Actuarial Associate

Turaco is a micro-insurtech company changing healthcare financing in emerging markets. We provide simple, affordable health and life insurance to low-income earners, distributing our products through partnerships with leading businesses in Kenya and Uganda. Our mission is to act as a safety net, freeing people from the fear of health-related financial shocks.About the role

Turaco is looking for an Actuarial Associate to work at our Nairobi office in our Service Center reporting directly to the Head of Insurance Operations and working closely with our Chief Operations Officer. This individual will take on the technical aspects of our journey into insurance underwriting, specifically risk analysis, reserving, pricing projections, and compliance. The role has a strong analytics and automation focus: you will turn our policy and claims data into insights that drive decisions, and automate the actuarial, pricing and reporting processes that are manual today.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

Underwriting

Work closely with the larger insurance operations and commercial team to develop and review micro-underwriting/micro-insurance policies.
Working with the technology team to develop the underwriting infrastructure and the data structures needed for regulator-approved reporting
Designing the underwriting journeys for Turaco flagship insurance products and new micro-insurance products in the pipeline.