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  • Posted: Apr 30, 2026
    Deadline: May 8, 2026
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  • All right, all right - let’s cut to the formalities. Here's the deal. At Hollard, we get up in the morning to ensure people sleep better at night. Our job is to look after the stuff our customers love. In fact, 5 million people already trust us with their stuff. That's pretty big deal to us. http://www.hollard.co.za Impressum The Hollard I...
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    Actuarial Analyst

    Job Purpose

    • To support the Hollard Insure Personal Lines (PL) Pricing team in servicing the various product portfolios through data management and analytics, pricing, product development, portfolio monitoring, and technical assistance. 

    Key Responsibilities

    Reporting and Monitoring

    • Own and optimise reporting and monitoring workflows within the end-to-end pricing environment.
    • Produce management information reports and dashboards.
    • Analyse trends and provide actionable insights to guide business decisions.
    • Ensure timely and accurate product monitoring and reporting.

    Data Management, Quality and Financial Reconciliation

    • Collaborate with all business partners to ensure data requirements of PL pricing team are met.
    • Define and uphold data quality, lineage, and metadata standards.
    • Extracting, cleaning, processing, and reconciling data from various data systems and providing the data in a suitable format for PL actuarial calculations.
    • Apply forward-thinking and innovative approaches to data challenges, leveraging advanced techniques such as artificial intelligence, large language models (LLMs), and other emerging methodologies to develop effective and scalable solutions.

    Pricing and Product Development

    • Design, implement, and oversee tailored, advanced pricing models using a range of statistical approaches tailored to the segment and data availability. Techniques include simple burning cost methods, frequency–severity models, original loss curves, multivariate approaches such as GLMs and machine learning algorithms.
    • Conduct ongoing review and monitoring of product pricing.
    • Perform impact analysis of new rates to support stakeholder decision-making and change management.

    Required Knowledge and Experience    
    Required Skills and experience

    • 3-6 years’ relevant experience in short-term insurance pricing
    • Experience with rating platforms (e.g. Radar, Earnix)
    • Experience in one or all of SAS, SQL, Python, PowerBI and MS Fabrics
    • Experience building and maintaining data ingestion layers, with a focus on data quality, lineage, and integration of relevant datasets
    • Track record in designing, pricing, and monitoring insurance products, including renewal pricing, experience monitoring, and impact analysis.
    • Proficiency in generalised linear models, machine learning techniques, and advanced analytics for insurance pricing is advantageous.

    Required Knowledge and Skills

    Core Competencies

    • Demonstrates strategic and commercial acumen by designing and executing pricing strategies that drive segment profitability and growth.
    • Builds, validates, and deploys advanced actuarial models and data-driven solutions with precision and rigor.
    • Collaborative problem-solving. Actively engages with colleagues and stakeholders across Hollard to scope, refine, and implement effective solutions
    • Anticipates data and pricing challenges with a forward-thinking mindset, leveraging emerging methodologies to drive ongoing enhancement.
    • Communicates complex analytics clearly, translating data insights into compelling business narratives that secure buy-in from diverse audiences
    • Thrives in dynamic environments, demonstrating flexibility, perseverance, and a strong team orientation
    • Maintains high standards of precision in technical work, ensuring reliability and credibility of outputs.

    Educational Requirements    
    Required Qualifications

    • Matric/Senior Certificate
    • Degree and have passed 9 -12 subjects

    Deadline:3rd May,2026

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    Technical Marketer

    • An Exciting new opportunity has become available within Hollard Group Risk. We are looking to recruit a Technical Marketer in our Business Development Area.
    • The Technical Marketer is responsible for translating complex Group Risk products, pricing structures, underwriting positions, claims experience, and regulatory considerations into clear, credible, and compelling market-facing material.
    • The role sits at the intersection of Product, Actuarial, Underwriting, Claims, and Business Development, supporting brokers and internal sales teams to shift conversations from price to value, outcomes, and benefit design relevance

    KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

    Technical Content & Proposition Development

    • Develop and maintain technical sales collateral for Group Life, Disability, Critical Illness, Funeral, and related ancillary benefits, among others
    • Translate actuarial and underwriting positions into broker-usable narratives (e.g. benefit competitiveness, morbidity alignment, FCL logic)
    • Support the articulation of employer value propositions beyond premium (claims outcomes, suitability, governance, FSCA alignment)

    Broker & Distribution Enablement

    • Produce technical guides, comparison tools, benefit schedules, explainer documents, and FAQs for brokers
    • Support Business Development and Distribution with tender responses, RFP packs, and re-broking support material
    • Enable consultative selling by equipping brokers to lead benefit redesign and governance-aligned conversations rather than price comparison

    Market Education & Thought Leadership

    • Develop market education content addressing common misconceptions about group risk benefits
    • Contribute to white papers, insight pieces, and technical presentations aimed at trustees, HR, remuneration committees, and governance forums
    • Support positioning of Group Risk as risk management and employee value, not a transactional insurance line item

    Strategic Product & BD Support

    • Work closely with Product, Actuarial, Underwriting and Claims to ensure market messaging is accurate and defensible
    • Support new product launches, benefit enhancements, and market repositioning initiatives
    • Provide technical input into BD strategies, competitor positioning and differentiation narratives

    Governance, Compliance & Accuracy

    • Ensure all technical marketing material is FSCA-aligned, Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) compliant, and suitable for intermediary use
    • Maintain rigorous technical accuracy, version control and approval processes
    • Assist in simplifying technical language without diluting regulatory or contractual integrity

