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an Actuarial specialist with deep-rooted knowledge across General Insurance, Life Insurance, Pensions and London Market

connecting Actuaries and employers across all of our markets…

104

London Market Employers

71

General Insurance Employers

36

Pensions Employers

72

Life Insurance Employers

why Spencer Brislen Associates?

Spencer Brislen Associates is an Actuarial specialist with deep-rooted knowledge across General Insurance, Life Insurance, Pensions and London Market

providing recruitment services on a permanent and contract (day rate) basis at all levels from Analyst up to Chief Actuary / Partner

highly experienced in delivering bespoke solutions to each individual organisation including senior appointments, recruiting niche skillsets into a large transformation programmes or helping reshape roles that have been on the market for 6+ months

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our vision is to combine our exceptional ability of connecting Actuarial talent with employers, whilst being led by our values

 

our values are a part of who we are and that’s why we will be returning fee income to clients, reducing contract fees throughout your assignment and making a donation to your community every time you move roles with us

 

we want to make Actuarial recruitment more transparent, we want to encourage applicants to allow us to share their original CV with employers and champion the reduction of agency ‘re-formatted’ CVs

 

transparency builds trust and that’s why we want you to understand exactly how we get paid, after all it is a big decision moving jobs and we think it’s right that you understand what is in it for us

 

living our values through our actions

Austin Brislen

On a mission to raise the bar of Actuarial recruitment...

Austin has 15 years’ experience recruiting Actuaries across the UK market up to Chief Actuary level. He has led teams recruiting roles across all Actuarial disciplines in the UK from General Insurance (including Pricing), Pensions, Investments, Life Insurance and London Market.

He is proactive with many of his clients, offering advice on policy around internal talent and retention. He has also written for external publications on Actuarial recruitment, including a front page article for The Actuary magazine last year. 

He takes a real interest in the individuals he works with and has forged many long term relationships during his time in the sector. His recruitment credentials include leading on executive, permanent and day rate contract assignments for his clients.

He’s led on designing and delivering tailored recruitment campaigns to resource complex transformation programmes at large insurers. He has predominantly operated in the Non-Life market (both General Insurance & London Market), but also has hands on expertise within Pensions and Life Insurance. He is also an experienced recruitment trainer who has created and delivered a wide variety of content including enhancing the candidate journey and embedding EDI best practice.

Outside of work he enjoys music, cycling, gardening, keeping fit and spending time with his family.

Josh Spencer

On a mission to raise the bar of Actuarial recruitment...

Josh is an experienced Actuarial recruiter with a track record across General Insurance Pricing, London Market and Pensions Actuarial. He has recruited Actuaries and Pricing professionals across the UK market from graduate level up to Head of positions, in both permanent roles and contract assignments.

Within Pensions Actuarial Josh has developed relationships with a range of Consultancies supporting on recruitment across Defined Benefit teams. Alongside traditional Trustee and Corporate consulting roles, he has supported the growth strategy of specialist teams in areas such as Risk Transfer, GMP Equalisation and Pensions Data.

Within the General Insurance market, Josh has supported candidates across Personal and Commercial Lines Pricing to secure new roles with Insurers, Brokers, MGAs and Consultancies.  He has also supported several London Market Insurers and Lloyds syndicates with positions across Pricing, Reserving and Capital.

Josh has consistently delivered results for key clients and is known in the market for his consultative approach to helping employers and candidates achieve great outcomes. His personal approach to recruitment has meant that candidates and clients seek out his advice time and time again.

Outside of work Josh enjoys watching NFL, playing golf badly, watching Everton lose and spending time with family and friends.

Rebecca Miles

On a mission to raise the bar of Actuarial recruitment...

Rebecca is an accomplished recruiter who has worked in the Pensions Actuarial and Life Insurance markets since 2018. During that time, she has successfully led recruitment campaigns across the UK, assisting candidates to secure new positions from graduate-level up to senior leadership roles. She passionately advocates for her candidates and clients and seeks to foster genuine partnerships with everyone she works with.

Within the Pensions Actuarial market Rebecca has built strong relationships with a variety of businesses, including global consultancies, partner-led organisations and boutique advisory firms. She has supported the growth of Corporate and Trustee Consulting teams as well as specialised roles within GMP Equalisation, Risk Transfer, Member Options, Risk & Modelling, Investments and Pensions Data. Rebecca’s expertise covers both Defined Benefits and Defined Contribution pensions teams as well as assisting those looking to move into Insurance.

Within the Life Insurance market Rebecca has recruited across Pricing, Reporting, Capital, Risk, Longevity, Bulk Annuities and Investments teams on both a permanent and contract basis. She has worked with a range of companies including FTSE100 Insurers, global Re-Insurers, international consultancies, mutuals and friendly societies.

Outside of work she enjoys watching sports and films, listening to podcasts, reading, swimming, spending time with family and fully utilising her National Trust membership.

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