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Assistant Actuary opening in New York City. Responsible for life product development efforts and financial analysis for Universal Life and Term products; help deliver product to market - from concept to implementation; work closely with business leader, product management, system developers, marketing support team, and filing team; supervise at least one direct report. Ideal candidate will be FSA with a minimum of 5 years life product development experience and strong communication skills; strong technical, analytical and financial modeling skills; knowledge of APL, PTS, and Prophet desirable. Salary $open. (PR6449)

Actuarial/Credit Analyst opening in New York. Assist senior analytical staff in research and writing of company credit reports and special reports; analysis of companies' financial statements and public disclosures; continued monitoring of companies; analysis of quantitative/qualitative data; travel and interact with top level executives at company meetings and investors/intermediaries. Ideal candidate will have 4-8 years of relevant professional experience working in or analyzing Mortgage Insurers and/or Financial Guarantors. Actuarial background required, background in statistical modeling and/or reserve analysis strongly preferred; MBA or CFA a plus but not required; strong quantitative and computer skills acquired as a securities analyst, auditor, or actuary; credit training ideal but not required; computer proficiency in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint necessary. Salary $open. (PR6441)

Risk Capital Modeling opening in Bermuda. Responsible for corporate economic capital modeling  including: capital determination; risk-adjusted pricing methods; portfolio optimization; solvency II; risk monitoring; modeling at the corporate, operating segment and statutory company levels. Develop and operationalize models and complex methodologies including user training; work with vendor DFA model in addition to spreadsheet tools; collaborate regularly with actuarial department, production teams and consultants; present across organization including management; ensure SOX compliance; participate in pricing and reserving projects as needed. Minimum of 8 years property & casualty actuarial insurance experience; 1 - 2 years of risk modeling experience similar to responsibilities above; proficient in Excel and Access; financial background with comprehension of financial impacts and knowledge of Solvency II preferred; statistical background a plus. Salary $open including FREE HOUSING. (PR6442)

P&C Actuary opening in Northeast. Perform reinsurance pricing; proactively cultivate customer relationships and influence the depth of these and company’s top/bottom-line; keep current with industry trends and methodologies. Ideal candidate is ACAS or FCAS with a minimum 7 years P&C experience including some reinsurance or large account P&C pricing and advanced software skills (Excel and Access knowledge a must). Salary $open. (PR6444)

P&C Pricing Modeler opening in Northeast. Responsible for corporate pricing models  including: normal model maintenance; enhancements of existing models; model development; tracking company performance for model enhancements; developing and operationalizing models and complex methodologies including user training; collaborating regularly with actuarial department, production teams and consultants; ensuring SOX compliance including maintaining model documentation. Ideal candidate will be ACAS with a minimum of 7 years property & casualty actuarial insurance experience, minimum of 3 years of reinsurance experience; experience in building complex actuarial models; proficient in Excel and Access; detail-oriented but with the ability to perform and deliver efficiently; VBA background a plus. Salary $open. (PR6443)

P&C Actuarial Analyst opening in Bermuda.  Provide actuarial support in the completion of: actuarial pricing; account experience monitoring; reserving; project work; ensuring data quality. Ideal candidate will have 3 - 7 P&C exams, and 4 - 6 years P&C insurance actuarial experience including ratemaking; strong software skills (Excel required with basic Access knowledge). Salary $open. (PR6445)

P&C Actuarial Analyst opening in Pennsylvania. Conduct ratemaking for P&C lines of business.  Also responsible for presenting rate proposals for review by the Pricing Committee, compiling State Insurance Department rate filings, and coordinating the implementation of rate changes with other areas.  Work with product development, rate change services, underwriting, claims and marketing to ensure proper rate reviews. Ideal candidate will have passed 1 -2 CAS exams recently; basic knowledge of spreadsheet, database and related software required; some previous programming experience preferred.  Salary $open. (PR6446)

P&C Actuary opening in Pennsylvania. Perform personal lines pricing; direct preparation of materials to support State Insurance Department rate filings; lead project team with product development, rate change services, underwriting, claims and marketing to ensure proper rate reviews; Ideal candidate is ACAS with 3-6 years of relevant experience. GENEROUS RELOCATION PACKAGE …. WILL BUY YOUR CURRENT HOUSE!!!  Salary $open. (PR6447)

