) seeks a qualified actuary to lead product development and innovation for North American Casualty insurance. Based in London on a hybrid full-time contract, the role bridges broking, actuarial and analytics to develop new insurance products, support complex placements and advise clients on risk solutions. This is a permanent senior appointment with no fractional or interim signals.
Full-time CPO — the balanced verdict
Why this role stands out
- Credible employer (WTW, FTSE-listed); stable, well-resourced environment
- Genuine strategic scope — bridging product, analytics, broking and client advisory
- Blend of technical (actuarial) and commercial (placement, innovation) accountability
- Hybrid London base; strong benefits (25 days leave, pension match, healthcare, EV scheme)
Worth checking before you apply
- Full-time permanent role—not fractional, interim or part-time; no stated flexibility beyond hybrid working
- Broad remit across product, broking support, analytics and client service could mean diffuse accountability or scope creep
- Requires qualified actuary credential; may limit pool to specialist practitioners
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What the posting asks · quoted from the listing
- Must-have
Qualified or credentialed actuary with significant P&C/general insurance
We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded insurance professional to
lead Product Development & Innovation within our North American Casualty team.
Based in London, this role will bridge broking, actuarial and data & analytics
capabilities, applying technical insight to develop differentiated client
solutions, improve placement outcomes and create new products and facilities.
The successful candidate will combine strong casualty and actuarial expertise
with the commercial mindset and market orientation of a senior broker.
The Role:
Responsibilities:
Product Development & Innovation
- Identify market gaps and opportunities for new casualty products, facilities
- and risk solutions
- Lead product development from initial concept through analytical validation,
- insurer engagement and launch
- Develop scalable propositions using exposure, claims and third-party data to
- improve risk differentiation
- Build commercial cases for new products and innovation initiatives
- Champion pilot programmes and product testing in collaboration with clients
- and carriers
Broking & Placement Support
- Operate as a senior technical and commercial resource within the North
- American Casualty team
- Support complex placements, client RFPs and new-business opportunities
- Work with broking teams to prepare and articulate data-led underwriting
- submissions
- Engage insurers to develop new capacity solutions and communicate analytical
- insights around risk quality
- Combine market intelligence, insurer appetite and analytics to identify
- placement opportunities
- Provide technical, industry and subject-matter expertise where required
Actuarial, Data & Analytics
- Apply actuarial expertise to pricing, loss trends, benchmarking, portfolio
- segmentation and casualty analysis
- Work with broking and Data & Analytics teams to translate technical analysis
- into commercial recommendations
- Identify opportunities to use data to improve risk selection, programme design
- and placement outcomes
- Explore practical applications of AI, machine learning and emerging technology
- within casualty
- Support the development of analytical tools and capabilities that can be
- embedded within broking workflows
Client Service & Business Advisory
- Understand clients’ businesses and risk management needs and develop tailored
- solutions
- Act as a senior technical adviser where actuarial analysis, data or product
- innovation can enhance the client proposition
- Present complex analytical concepts clearly to clients, brokers and insurers
- Develop strong relationships with clients, markets and internal partners
- Build connectivity between Broking, Actuarial, Data & Analytics and Technology
- Help develop greater analytical capability and adoption across the casualty
- broking team
- Always operate within the business’s policies and procedures
QUALIFICATIONS
- What you'll bring:
- Qualified or credentialed actuary with significant P&C/general insurance
- experience
- Strong casualty insurance knowledge, ideally including North American
- liability
- Experience applying actuarial analysis to pricing, portfolio analysis, risk
- segmentation and benchmarking
- Commercial and client-oriented, with the ability to translate complex analysis
- into clear, actionable insights
- Strong understanding of insurance markets and the perspectives of clients,
- brokers and underwriters
- Experience developing insurance products, facilities or data-led propositions
- Comfortable working across broking, actuarial, analytics and technology teams
- Strong communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills
- AI, machine learning and/or data science experience advantageous
- A proactive, innovative and collaborative approach
- Degree-level education or comparable industry experience
- What we offer:
- Enjoy a benefits package designed to help you thrive, both professionally and
personally. You'll receive 25 days of annual leave plus an extra WTW day to
relax and recharge. Our comprehensive health and wellbeing offering includes
private healthcare, life insurance, group income protection, and regular health
assessments, all giving you peace of mind. Secure your future with our defined
contribution pension scheme, featuring matched contributions up to 10% from the
company.
We support your growth and balance with hybrid working options, access to an
employee assistance programme, and a fully paid volunteer day to make a
difference in your community. On top of these, you can opt into a variety of
additional perks including an electric vehicle car scheme, share scheme,
cycle-to-work programme, dental and optical cover, critical illness protection,
and much more. Start making the most of your career and wellbeing with a range
of benefits tailored for you.
Equal Opportunity Employer
- We’re committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application,
interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants. If you
foresee any barriers, from the application process through to joining WTW,
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The roleWhat it asksA certificationYears askedSkills the listing names
- Qualified or credentialed actuary with significant P&C/general insurance
- Casualty insurance
- Actuarial analysis
- Product development
- Risk management
- Data analytics
- Market intelligence
- Stakeholder management
- Underwriting
- Portfolio segmentation
- Artificial intelligence
- Machine learning
- Commercial mindset
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