Specialist Recruitment Built on Expertise
Behind every policy written, risk priced and claim settled is a professional whose judgement makes the difference. Our job is to bring the two together: the right professionals and the insurers who need them.
Our work spans the full insurance lifecycle, from the actuaries and risk specialists who price products and protect the balance sheet, to the underwriters and claims professionals who decide which risks to take on and make sure promises are kept. It also covers the distribution teams who bring products to customers. We support global insurers and multinational corporations at every level, from emerging talent through to the leaders shaping their business.
Specialisms
We cover key specialisms within banking & investments that help fuel transformation and growth within business.
Skills
Our specialist recruitment consultants work with key skills areas and niche tech communities, building their knowledge, network and experience to deliver excellent service to candidates and clients.
Insurance Hiring with Lasting Impact
From our APAC Insurance Leadership team.
Timelines vary with the role, its seniority and whether you’re hiring on a permanent, interim or contract basis. Interim support for regulatory projects, valuation cycles or system changes can usually be arranged sooner than a permanent appointment. Senior actuarial, underwriting and distribution roles often involve longer notice periods. Some key positions also require regulatory approval or licensing, which needs to be planned into the timeline. We’ll map out a realistic plan with you from the first conversation. For more detail, visit our contract and permanent hiring solution pages.
Insurance hiring depends on the detail behind a role, such as the line of business, the distribution channel a leader has built, the regulatory regime a risk professional has worked under, or the actuarial qualification a candidate holds. Our consultants specialise in Actuarial, Risk, Compliance & Control, Underwriting & Claims, and Distribution & Broking, so they understand those details and know what makes a candidate right for your team.
Many of the strongest insurance professionals in Hong Kong and Mainland China aren’t actively looking. Our consultants know who they are and how to approach them, using a targeted headhunting approach built on relationships developed since 2010. Every conversation is handled with complete discretion, whether you’re replacing a senior actuary, building a new distribution team or making a confidential leadership appointment.
Our vetting combines competency-based screening, qualification checks and thorough referencing. Where relevant, we also check licensing status and help you plan for regulatory approval of key roles with the relevant regulator in Hong Kong or Mainland China. Our consultants explore how candidates have applied their expertise in practice, from valuation and pricing work to claims outcomes and channel growth, and we can arrange technical interviews, case studies or practical assessments to suit your requirements.
Our insurance network has been built over more than a decade. Our consultants stay in regular contact with actuaries, risk specialists, underwriters, claims professionals and distribution leaders at every level, so we often know who’s open to a move before they’re on the market.
That network spans global life and general insurers, reinsurers and brokers across Hong Kong and Mainland China. It also extends to virtual insurers and insurtech businesses, where people who combine insurance expertise with data and digital skills are increasingly valued. Our connections across Singapore and other regional markets can widen your search further when needed. Many of the professionals we represent work with us exclusively, so you’re introduced to people who aren’t visible on job boards.
We review our salary data regularly and refresh it fully every quarter to reflect changes across insurance in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Our benchmarks combine insights from our database of 300K+ candidates with our own research and secondary market data, including bonus and incentive trends. Request a salary survey and you’ll receive up-to-date insight tailored to your role and specialism.
Candidate Process expectations
From our Insurance Director, Irene Yang.
Insurers in Hong Kong and Mainland China have their own ways of interviewing, so we make sure you know what to expect at every stage. Before and throughout the process, we cover:
- Company background and information
- Role requirements and how your skills, qualifications and market experience match them
- Your lifestyle non-negotiables (onsite or hybrid working, working patterns and so on)
- Interview format and expectations, including any language requirements
- Yechnical interview, case study or competency assessment preparation
- Salary, bonus and package expectation guidance
We’ll also help you highlight the results behind your experience, whether that’s a valuation you delivered, a distribution channel you grew, a claims process you improved or a regulatory change you helped implement. That way, employers see what you’d bring to their team.
Whether you’re looking for a contract role or a permanent move, we’ll guide you through each stage and keep you informed along the way. The process varies slightly between contract and permanent roles, but our general stages are:
Initial screening
- Skills, qualifications and requirements matching
- Cultural fit assessment (for permanent positions)
- Career aspirations alignment (for permanent positions)
- Growth and implementation speed (for contract roles)
- Lifestyle and location preferences consideration
Interview & assessment
- Technical and competency screening
- Cultural fit interviews (for permanent positions)
- Deliverable agreements (for contract roles)
- Practical assessments
- Reference, licensing and background checking
Offer & onboarding
- Package negotiation, including bonus and incentives (for permanent positions)
- Notice period, restrictive covenant and start date management
- Onboarding coordination
- Follow-up support
- Timesheet and extension management (for contract positions)
Our consultants specialise in specific parts of the insurance market, so the roles we share with you are chosen with your experience in mind. Once we’re confident a role suits your skills, we’ll talk through culture, working style and lifestyle fit. Our key specialisms are:
- Actuarial: Pricing, reserving, capital modelling and pensions actuaries, and actuarial analysts
- Risk, Compliance and Control: Risk managers, catastrophe modellers, exposure managers and compliance specialists
- Underwriting and Claims: Underwriters, delegated authority specialists, claims handlers, loss adjusters and claims brokers
- Distribution and Broking: Account handlers, brokers, producers, broker technicians and distribution managers
- Insurance data and analytics: Professionals combining insurance expertise with data science and analytics skills
Your insurance experience can take you across the region, and we’ll help you find the right fit. Our clients include:
- Global life and general insurers
- Reinsurers
- Brokers
- Bancassurance partners
- Virtual insurers and insurtech businesses
- Multinational corporations with regional insurance operations
Adding Value through benchmarking
We offer free tailored benchmarking reports to support your hiring strategies and decision making.
Request Insurance Benchmarking
Request our overarching insurance benchmarking report, with contract rates and permanent salaries across a variety of roles across actuarial, risk, compliance & control underwriting & claims, and distribution & broking.