Health Actuary opening in New Jersey. Develop and support actuarial modeling and underwriting for retiree products; support retiree products and services, including individual PDP and group underwriting process; develop underwriting/actuarial models, leveraging what is currently available within the organization and building and/or supervising the construction of new tools/models where required; conduct risk sensitivity analysis to support managing business / tracking risk; evaluate ongoing risks; work with team to develop strategies to mitigate risks; support account functions in developing accruals and establishing reserves for the prescription drug product line; support annual PDP bid process; oversee external actuarial vendor activities. Ideal candidate will be ASA or FSA with at least 5 years underwriting / actuarial experience in health business lines; strong interpersonal and presentation skills, client presentation experience a plus, ability to interact with all levels of management across company functions; excellent quantitative and analytical skills, including financial modeling; excellent PC skills – Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, Access required. Salary $open. (PR6439)

Lead International Health Actuary opening in New England. Manage staff of 10 actuaries; develop global market pricing strategies and oversight of the actuarial functions of reserving and pricing; develop a strategic flexibility of pricing these unique risks while consistently achieving the financial performance;  work closely with the sales, marketing and underwriting teams to set the direction of growth and achieve a competitive advantage in the marketplace; conduct actuarial support for the monthly financial close and rate setting policies; serve as a member of the international leadership team; participate in business plan development and strategic planning sessions; execute the business strategy and ensure the appropriate tools are in place for a sound pricing decision framework.  Some International travel will be required. Ideal candidate will be FSA with 7+ years of health experience including HMO, PPO, Critical Illness, Dental, Vision, and/or Long Term Care; potential to manage a high performance team; ability to negotiate internal and external cross functional business issues is a must; international actuarial experience is a strong plus.  Salary $open. (PR6438)

Life actuary opening in New York. Serve on team responsible for risk management of life and annuity reinsurance business, with primarily focus on risk management of variable annuity guaranteed benefits; analyze and report risk components through development and maintenance of stochastic simulation models; support other aspects of the life reinsurance business, including financial modeling, pricing, experience studies, and performing sensitivity testing. Ideal candidate will be ASA or near-ASA; minimum of 3 years of relevant actuarial experience in an actuarial role in life (re)insurance markets, including a minimum of 2 years of experience working with individual annuities (preferably variable annuities) or life insurance; expertise with computers, modeling and Excel spreadsheets a must, with knowledge of MoSes and/or Barrie & Hibbert highly desirable; capital markets knowledge; familiarity with Bloomberg; CFA designation a plus; familiarity with stochastic modeling and economic scenario generators. Salary $open. (PR6419)

Health Actuarial Manager opening in New York. Responsible for preparing the initial analysis of monthly claim reserves as well as other rate filings. Manage premiums, claims, enrollment and administrative expense data for the production of monthly claim reserves, reports to government and regulatory entities (such as CMS, NYSID, NYDOH, etc.) and routine internal reports; perform initial analysis of all monthly claim reserves for review; prepare periodic product and rate filings for CMS, DOH and NYSID for all product lines, and provide input to senior management in proposing reserve assumptions and decisions; manage data incorporated into high level corporate reporting and monitor experience of all lines of business; provide annual rate filing assistance and analysis. Ideal candidate will have 5+ years of healthcare actuarial experience with at least 2 years in a managerial role; experience working with claims databases and data sets in an analytical capacity; experience with IBNR of managed care components (ideally Medicaid and/or Medicare);  understand data structure and be able to assess the quality of files and resolve any problems; ASA or FSA credential  plus; advanced Excel for financial modeling and projections; Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Project and Access; basic SAS and database management. Salary $open. (PR6418)

Property & Casualty Senior Catastrophe Analyst opening in Bermuda. Analyze risks and provide support in the areas of catastrophe modeling, data quality, and pricing for property catastrophe and specialty reinsurance business lines; interact closely with underwriters and other analysts; liaise with underwriters in the evaluation of all aspects of reinsurance submissions; assess and benchmark data quality, vulnerabilities, hazard, financial and policy attributes,  and valuations; use third–party and develop in-house tools for pattern recognition and identification of illogical and inconsistent data; perform catastrophe modeling, primarily in RMS/EQE/AIR, and analyze the data input and output through the use of internal and external software; ensure quality and accuracy of pricing tools and tasks; perform pricing of reinsurance contracts and communication of results; review work and develop skills of junior analysts; create procedural changes to make improvements in the areas of accuracy and efficiency and provide supporting documentation. Ideal candidate will have minimum of 4 years experience in the reinsurance industry in a similar role; advanced degree in a related field, progress towards an actuarial designation, or an insurance/reinsurance qualification such as CCRA; ability to manage internal and external relationships and to be able to work in a team environment; strong computer skills with thorough knowledge of advanced catastrophe modeling and analytical software; previous experience working in a multi-model environment, specifically RMS/EQE/AIR; experience creating tools in MS Excel, Access or SQL. Salary $open. (PR6413)

