SENIOR INSURANCE MANAGER SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS

Published: Sep 26, 2025 - The Senior Insurance Manager has experience in the insurance industry, with strong expertise in risk management techniques, insurance coverage, and applying critical thinking to identify risks, analyze data, and implement proactive solutions. This role requires advanced analytical and quantitative skills, excellent communication, and stakeholder management abilities, along with the capability to mentor junior staff and contribute effectively to multidisciplinary teams. The manager also thrives in a dynamic environment, manages multiple ongoing projects, and builds trusted relationships both internally across EY and externally with clients.

Essential Hard and Soft Skills for a Standout Senior Insurance Manager Resume
  • Project Management
  • Business Development
  • Risk Management
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Underwriting Expertise
  • Financial Analysis
  • Data Analysis
  • Policy Management
  • Claims Management
  • Client Relations
  • Team Leadership
  • Critical Thinking
  • Relationship Building
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Time Management
  • Problem Solving
  • Communication Skills
  • Mentoring Skills
  • Decision Making

Summary of Senior Insurance Manager Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume

1. BS in Actuarial Science with 8 years of Experience

  • Strong experience working in the Insurance/Financial Services industry.
  • Experience working with IFRS, UK, US GAAP, or equivalent reporting standards.
  • Insurance audit experience and related regulatory and accounting requirements of this industry.
  • IFRS 17 experience, either from a project-support or audit perspective.
  • Solvency II experience, either from a project-support or audit perspective.
  • Ability to present client data in a clear and concise format.
  • Ability to develop effective client relationships, in particular establishing rapport, trust and confidence with stakeholders.
  • Must have project management experience.
  • Proven leadership skills demonstrating strong judgment, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
  • Experience working in a fast-paced team environment.
  • Ability to manage and motivate teams with team members at all levels.
  • Experience working independently on multiple assignments or engagements, even in a virtual environment.

2. BA in Business Administration with 6 years of Experience

  • Exceptional analytical capabilities, with an eye for detail and a passion for understanding problems and identifying solutions.
  • Experience across the full lifecycle of an analytic, including requirements capture, development, technical documentation and delivery.
  • Must have a track record in managing and nurturing technically-minded juniors in a quality-centric environment.
  • Enthusiasm for contributing to strategic discussions, with the confidence to own ideas and drive them to a conclusion.
  • Experience with cloud-based analytics platforms and solutions (e.g, Azure, DataIku, Synapse).
  • Comfortable with financial/Excel modelling.
  • Experience in the pricing of work within a professional services framework.
  • Understanding of the purpose and structure of statutory financial audits, or practical experience in financial/management accounting.
  • Must have an interest in current economic and market trends.

3. BS in Risk Management and Insurance with 4 years of Experience

  • Thorough knowledge of current auditing techniques.
  • Experience of the entire audit process.
  • Understanding of IFRS and local GAAP.
  • Understanding of risk-based auditing and risk and control strategies.
  • Understanding of Quality and Risk Management (Q&RM) procedures.
  • Must comply with and understand regulatory requirements.
  • Must have a track record with a blue-chip audit firm.
  • Professional accountancy qualification.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Ability to inform and persuade all levels of management.

4. BA in Economics with 6 years of Experience

  • Accounting or actuarial experience/qualifications.
  • Solvency II Pillar 3 reporting experience, e.g, in producing or reviewing the content of QRTs, SFCRs, RSRs and ORSAs.
  • Experience in undertaking or reviewing regulatory processes, e.g, approvals and notifications.
  • Knowledge/experience of capital management and/or capital structuring, including managing capital at Lloyd’s and the associated processes and requirements.
  • Knowledge/experience of modelling, maintaining, or reviewing external credit ratings.
  • Experience in designing, implementing, or reviewing risk management frameworks for insurers.
  • Good understanding of economic or market issues and the ability to interpret their impact on clients.
  • Strong interpersonal and teamwork, analytical and creative skills.
  • Able to leverage technology to continually learn, improve service delivery and maintain leading-edge best practices.
  • Experience in the non-life actuarial team or an actuarial consulting firm.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills.
  • Depth of experience in at least one of the following areas: financial modeling, financial and regulatory reporting, and reserving, product pricing and distribution strategy, ERM/Solvency II, and M&A due diligence.

5. BS in Finance with 5 years of Experience

  • Advanced analytical and other quantitative skills.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to build trusted relationships both internally across EY and externally with clients.
  • Capable of working within and being an active contributor to multidisciplinary teams.
  • Experience working in the Private Health Insurance Industry.
  • Willingness to work in a dynamic environment, managing multiple ongoing projects.
  • Ability to develop and mentor junior staff.
  • Strong analytical ability to identify risks, analyze and implement solutions and manage data.
  • Thorough knowledge of risk management techniques, concepts, and lines of insurance coverage.
  • Understand the company’s operations and risks and creatively implement policies and programs to proactively manage risk and minimize losses.
  • Must apply critical thinking skills to unique and challenging problems.