    Key Stakeholders

    • Group Risk Business Development
    • Product & Actuarial
    • Underwriting & Claims
    • Broker Distribution & Key Intermediaries
    • Marketing (brand and campaigns alignment)

    Required Knowledge and Experience    

    • 5+ years’ experience in Group Risk insurance, employee benefits, or actuarially-driven insurance products
    • Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
    • Strong working knowledge of:
    • Group Life, Disability, Critical Illness, Funeral benefits
    • Pricing and evaluation of group risks schemes
    • Underwriting principles and Free Cover Limits
    • Claims experience and morbidity drivers
    • Broker-led distribution model
    • Proactive and solution-oriented mindset.
    • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
    • Team player with strong collaboration skills.
    • Analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities

    Educational Requirements    

    • 5+ years’ experience in Group Risk insurance, employee benefits, or actuarially-driven insurance products
    • Minimum requirement: Preferably tertiary qualification (mathematics, statistics or business-related degree)

    Deadline:5th May,2026

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    Internal Broker Consultant - Marine

    • Hello… an exciting new opportunity has just come available in our Hollard Insure, Marine Department (Broker Distribution). We are looking to recruit an Internal Broker Consultant. 

    Role Objectives:

    • Support to Broker Consultants in processing all sales transactions assigned, within the set standards required by the company thus contributing to the productivity of the area  
    • Assist the Broker Consultant to develop and maintain effective business relationships with brokers in order to attract develop and retain profitable business.  
    • Enhance the image of the company through the continuous delivery of efficient and effective customer service. 

    Key responsibilities:

    • Sales and Marketing: Assist the Broker Consultant to sell Hollard products to brokers and/or agents using consultative selling techniques. Contribute to effective marketing of the Company products by answering questions, resolve problems on topics such as policy status, billing, etc, and explaining new or revised products and processes.
    • Account Management: Support Broker Consultants to meet goals for volume and value of quality new business quoted and written within company guidelines, by managing all accredited brokers, process all quotes assigned, update quote register, all quotes to be sent to Broker Consultant who in turn will forward to Broker, complete the new business worklist and responsible for follow up, ensure all renewals are processed for preparation to negotiate with brokers – Broker Consultant responsible for final sign off, processing and following up all declaration letters, assist with follow up and confirmation of surveys and ensure Risk Recommendations are followed up – diary system to be used for this, prepare all new business closings prior to handing over to underwriting for processing, answering of Broker Consultant’s telephone in their absence. Assist with servicing, growing and maintaining renewal policies. Confirm rating and cover on endorsements requested. Assist in ensuring that all premiums are received and up to date on all accounts in portfolio. In collaboration with credit control review and discuss all outstanding premiums and arrears with Brokers on a monthly basis.
    • Risk Management: Credit control procedures, loss ratios, broker/agent agreements, ensure compliance with rating, underwriting principles and reinsurance.
    • Underwriting/Risk Analysis: Analyse qualitative and quantitative data prepared by brokers to provide approval for risk selection and acceptance, coverage and price. Recommend creative alternatives in regard to rating plans, coverage and payment plans. Ensure reinsurance is in place where applicable. Ensure reinsurance is in place where applicable.
    • Relationship Management: Interact frequently with brokers and/or agents and focus on service delivery.

    Required Knowledge and Experience    
    Required Experience

    • At least 3 years’ Marine insurance experience 

    Required Knowledge and Skills

    • Good communication skills (including writing and presentation skills) 
    • Negotiation skills (internal & external) 
    • Relationship management skills (have the right approach with the right people) 
    • Analysis and interpretation of data pertaining to assigned books, reports and market conditions 

    Educational Requirements    

    • Matric 
    • NQF 4 Insurance qualification or equivalent advantageous 
    • RE advantageous 

    Deadline:4th May,2026

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    Actuarial Assistant(Analyst)

    Job Advert Summary    

    • To support the Life Product Development and Pricing team, including pricing analysis, experience monitoring, and reporting. Work with different business areas to develop solutions, build strong relationships and communicate insights clearly.

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Conduct market research for life, funeral and credit life products.
    • Assist with pricing and development of Life Insurance products including Credit Life
    • Run quotes for Group Funeral Schemes and Credit Life.
    • Prepare policy documents (quotes, specs, master policies).
    • Clean and validate data from HINT subsidiaries.
    • Analyse product performance and trends.
    • Conduct experience investigations to inform pricing assumptions and product improvements.
    • Perform VBA coding tasks.
    • Contribute to product and model development projects per our Projects Plan.

    Required Knowledge and Experience    

    • 1-3 years’ experience in a Pricing, Corporate Actuarial or Valuations environment.
    • Experience within Life Insurance is advantageous.
    • Exposure to Credit Life products and product development will be a strong advantage.

    Behavioural Competencies:

    • Analytical skills
    • Problem solving and adaptability
    • Communication and interpersonal skills
    • Attention to detail
    • Innovation
    • Ability to work under pressure and independently
    • Time management

    Educational Requirements    

    • Matric or equivalent.
    • A relevant degree (preferably B.Comm, B.Sc or B.Tech) – Actuarial, Mathematical or Financial.

    Technical / Professional Knowledge and Skills:

    • Good understanding of simple life Insurance products – group products, including credit life and funeral products.
    • Understand Pricing and Business Principles.
    • Business writing skills
    • Microsoft Office suite
    • Data analysis
    • VBA

    Deadline:8th May,2026

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