Senior Analyst opening in Bermuda. Responsible for portfolio management of reinsurance contracts and to provide knowledge in the areas of catastrophe modeling, data quality and pricing for property catastrophe and specialty reinsurance business lines.  This role involves close interaction with underwriters and other analysts. Analyze the Company’s complex portfolio of reinsurance risks to accurately quantify  their correlation and aggregation; quantify expected profit and marginal risk distributions while identifying areas of concern and potential opportunity; perform catastrophe modeling in RMS/EQE/AIR and analyze the data input and output through the use of internal and external software; research and/or create adjustment factors for data and models for poorly quantified or highly uncertain risks; recommend changes and enhancements to modeling software and integrate into risk quantification and underwriting processes; adjust for model parameter uncertainties in the determination of real-world exposure including current and potential coverage, terms and conditions; ensure accuracy of internal and external portfolio tools and methodologies; understand all components of the risk modeling process and model developments related to pricing, aggregation control and management of catastrophe risk; maintain and improve accuracy and efficiency of work flow processes. Ideal candidate will have degree in the field of Engineering, Applied Sciences, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field; 4+ years of experience in the reinsurance industry in a similar role; advanced degree in a related field, progress towards an actuarial designation, or the completion of an insurance/reinsurance qualification such as CCRA; ability to manage internal and external relationships and to be able to work in a team environment; strong computer skills with thorough knowledge of advanced catastrophe modeling and analytical software (RMS/EQE/AIR); experience creating tools in MS Excel, Access or SQL; ability to perform advanced statistical, seismological, meteorological, and/or engineering analyses is an asset; ability to query, search, manage, report, and analyze data in SQL Server. Salary $open. (PR6412)
Senior Reinsurance Business Analyst opening in Bermuda. Provide support to the business areas of Underwriting, Analysis and Actuarial; develop an in-depth understanding and document business requirements, work and process flows, translate them into requirements documents, functional specifications, test scenarios and plans; facilitate user meetings, design sessions and user testing; manage relationships and facilitate communications between users, development team resources and any third party; support project deployment activities, including product training and the writing of user documentation. Ideal candidate will possess: strong analytical skills and in-depth knowledge of reinsurance disciplines of underwriting and catastrophe modeling for the design and delivery of solutions; proven experience structuring and facilitating individual communication and group discussions in order to guide others toward specific conclusions and outcomes; prior experience leading, directing and implementing capital IT projects; 5+ years experience within the Reinsurance industry and specifically the disciplines of underwriting and catastrophe modeling; 5+ years progressive experience in a Business Analyst role executing the duties and responsibilities described above; knowledge and experience of catastrophe model products (RMS, AIR, and EQE) essential. Salary $open. (PR6411)

Pricing Actuary opening in Bermuda. Price US P&C reinsurance contracts; conduct portfolio management and risk reporting; participate in discussions on capital allocation; assist with the preparation of business plans and assumptions for internal capital model; assist in the reserving process; play a key role in the development of the actuarial team as it grows, including assistance in the training and development of actuarial students. Ideal candidate will be FCAS with 7-10 years of relevant experience, with at least 3 years of experience in US casualty pricing; able to communicate statistical and actuarial output to Underwriters; possess strong computer skills, including advanced knowledge of MS Excel and Access. Salary $Open. (PR6410)

P&C Quantitative Analyst opening in New Jersey.  Perform analysis on emerging claim trends; be involved in significant collaboration and coordination with claims discipline managers and claims IT; evaluate emerging claim trends or anomalous results in traditional Claims metrics, such as   reserve adequacy, inventory management, litigation management, recovery, and claim outcome; develop models, metrics and analytics in support of key Claims operational objectives, and monitor the post-implementation results; provide business support to Claim IT in defining requirements for data extraction and report or model automation; participate in Claims project teams as assigned, injecting an evaluation methodology that is grounded in quantitative analysis; identify and react to key challenges and opportunities impacting data integrity or quality, and recommend solutions; 5-7 actuarial exams and a PhD or Masters in Financial Mathematics discipline preferred; 3+ years of relevant experience.; strong financial data analysis, business process, and critical thinking skills are required; proficiency in Excel is required, and Access, Cognos, VBA, and Focus are a plus; candidate must also possess good time management and oral and written communication skills with the ability to influence and impact results. Salary $open. (PR6401)

