Sep 30, 2026 · 17 min · 8 segments
**Welcome to Series 3, Episode 3 of Actuarial Talk.** In this episode, Will Gallimore is joined by **Richard Dixon**, whose career has taken him from Captain in the British Army to senior actuarial…
Will GallimoreHostObviously, all actuarial roles are great to start in, but I think marine pricing, you get to see long and short tail, you get to see property damage and liability, you get to see insurance and reinsurance.
So you see a bit of the spectrum that you're going to see later in your career.
And whilst the acquisitions and mergers were challenging, so Catlin, XL Catlin, AXA XL, In those first several years of my career, it showed me different ways of running insurance companies, how different people do things, and also just dealing with change, dealing with restructure and reorganisation, I think helped for the future.
starting to take actual exams? Yes, I was late twenties at this point and I'd just started exams.
So not only had I not studied a purely mathematical degree at university, but then I'd taken a six-year studying break.
So I got there in the end, but it took a little longer than I'd initially hoped.
Yeah, and then I got the opportunity to move to Tokyo Marine HCC, working in their London Market division, which for them was their property, marine and energy treaty, and a few other lines of business.
Obviously, all actuarial roles are great to start in, but I think marine pricing, you get to see long and short tail, you get to see property damage and liability, you get to see insurance and reinsurance.
So you see a bit of the spectrum that you're going to see later in your career.
And whilst the acquisitions and mergers were challenging, so Catlin, XL Catlin, AXA XL, In those first several years of my career, it showed me different ways of running insurance companies, how different people do things, and also just dealing with change, dealing with restructure and reorganisation, I think helped for the future.
starting to take actual exams? Yes, I was late twenties at this point and I'd just started exams.
So not only had I not studied a purely mathematical degree at university, but then I'd taken a six-year studying break.
So I got there in the end, but it took a little longer than I'd initially hoped.
Yeah, and then I got the opportunity to move to Tokyo Marine HCC, working in their London Market division, which for them was their property, marine and energy treaty, and a few other lines of business.
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