Elliot Burn

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DISC Type : C

Chief Actuary, Core Lines at Verisk

Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

Overview

Elliot Burn is the Chief Actuary for Core Lines at Verisk, leveraging extensive expertise in risk modeling, reinsurance, and ERM. A Cornell University graduate and a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society, he has held senior roles at Guy Carpenter and Deloitte. Colleagues describe him as enthusiastic, dedicated, and technically strong with excellent communication skills.

While his public profile is focused on his extensive actuarial career, he has a professional interest in publications like the Harvard Business Review, indicating a focus on leadership and management strategy alongside his technical work.

He began his career at Verisk, left to become a Managing Director at Guy Carpenter and Senior Manager at Deloitte, then returned to Verisk as Chief Actuary.

Personality Overview

Precise

Objective Thinker

ROI Driven

They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others.  They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions. It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms.

Topics They Care About

Pricing Analytics
Actively represents Verisk at actuarial conferences, focusing on providing up-to-date pricing analytics to reinsurance and insurance clients through data and automation.
Actuarial Innovation
Heads the development of new and enhanced actuarial products and is responsible for Verisk's Actuarial Consulting Group, driving smarter workflows and industry tools.
Enterprise Risk
His career includes leading enterprise risk modeling and reinsurance structure design for major regions at Guy Carpenter and consulting on risk for Fortune 500 clients at Deloitte.

Media Appearances

Elliot has no verified media appearances

Work History

8-2025
Chief Actuary, Core Lines at Verisk
8-2016 - 8-2025
Vice President, Head of Commercial Lines Actuarial and Data Products at Verisk
6-2002 - 8-2016
Managing Director at Guy Carpenter
11-1998 - 6-2002
Senior Manager at Deloitte Consulting
1-1987 - 11-1998
Manager at Verisk

Education

BS from Cornell University
High School Diploma from Hunter College High School

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Insights For Selling To Elliot

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use phrases like ‘expect X% improvement’, ‘data clearly shows’ etc.
  • Be formal and objective, they will appreciate it more
  • Leverage facts and figures wherever possible; use percentages, numbers etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t try to give too many examples of other users, they like to make their own decisions
  • Do not use very emotional or colorful language
  • Make extra effort to not seem pushy or confrontational

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Elliot is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Elliot

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Elliot move?

  • Their decision-making is neither very fast nor very slow, they are somewhere in between.
  • Can Elliot take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if their analysis shows that it would be worth it.

You And Elliot

Personality Compatibility


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