Life Actuarial Assistant opening in New York.  Assist Actuarial team in life product development efforts; involved in all aspects of delivering product to market, from concept to implementation. Ideal candidate is Career ASA or near ASA with strong communication skills, both written and verbal; strong technical and analytical skills; ability to handle multiple tasks and shifting priorities while continuing to meet deadlines. Minimum 2 years of life actuarial pricing experience. Knowledge of APL, PTS and/or Prophet desirable. Further exams not required. Salary $open. (PR6400)

Senior Actuarial Retirement manager opening in Multiple Locations. Review actuarial valuations in accordance with IRS regulations (U.S.), Registered Pension Plan guidelines (Canadian provinces), CICA 3461, and SFAS Nos. 87, 106 & 132; review data and asset reconciliations, individual sample cases, and liability results; review preliminary results and reports for funding and financial accounting purposes; prepare and timely deliver government form filings; provide M&A due diligence related to Canadian and U.S. retirement programs; assist in non-discrimination testing for qualified pension plans; lead and/or participate in employee benefits and retirement consulting projects; exposure to clients on a regular basis; manage clients, projects, and team members to meet client expectations; act as a mentor and role model for consultants and associates and assist with or provide leadership; assist in new business developments by working with Managers and Partners; participate in engagements outside of the Retirement practice that will broaden overall human resources knowledge; participate in benefit practice development initiatives. Ideal candidate will be EA, ASA and/or FCIA with 10-15 years of relevant industry or consulting experience; understanding of design, funding methods, financing, communication and administration of retirement plans in Canada and the U.S.; understanding of client business issues; ability to develop relationships within/outside of the Retirement practice; experience in sales and business development activities; 3 years of qualified actuarial experience in Canada, 6 years of retirement actuary experience; review actuarial valuations and data reconciliations. Salary $open. (PR6399).

AVP & Reserving Actuary opening in Midwest.  Lead actuarial studies of moderate to complex lines of business to be used in determining appropriate reserve levels and shaping  overall business strategies.  Responsible for reserving analyses and close related activities for Commercial Lines products, including Workers’ Compensation, General Liability, Auto Liability, Property, Residual Market, and Marine.  Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: train and supervise mid-level and analyst-level actuarial staff during the reserve review process in a manner that ensures the overall quality of the analysis; hold meetings with business partners in pricing, claims, underwriting, and finance throughout the course of the analysis to understand the nature of the business insured within assigned products and seek input on specific drivers of the analysis.  Lead results discussions and maintain ongoing communications with Finance, Claim, Underwriting, and Pricing areas; help prepare quarterly reserve meeting package for presentation to Senior Management, and present the results of assigned products; develop and implement reserve variability measures.  Research and evaluate papers on new reserving methodologies and implement new methods as appropriate, including predictive modeling; lead assigned actuarial team members in the Quarter close, including: supervise the entering and checking of the estimated and carried reserves for multiple products; research and explain the differences between projected and actual development; explain financial results to business partners; analyze ceded reserves for Schedule F; develop reserve estimates for small to medium sized ISO CAT events; monitor and maintain the database of those estimates as part of the quarter close; ensure consistent development of Claim Metrics exhibits and lead discussion of Claims Metrics meetings; implement strategic objectives with substantial impact on the short-term success for actuarial reserving for assigned product line or segment; lead the review and/or performs analyses of reserve adequacy of assigned product line or segment and may complete several annual reserve studies; present information to senior management along with observations, areas of concern and recommendations; work to incorporate results into daily business transactions; monitor reserves of product line or segment to ensure present and future reserving strategies to achieve financial strength; partner with claim, Underwriting, Finance and other internal departments to exchange data and analyses of financial indicators; lead the monthly, quarterly and annual financial close process, including booking reserves by product, coverage, accident year and preparation of various financial exhibits, reports and disclosures; lead activities of insurance departments, auditors, and external actuarial firms that evaluate reserve adequacy; may lead, direct and have full management accountability for staff in area of responsibility with an emphasis on talent management and succession planning in accordance with corporate strategic direction. Ideal candidate is ACAS or FCAS with a minimum of 10 years of related work experience, with five years of management experience and in-depth technical knowledge of reserving and actuarial theories and practices and strong statistical modeling and working knowledge of a variety of product lines within P&C as it relates to reserving; ability to effectively interact and communicate with all levels of external and/or internal business partners within scope of  responsibility, team and/or matrix environment; leadership and management skills demonstrating integrity and professionalism; ability to drive results by identifying, and resolving problems within scope of responsibility; knowledge of the insurance industry, its products and services; knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and other business-related software. Salary $open. (PR6398)

