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a1ballc2
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Was hoping I could get some general advice from others who have been there in the Insurance sector. Any advice is appreciated 
I have worked in GI Pricing for the last 2 years, a mixture of Personal and Commerical lines. I don't work for a big firm so although it does involve lots of Emblem modelling, I wouldn't say that the Pricing we do is very sosphisticated; the models are brand new with some sketchy data and we have no price optimisation in place. I do enjoy my job however.
I am considering a role at a Reinsurance firm for mainly Reserving with a bit of Pricing, (london market small team) - is this a good move? Is Reinsurance reserving boring?
Should I instead focus on getting a Pricing job at a bigger firm with better data and more sophisticated techniques to round out my Pricing knowledge first?
How many disciplines in GI should I be familar with by the time I qualify (in 1-2 years)? Do I really need to know GLM Pricing, Price Optimisation etc, Reserving AND Capital modelling or should I specialise? Where does Reinsurance fit into all of this?!
Sorry for the text wall - I am just unsure about the next step.
Seems like getting the grad job was the easy bit and actually thinking about your long term career direction is harder :-(
I have worked in GI Pricing for the last 2 years, a mixture of Personal and Commerical lines. I don't work for a big firm so although it does involve lots of Emblem modelling, I wouldn't say that the Pricing we do is very sosphisticated; the models are brand new with some sketchy data and we have no price optimisation in place. I do enjoy my job however.
I am considering a role at a Reinsurance firm for mainly Reserving with a bit of Pricing, (london market small team) - is this a good move? Is Reinsurance reserving boring?
Should I instead focus on getting a Pricing job at a bigger firm with better data and more sophisticated techniques to round out my Pricing knowledge first?
How many disciplines in GI should I be familar with by the time I qualify (in 1-2 years)? Do I really need to know GLM Pricing, Price Optimisation etc, Reserving AND Capital modelling or should I specialise? Where does Reinsurance fit into all of this?!
Sorry for the text wall - I am just unsure about the next step.
Seems like getting the grad job was the easy bit and actually thinking about your long term career direction is harder :-(