Full-Time

Associate Actuary

TransRe

TransRe

501-1,000 employees

Global property and casualty reinsurance capacity

Compensation Overview

$165k - $200k/yr

+ Incentive pay

New York, NY, USA

Hybrid

Three days in the New York City office per week are required; two days are remote.

Category
Insurance (1)
Required Skills
Excel/Numbers/Sheets

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Requirements
  • At least 10 years of actuarial pricing experience in the property and casualty insurance or reinsurance industry.
  • An Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society or Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society designation is required.
  • Proficiency in Excel, including working with large datasets using PivotTables and PivotCharts.
  • Demonstrated experience advising underwriters on deal pricing.
  • Ability to communicate and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders.
Responsibilities
  • Price reinsurance treaties and certificates for traditional casualty and professional liability.
  • Participate in client visits and audits.
  • Conduct annual profitability studies.
  • Perform quarterly reserving work.
  • Conduct parameter studies of loss trend, loss development factors, and increased limits factors.
  • Assist with portfolio analytics.
  • Support ad hoc actuarial projects.
  • Work directly with underwriting teams to evaluate deals and advise on the final decision-making process.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in reinsurance is strongly preferred.

TransRe is an international reinsurance company that provides reinsurance capacity on both treaty and facultative bases, focusing on property and casualty products. Its products work by offering risk transfer support to insurers, backed by dedicated local teams worldwide and the strength of the Berkshire Hathaway group. TransRe emphasizes listening to clients, understanding strategic objectives, and delivering the full spectrum of services needed to help clients grow, while maintaining a promise to be available when needed and to pay claims. Differences from competitors include its global footprint with local professionals, a strong claims-paying commitment, and the backing and resources of Berkshire Hathaway. The company's goal is to help clients transfer risk efficiently and reliably, enabling them to grow and succeed by delivering capacity, reliability, expertise, and creativity in risk transfer solutions.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1977

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • March 2, 2026 AM Best affirmed A++ and stable outlook, reinforcing client confidence.
  • January 9, 2026 promotions expanded TransRe Capital Partners, property, and cyber execution.
  • July 22, 2026 Bousselam became TransRe Europe CUO, accelerating Continental European growth.

What critics are saying

  • Climate losses in California, wildfire, and convective-storm lines can crush earnings quickly.
  • Brokers can shift treaties to Everest, Munich Re, or Swiss Re after pricing resets.
  • Berkshire ownership can starve TransRe of autonomy; a prolonged underwriting miss erodes relevance.

What makes TransRe unique

  • Berkshire Hathaway backing and AM Best A++ ratings anchor TransRe’s underwriting credibility.
  • January 2026 promotions centralize property, cyber, and go-to-market expertise across global teams.
  • TransRe publishes proprietary catastrophe and market research, strengthening broker trust and pricing discipline.

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Benefits

Paid Vacation

Hybrid Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

5%

1 year growth

5%

2 year growth

5%
Reinsurance News
Jul 22nd, 2026
Bousselam promoted to CUO of TransRe Europe.

Bousselam promoted to CUO of TransRe Europe. Transatlantic Holdings (TransRe), the reinsurance arm of the Alleghany Corporation, has announced the promotion of Abdeladim Bousselam to CUO of TransRe Europe, reporting to Louise Rose, President, International Division with immediate effect. Bousselam brings a wealth of, leadership, and underwriting expertise to his new position, having initially joined TransRe from Swiss Re as Head of MEA in January 2025. Since joining the company, the executive has made an immediate impact on TransRe Middle East portfolio, building and further cementing local client and broker relationships, increasing its regional profile and generating new and accretive business opportunities. During his 12 years at Swiss Re, Bousselam held a number of positions increasing in responsibility. He joined the company as an Associate Business Analysts, and was later appointed Assistant Vice President - Project Manager. In 2015 the executive was promoted to Vice President - Senior Underwriter Credit & Surety Reinsurance, and was promoted to Senior Regional Manager Saudi Arabia & Solutions Lead Middle East five years later.