P&C Consulting opportunity in Russia. Lead engagement planning and budgeting; mobilize and manage engagement teams; define deliverable structure and content; facilitate buy-in of proposed solutions from top management levels at the client; direct on-time, quality delivery of work products; manage engagement economics; manage engagement risk; develop and maintain key insurance relationships at senior levels at our target clients with a view to generating work from these prospective clients for the firm; manage day to day interactions with executive clients and sponsors; organize and lead pursuit teams; participate and lead aspects of the proposal development process; contribute to the development of proposal pricing strategies; develop practical solutions and methodologies; develop thought leadership documents; organize and present at public speaking events; author articles for industry periodicals; perform role of counselor and coach; provide input and guidance into the staffing process; actively participate in staff recruitment and retention activities; provide leadership and support for delivery teams and staff in local offices. Ideal candidate will be ACAS, FCAS, FIA or equivalent international designation with a minimum of 6 years P&C actuarial consulting and/or insurance industry experience, expertise in statistical modeling techniques such as linear regression, logistic regression, GLM, tree models (CART, MART, CHAID), cluster analysis, principal components, and feature creation, validation, strong understanding of trends, developments and personalities in the insurance sector, experience of playing a leading role in a major insurance / program management projects, ability to effectively build relationships and communicate with the Global insurance community, ability to build effective trusted relationships with individuals and organizations and clients, able to network effectively within the insurance sector and within a large organization to gain visibility, profile and engagement around focusing service offerings to this sector. Knowledge of Russian not required. Salary $open. (PR6388)

Actuarial Manager opening in New York, Texas or Pennsylvania. Direct and manage staff level personnel in the execution of health audit support and advisory projects; recalculate actuarial values; develop and review client workpapers and analysis; develop and project actuarial models using actuarial software; program or manipulate database applications used in support of experience studies and other data management functions; lead advisory projects for health insurance companies; maintain documentation files consistent with workpaper requirements; assist with project planning, development of deliverables, and other technical writing exercises; participate in and lead selected business development efforts. Ideal candidate is ASA or FSA with 5+ years of applicable recent work experience in health insurance, 5 years of experience in US GAAP/ and Statutory Financial Reporting, strong working knowledge of spreadsheet software (MS Excel) and database software (MS Access), 5 years work experience in actuarial modeling, working with other recognized actuarial modeling software; strong understanding of health insurance products. Salary $open. (PR6391)  

Senior Actuarial Manager opening New York, Texas or Pennsylvania. Direct and manage staff level personnel in the execution of health audit support and advisory projects; recalculate actuarial values; develop and review client workpapers and analysis; develop and project actuarial models using actuarial software; program or manipulate database applications used in support of experience studies and other data management functions; lead advisory projects for health insurance companies; maintain documentation files consistent with workpaper requirements; assist with project planning, development of deliverables, and other technical writing exercises; participate in and lead selected business development efforts; provide a leadership role on identified business development efforts; lead actuarial business development efforts for primary target clients; support business development efforts for secondary target clients; produce a defined business development credit either through independent efforts or teaming efforts with others, provide a leadership role on thought leadership efforts, participate in speaking engagements at industry meetings and author technical papers. Ideal candidate is FSA and MAAA with 10 years of applicable recent health actuarial experience,  including 5 years work experience in actuarial modeling, and/or 5 years of experience in US GAAP and Statutory Financial Reporting; strong working knowledge of spreadsheet software (MS Excel) and database software (MS Access), extensive experience with health insurance products; strong building development skills. Salary $open. (PR6392) 

 P&C Actuarial Assistant opening in New York. Provide actuarial and financial modeling reinsurance services; model the probability distributions of the gross/ceded/net underwriting results of an insurance company client based on an actuarial analysis of frequency and severity focusing on a large losses; analyze how the distribution of results and relevant risk measures change as a result of application on various proposed reinsurance alternatives; utilize cost/benefit analysis to advise brokers and clients "optimal" reinsurance programs  based on risk tolerance level; evaluate historical experience of treaties for use in negotiation of renewals and commutations; respond to client queries and concerns; understand basic assumptions underlying traditional reinsurance pricing methods (experience and exposure rating).  Ideal candidate will have completed 2-4 CAS exams and have 1+ years of technical knowledge in reinsurance terms and conditions, as well as simulation modeling; excellent interpersonal skills for establishing and maintaining good client and internal relationships. Salary $open. (PR6391)

