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Matt Hurst

Matt Hurst

Actuarial manager

Insurance

Cape Town, City of Cape Town

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About 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)

Experience

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.

Education

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

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