Artemis
Jan 9th, 2026
TransRe expands Torre's role to global property, in addition to third-party capital

TransRe expands Torre's role to global property, in addition to third-party capital. Global reinsurance company TransRe has announced the promotion of Mike Torre and expansion of his responsibilities to the position of Global Property Portfolio and Third-Party Capital Leader, reporting to Lisa Moser, President of Global Portfolio Management. In this capacity, he will oversee the firm's global property portfolio, while continuing to fulfill his existing duties in developing and executing the organisation's third-party capital initiatives at TransRe Capital Partners, the firm's dedicated unit that specialises in sharing risks with third-party institutional investors. Torre joined TransRe in 2018 from re/insurance broker Aon and took on lead responsibility for the third-party reinsurance capital business in 2021. At the same time, TransRe has also announced that Eyal Shnaps has been promoted to lead the firm's U.S. Custom team, an important component of the reinsurer's global portfolio. Shnaps, who is well known across the industry for his time working on third-party reinsurance capital backed initiatives, joined TransRe's Capital Partners Group in 2014. Most recently, he served as TransRe's Global Property Portfolio Leader, developing property strategy and analytics, while also managing aggregates. In his new position, Shnaps will report to John Fugit, Chief Underwriting Officer for North America. As well as this, TransRe also announced that it has promoted Maryam Haji to Global Head of Research & Catastrophe Management. Haji joined the reinsurer in 2014 and has since led the validation of third-party cat models, the development of TransRe's property risk assessment framework and the integration of cyber modelling into exposure management workflows. TransRe also confirmed that Haji will continue to report to Moser as well within their new role. And lastly, TransRe has also promoted Desmond Pollock to lead the firm's Go-To-Market team. In his new role, Pollock will report to Paul McKeon, President of Global Underwriting, where he will focus on client/broker relationships, analytics and market communications. Pollock joined TransRe in 2006 to lead the regional unit of the firm's US Custom team. He later went on to assume leadership of the US Custom team in 2017 Commenting on the promotions, Paul McKeon said: "In today's market, it is more important than ever that our front-line teams have the best possible support to help deliver the service and capabilities that our partner clients and brokers expect and deserve. These changes help us deliver this goal, and demonstrate the strength and depth of talent within TransRe." Lisa Moser added: "These changes better integrate our analytic capabilities to enhance the insights our Portfolio group delivers to our underwriting teams in all regions and lines of business worldwide. Having worked with Mike and Maryam for many years, I am confident they will bring new perspectives to their expanded roles." All of its Artemis Live insurance-linked securities (ILS), catastrophe bonds and reinsurance video content and video interviews can be accessed online. Its Artemis Live podcast can be subscribed to using the typical podcast services providers, including Apple, Google, Spotify and more.

Reinsurance News
Oct 15th, 2025
Canopius appoints Rachel Webber as Head of Reinsurance, UK

Canopius appoints Rachel Webber as Head of Reinsurance, UK. Canopius Group, a global specialty and Property & Casualty re/insurer, has announced the appointment of Rachel Webber to the newly created role of Head of Reinsurance, UK. In this new role, Webber will be responsible for evaluating Canopius' UK reinsurance portfolio to further enhance the company's value proposition and services. She will also lead client engagement efforts to ensure partners have a clear understanding of Canopius' reinsurance offerings, positioning the company as a comprehensive and practical solution that remains top of mind. Webber will report to Aloïs Rouffiac, UK Chief Underwriting Officer and Active Underwriter at Canopius. She brings more than 20 years of industry experience, with expertise across both technical and underwriting functions. Webber joins Canopius from TransRe, where she spent the past 18 years in various senior leadership roles, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Head of Non-Marine. Earlier in her career, she held actuarial analyst roles at Abacus Underwriting and QBE Europe. Rouffiac said, "We are delighted to welcome Rachel to Canopius. She will develop and focus our strong reinsurance underwriting teams in London while embedding a collaborative and winning culture. We have no doubt that she will help to position Canopius Reinsurance as one of the London market's leading, specialist reinsurance underwriters." Canopius' commitment to investing in reinsurance is also reflected in the recent expansion of its Casualty Treaty business and its entry into the Aviation Treaty market in London.

FF News
Aug 12th, 2025
TransRe Partners With Cytora to Digitize Facultative Reinsurance Workflows

TransRe has partnered with Cytora, the digital risk processing platform.

Coverager
Feb 4th, 2025
Transre Announces Leadership Transitions

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