Pension Actuary opening ANY PLACE in the US… work in your pajamas! Perform valuation analysis and experience studies for defined benefit plans. Must have 5-15 years of pension actuarial valuation and related experience; must have credential of either EA, ASA or FSA. Experience with governmental plans a plus. Must be US Citizen. Salary up to $150k.  (PR6393) 

Regional P&C Actuary opening in Arizona. Responsible for Pricing Casualty business including: workers compensation, general liability, and commercial automobile. Ideal candidate will be ACAS or FCAS with 5-10 years of P&C actuarial experience including casualty pricing. Salary $open. (PR6381)

Life Actuarial Manager opening in Multiple Locations.  Provide technical and analytical support in a consulting environment. Produce and manage actuarial work across a number of practice areas, including statutory and GAAP reporting, mergers and acquisitions, embedded value, and financial projections; involved in market and technical research, data resource and tool development, recruiting, training, and strategic planning. Ideal candidate will be ASA with 7-10 years of experience in an insurance company or consulting environment, general knowledge of life and annuity products, familiarity with life insurance reserve calculation requirements and mechanics, experience with  actuarial projection system and be proficient in using computer software such as Excel, Word, and Access. Must to open to travel. Salary $open. (PR6373)

Senior Life Actuarial Consultant opening in Multiple Locations. Provide technical and analytical support in a consulting environment. Produce and manage actuarial work across a number of practice areas, including statutory and GAAP reporting, mergers and acquisitions, embedded value, and financial projections; involved in market and technical research, data resource and tool development, recruiting, training, and strategic planning. Ideal candidate will have at least 4 SOA exams and 4-7 years of experience in an insurance company or consulting environment, proficiency using computer software such as Excel, Word, and Access, familiarity with life insurance reserve calculation requirements and mechanics; experience with  actuarial projection systems;  general knowledge of life and annuity products, must be open to some travel. Salary $open. (PR6372)

Senior Research Consultant/Statistician opening in New England. Provide a high level of data mining, research and predictive modeling to achieve company objectives for profitability and growth; apply advanced statistical concepts and data analysis methods in innovative research and modeling; may direct 1-2 analysts on project work; assist in developing new approaches to business problems using advanced statistical techniques; assist in researching new ways of using statistical methodologies; conduct research and predictive modeling; interpret data and identify correlations using both univariate and multivariate analysis; offer recommendations to improve analyses; investigate and assist in data analysis; assist in summarizing results; perform programming in SAS, Excel, Access or company software to perform modeling activities; engage in independent research; oversee limited projects involving predictive modeling staff. Ideal candidate will have either 5+ years of research and/or predictive modeling or 3+ years of modeling along with insurance experience; demonstrated ability in statistical modeling and data mining techniques (GLM, clustering, decision trees, text mining, etc); basic understanding of insurance related modeling and data a plus; basic project management skills; fundamental  understanding of accounting principles and understanding of financial reporting; advanced degree in statistics, mathematics, operations research, economics, engineering or professional actuarial designation; PhD is a plus. Excellent understanding of computers, programming, SAS, Excel spreadsheets, Word and database.  Salary $open. (PR6375)

Commercial Lines Loss Analytics Actuary opening in New England. Develop analytics and also influence the future analytical environment used for actuarial and underwriting processes; help lead the direction of the division’s analytical needs; conduct innovative research and analytics utilizing the latest analytical tools and methods. Specific Responsibilities:  define, plan, and manage innovative analysis projects in support of actuarial staff; interpret data and identify trends; offer recommendations and implement decisions; manage research required to identify and solve actuarial problems to achieve company objectives for profitability and growth; conduct high-level, complex research and analytics focused on understanding loss content across all lines of business; provide analysis of trends, factors or issues impacting Reserves and Underwriting results; prepare statistical studies to meet underwriting strategies and reserve analysis needs; assist in the forecasting and interpretation of loss experience to aid management in planning process; communicate results and their implications to business partners and actuarial management; assist in the development of data retrieval, categorization, and reporting systems; develop reports needed by senior management to monitor progress in improving profitability; recommend solutions for process inefficiencies; preview, test and utilize vendor products and data; integrate into the business decision making process; work with business partners on modeling, developing, testing and integrating new systems or technologies; identify, validate and compile data as required for analysis; complete analysis and summarize results; assist with the implementation of actions decided upon through research; may work with predictive modeling concepts. Ideal candidate will be ACAS or FCAS; advanced degree (MS/MA or PhD) is a plus; 5+ years of actuarial or similar property casualty insurance experience; strong knowledge and solid understanding of insurance products and operations; strong understanding of the interrelationships and characteristics of the various distribution channels; strong understanding of insurance related models (ROE, cat modeling, etc.); demonstrated ability in quantitative analysis and statistical concepts; experience with SAS, Cognos, and VBA a plus. Salary $open. (PR6374)

