Applied Data Scientist (Specialty Insurance)
- Location
- London, UK
- Salary Package
- £60,000 - £100,000
- Posted
- 26th Mar 2026
- Consultants
- Holly Ellenthorpe
New Role - Applied Data Scientist (Specialty Insurance)
This role will apply advanced analytics and modelling to improve risk selection, pricing decisions, and claims insight across speciality insurance lines including Renewables, D&O, Credit and Marine.
The role will sit at the intersection of underwriting judgement, actuarial thinking, claims insight, and modern data science and will involve a secondment into the Innovation team, helping shape a cross-line analytics capability that strengthens decision-making across the underwriting lifecycle.
The Candidate -
- Between 2-5 years' experience in an insurance pricing team
- Strong applied data science capability - using Python/R to apply statistical modelling and machine learning techniques
- Understanding of statistical and analytical foundations - probability theory, GLMs, time series analysis
- Comprehension of modern machine learning techniques and modelling approaches - random forest, XGBoost, GBMs
- Solid SQL, data handling and data visualisation skills
Salary - £60,000 - £100,000
Location - London (Hybrid)
If you're a data scientist with insurance experience then please get in touch via email - holly.ellenthorpe@eamesconsulting.com
Holly Ellenthorpe
Consultant