Prerana Saha
London,United Kingdom
Summary
Qualified Life Actuary from IFoA with over 6 years of experience in the reinsurance sector, working on multiple actuarial Valuation roles in the UK market and pricing role in SEA market.
Strong team player with an open mind to work effectively in a team whilst sharing knowledge to junior members. Organised and intrinsically motivated to meet deadlines whilst keeping stakeholders informed through proactive communications and regular updates.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
12
12
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Corporate Actuary, Valuation
Pacific Life Re
London
2025.04 - Current
- Working within the New Business function of the Global Valuation Team, supporting valuation and implementation of newly written business
- Took ownership of the implementation of new reinsurance treaties across multiple product lines and geographic regions
- Focus on analysis and explanation of Pricing versus Valuation impacts of newly executed deals
- Coordinated with Operations, Finance, and Actuarial Analytics teams to ensure timely and accurate onboarding of new treaties
- Reviewed model changes required for new treaties, including products with new or complex features
- Produced Business Plan valuation results for new business, supporting management reporting and decision‑making
- Supported ad-hoc requests from multiple teams like R&D, etc.
Senior Corporate Actuarial Analyst
Pacific Life Re
London
2023.04 - 2025.04
- Played an active role in the Business Planning team, covering Longevity, Funded, and Protection products
- Developed projected results and forecasts for in‑force portfolios and new business across multiple product segments
- Conducted detailed planned vs. actual experience analysis for in-force business, identifying variances between planned assumptions and actual outcomes
- Delivered insights into new business performance, explaining year‑on‑year result movements and underlying drivers
- Engaged with a broad range of stakeholders and presented Plan outcomes to senior management
- Led UK Branch reporting work, including quarterly results and support on annual PRA submissions
Senior Actuarial Analyst Pricing ANZ
Swiss Re
Bengaluru, Karnataka
2021.12 - 2023.03
- Working as a part of the ANZ Group Pricing Team with Stakeholders based in Sydney
- Responsible regular Claims Analysis on major funds in the ANZ Group Market, which involves Data cleaning and standardization, IBNR and DLR analysis and Loss Ratio Analysis.
- Working on preparation of Costing Note for Clients and Senior folks
- Responsible for Regular updates of Group Life and Income Protection Terms of Trade, based on industry assumptions.
Corporate Actuarial Analyst
Swiss Re
Bengaluru, Karnataka
2019.07 - 2021.11
- Responsible for Data Onboarding into production as a part of Model Migration (MM) team, Life and Health Business Management, UK region.
- Point of contact for the UK team, with all external stakeholders: data or reporting team.
- Segmentation and sign off of Data to business managers.
- Data Extraction and Analysis of data, including, overall Premium Validation, data checking for inconsistencies and working closely with the Data Management Team in UK.
- Analysis of Data and Cashflow Impacts, and explanation of the impacts to the Segment Owners and Reporting Actuaries.
- Resolving queries of data mapping and treaties that were modelled.
- Proper Documentation of treaties onboarded and the impacts for treaty sign-off. Coordinate/share information with different Stakeholders (Technical Accounting, Pricing, Business Management, etc.) to understand various aspects of clients/data or modelling, to validate discrepancies and for root cause analysis and integrate MM numbers into Production.
Rotation to SEA Pricing Team (Life & Health)
Swiss Re
Bengaluru, Karnataka
2020.06 - 2020.08
- Costing of different reinsurance products with prime focus of Mortality and Critical illness.
- Working with onshore team members based in Singapore.
- Working on Common Pricing Tool (CPT) and understand costing cashflows and analyzing EVM metrics.
- Complying with regional costing guidelines while costing.
- Experience analysis of SEA products (major life insurer's portfolios).
Education
M.Sc. - Actuarial Science
Amity University
Noida 2017.09 - 2019.05
B. Com. (Hons) - Commerce
University of Delhi
New Delhi 2014.04 - 2017.03
Fellow (FIA) - Actuarial Science
Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA)
UK 2018.01 - 2025.11
Skills
- Liability valuation
- Reinsurance structures
- Excel proficiency
- Data analysis
- Effective collaboration
- Interpersonal communication
Accomplishments
- Received Operational excellence award at Swiss Re in Q2, 2021 for exceptional performance.
- On Admission Merit Scholarship in M.Sc. Actuarial Science in all the semesters.
- Secured third position M.Sc. Actuarial Science in all the semesters.
- Secured highest marks in Financial Management, Management Accounting, Business Statistics and Corporate Accounting at Graduation Level.
Personal Information
- Date of birth: 08-01-1997
- Gender: Female
- Nationality: Indian
Timeline
Corporate Actuary, Valuation
Pacific Life Re
2025.04 - Current
Senior Corporate Actuarial Analyst
Pacific Life Re
2023.04 - 2025.04
Senior Actuarial Analyst Pricing ANZ
Swiss Re
2021.12 - 2023.03
Rotation to SEA Pricing Team (Life & Health)
Swiss Re
2020.06 - 2020.08
Corporate Actuarial Analyst
Swiss Re
2019.07 - 2021.11
Fellow (FIA) - Actuarial Science
Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA)
2018.01 - 2025.11
M.Sc. - Actuarial Science
Amity University
2017.09 - 2019.05
B. Com. (Hons) - Commerce
University of Delhi
2014.04 - 2017.03