Matt Hurst

I’m Matt Hurst (FIA, FIA C.Act, FASSA), a qualified actuary with 9+

years across primary insurance, reinsurance, and Big Four consulting.

Most recently I worked in longevity pricing (UK and Dutch markets),

and previously I led manager-level consulting and audit workstreams

(including IFRS 17), with strong stakeholder management and process optimisation skills.

What I’m looking for

Roles: I’m now exploring roles where I can combine deep technical pricing expertise with broader commercial ownership, for example

Pricing and Product Strategy, Pricing Operations/Enablement, or

Insurance Strategy and Analytics consulting.

Level: Manager to Senior Manager (flexible depending on scope)

Start: Available immediately

Location: Flexible (Cape Town, remote, or relocation)

PROFILE SUMMARY

• Qualified actuary with 9+ years of international experience across reinsurance, consulting & primary insurance.
• Specialist in longevity swap & BPA pricing, annuity product development, actuarial consulting, and auditing.
• Proven success delivering large-scale transactions, consulting projects, and audits for major life insurers across the UK, Europe, and

Africa.

• Known for combining deep technical expertise with commercial acumen and stakeholder leadership.

KEY EXPERIENCE

Pricing Actuary Munich Re: Nov 2024 - Aug 2025 (London)

• Led pricing of longevity swap deals, often exceeding £1B+ in liability value, (UK & Dutch markets).
• Developed pricing bases and presented these to internal pricing, risk,

and commercial heads for sign-off (who often have conflicting objectives).

• Introduced automation tools (web scraping using LLMs, VBA automation etc.), reducing pricing cycle time by roughly 25%.

Actuarial Manager KPMG(UK): Jun 2022 – Nov 2024 (London)

• Led an actuarial workstream for an IFRS 17 implementation project across HSBC’s global insurance subsidiaries.
• Undertook a model risk validation for Phoenix’s annuity block of business (post-M&A integration).
• Audited L&G’s Matching Adjustment portfolio under Solvency II.
• Key member in developing go-to-market strategies for longevity de-risking in the UK and the managing the runoff of with-profits products.

Actuarial Manager EY(SA): Mar 2020 – Nov 2024 (Cape Town)

• Audited the annuity and investment portfolios of Sanlam &

Momentum Metropolitan.

• Replicated the liability valuations of a major client on new novel software.
• Successfully managed performance development for three junior team members, fostering professional growth and contributing to their subsequent promotions
• Played a crucial role in a major European insurer’s IFRS 17

implementation roll-out.

Actuarial Specialist – BPA Pricing Momentum Metropolitan

Mar 2027 – Nov 2020 (Cape Town)

• Oversaw ALM, pricing, and profitability monitoring for large corporate clients.
• Developed & refined pricing models and automating processes using

VBA for efficiency.

• Supported winning SA’s largest with-profit annuity transaction in history.
• Automated actuarial models, significantly contributing to a well renowned industry award for excellence in our post-retirement benefit counselling offering platform.

Bcomm: Actuarial Science

University of Stellenbosch: 2011 – 2014

Post Graduate Diploma: Actuarial

Science

University of Stellenbosch: 2017

EMBA (candidate)

Quantic School of Business and Technology

2025 - 2027