Accident, Health & Life Reinsurance Actuary opening in New York or Illinois. Support accident and health related reinsurance operations globally; develop or enhance catastrophe and non-catastrophe modeling techniques and other new products; provide stochastic analysis of reinsurance transactions for accident and health, refine relevant existing internally developed catastrophe models (including a custom pandemic model), evaluate output from external vendor models (such as earthquake and terrorism models), and develop new product solutions and models as needed; be exposed to a wide range of insurance and reinsurance products and problems, from traditional insurance to non-traditional, including potential capital markets solutions. Ideal candidate will be ASA or FSA with 5-20 years directly related experience which must include group life and DI; previous experience from a consulting  firm or internal consultative role preferred, demonstrated analytical skills and have a solid programming background or other related actuarial technical tools. Salary $open. (PR6377)

Reinsurance Pricing Actuary opening in New Jersey.  Analyze pricing information and produce loss and premium projections for reinsurance treaties and large facultative reinsurance policies;  update and develop models used to price reinsurance for several treaty and facultative reinsurance units, including property, workers compensation, general casualty (GL, auto, and umbrella), and marine; evaluate and create reports for senior management that summarize rate changes, rate adequacy, and profitability for US reinsurance business units. Ideal candidate will be near ACAS through FCAS with 5-8+ years experience, including reinsurance pricing, and able to competently price individual reinsurance accounts independently. Salary $open, (PR6376)

Actuarial Programmer  (2 - 6 month project) opening on Long Island, New York. Perform actuarial programming for group insurance lines including: short term disability, dental, vision, excess/supplemental medical, LTD, life. Ideal candidate will be ASA with at least 7 years experience, ideally in group insurance; underwriting information/analysis; and experience with Relational databases (Informix, Oracle); SQL; .Net; MS Access; MS Excel database functionality; Crystal Report Writer (optional); business analysis and development of programming specifications. Salary $open. (PR6371) 

Assistant Corporate Actuary opening in New York.  Assist in the quarterly reserving process and review; become exposed to various data sources, systems and requirements; learn the available data fields and coding within these sources; liaise with IT department and Actuarial department in order to ensure the validity of data; help develop validity checks to ensure that data updates are accurate and timely; undertake / lead analyses on various reserve related topics; monitor profitability of various business segments; assist in the development of monitoring reports and tools that will enable actuarial practice to communicate pertinent results to senior management and demonstrate their impact on the corporate financials. Ideal candidate will  have 5 exams up to new FCAS and have between 4 – 7 years P&C actuarial experience, including reserving; project development experience a plus, some supervisory experience a plus. Salary $open. (PR6369)

Chief Actuary opening in Southeast.  Ideal candidate will have strong specialty insurance pricing experience;, reinsurance pricing a plus; good knowledge of reserving; 10 years in a management capacity, FCAS with 10+ years of actuarial experience, able to build strong relationships with the Underwriting teams for both insurance and reinsurance. Salary $open. (PR6358) 

