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

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