Insurance Recruitment

Every insurance hire has its own timeline, shaped by the role, seniority and whether you’re hiring on a permanent, interim or contract basis. Contract support for claims surges, year-end reserving or regulatory projects can usually be arranged sooner than a permanent appointment. Senior underwriting, actuarial and leadership roles often involve longer notice periods and, in some cases, restrictive covenants or regulatory references to plan around. We’ll map out a realistic timeline with you from the first conversation. For more details visit our contract and permanent hiring solution pages.

Insurance hiring depends on understanding the detail behind a role. That might be the class of business, the authority an underwriter holds, the regulatory context a compliance lead works within or the stage an actuary has reached in their qualifications. As insurance specialists we understand those details. Our consultants specialise in Actuarial and Risk, Compliance & Control, Underwriting & Claims, and Distribution & Broking. Their market knowledge helps them identify candidates with the right skills, experience and fit for your team.

Many of the strongest insurance professionals aren’t actively looking. Our consultants know who they are and how to approach them, using a targeted headhunting approach built on long-standing relationships across the London market and UK insurance industry. Every conversation is handled in strict confidence, whether you’re replacing a senior underwriter, building a new team or making a discreet appointment at leadership level.

With our specialist approach, you work directly with someone who knows your corner of the market inside out, and who can reach the talent others can’t.

Our vetting combines competency-based screening, qualification checks and thorough referencing. That includes regulatory references and checks on SM&CR certification or Senior Management Function status where roles require them. Our consultants explore how candidates have applied their expertise in practice, including portfolio performance, reserving work, claims outcomes and client retention. We can also arrange technical interviews, case studies or practical assessments based on your requirements.

Our insurance network is built over years. Our consultants stay in regular contact with actuaries, underwriters, claims professionals, risk specialists and brokers at every level, from analysts and assistant underwriters to Heads of function. That means we often know who’s open to exploring career opportunities or a potential move before they’re on the market.

That network reaches across the city of London, Lloyd’s and UK general insurance. It also extends to MGAs and insurtech businesses, where we’re seeing growing demand for people who combine insurance expertise with strong data skills. For actuarial roles in particular, our international connections across Singapore, Hong Kong and Bermuda can widen your search to professionals from other leading insurance and reinsurance markets.

Many of the professionals we represent choose to work with us exclusively, so the candidates we introduce are often people you won’t find anywhere else.

We review our salary data regularly and refresh it fully every quarter to reflect changes across UK insurance and the London market. Our benchmarks draw on our database of 300K+ candidates, our own primary research and secondary market data, including bonus and incentive trends, so they reflect what’s really happening in your market. Request a salary survey and you’ll receive up-to-date insight tailored to your role and specialism.