Healthcare Actuary Manager opening in NY/MN/IL/CT/NJ.  Lead staff while assisting Senior Managers and Partners in providing strategic, analytic and technical actuarial consulting services to health care and life science providers (e.g., health plans, providers, Federal and State governments, etc.); lead a team creating a model to value the impact of health care reform on an health plan client; review trend forecasting and predictive modeling tools; assist clients to define underwriting policies to reduce selection; price alternative plan designs and define product strategy; identify strategies to reduce enterprise costs; review reserves in support of e audits of health care liabilities; communicate ROI for medical management and other health plan initiatives to senior level clients and company leadership; prepare and deliver client presentations and reports; conduct other health actuarial consulting activities, as required. Ideal candidate will be ASA  with progression to FSA, FSA, or career ASA designation with 7-10 years of consulting and/or health plan/insurance company experience, experience with product design and/or product strategy, experience with one or more of the following areas: product design and/or product strategy; health care reform with working knowledge of the individual medical and small group markets  and/or impact on state Medicaid programs; analyzing, developing, and/or submitting Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug (MA/PD) plan Bid Pricing Tools (BPTs) and/or Plan Benefit Packages (PBPs); experience with Medicare products, including Medicare Advantage, Medicare Cost, or Medicare Supplement products for various enrollee types; Medicaid managed care rate setting and other provider reimbursement streams (i.e., DSH, UPL, etc.); Medicaid waivers (i.e., 1115, 1915 b/c); experience managing staff, ability to create and manage client relationships and develop business. Ability to travel extensively. Salary $open. (PR6357) 

Medicare Healthcare Actuary opening in NY/CT/IL/NJ/CA/GA/MN/MA.  Serve in a Senior Manager role in the Total Rewards practice group.  In this position, the candidate will lead teams and projects, assisting Partners in providing strategic, analytic and technical actuarial consulting services to health care and life science providers (e.g., health plans, providers, Federal and State governments, etc.); lead a team creating a model to value the impact of health care reform on an health plan client; design leading edge Medicare medical and pharmacy products to attract healthy members to a health plan; price medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision benefits; assist clients to define underwriting policies to reduce selection; assess an organization's gaps and identify opportunities for improvements based on market leading practices; create a strategy to capitalize on health care reform changes; review reserves in support of audits of health care liabilities, with a focus on Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) Federal Reinsurance and LIS liabilities; prepare and present client presentations and reports to executive leadership; manage project budgets and financials; conduct other Senior Manager level health actuarial consulting activities, as required. In addition, activities may include working with payers and providers in such projects as HMO risk and value analysis and provider network development, operational reviews, etc. Ideal candidate will be FSA/ASA with 10-15 years of consulting and/or health plan/insurance company experience, experience with Medicare products, including Medicare Advantage, Medicare Cost, or Medicare Supplement products for various enrollee types, including: development of Bid Pricing Tools (BPTs); development of Plan Benefit Packages (PBPs); product development; sales; strong understanding of health care reform and the implications on health plans; Executive, board room presence; comfortable speaking with every level; ability to develop business and manage large multi-threaded projects/teams; ability to travel up to 80% for periods of time. Salary $open. (PR6356)

Medicaid Healthcare Actuary Senior Manager opening in NY/IL/CT/NJ/CA/GA/MN/MA.  Serve in a Senior Manager role in the Total Rewards practice group.  In this position, the candidate will lead teams and projects, assisting Partners in providing strategic, analytic and technical actuarial consulting services to health care and life science providers (e.g., health plans, providers, Federal and State governments, etc.); lead a team creating a model to value the impact of health care reform on State governments; create a strategy to capitalize on health care reform changes; develop / identify cost savings opportunities for state Medicaid programs; lead the development of Medicaid rates for various populations including women and children, long term care, and developmentally disabled; assess State's gaps and identify opportunities for improvements based on market leading practices; develop trend projections, analysis of claims run out, and estimation of programmatic changes; prepare and deliver client presentations and reports to executive leadership; manage project budgets and financials; conduct other Senior Manager level health actuarial consulting activities, as required. Ideal candidate will be FSA/ASA with 10-15 years of consulting and/or Medicaid experience, experience working with State Medicaid agencies including: rate setting; 1115 waiver filings; 1915 b/c waiver filings; DSH / UPL reimbursement; Budget forecasting; Health care reform, with working knowledge of the impact to Medicaid programs; Strong understanding of health care reform and the implications on state governments; Executive, board room presence; comfortable speaking with every level; Ability to develop business and manage large multi-threaded projects/teams; Public sector industry eminence; ability to travel up to 80% for periods of time. Salary $open. (PR6354)

Retirement Actuary Senior Consultant opening in New York or Illinois. Assist in designing and evaluating employee benefit programs for a wide range of clients, with an emphasis on pension and post-retirement medical and insurance; work with client teams to determine the adequacy, funding requirements, and financial impact of these plans, and ensure compliance with government regulations and financial accounting standards; perform actuarial valuations in accordance with IRS regulations and SFAS Nos. 87, 106 & 132; review data and asset reconciliations, individual sample cases, and liability results; prepare preliminary results and reports for funding and financial accounting purposes; calculate PBGC annual premiums; prepare and deliver government form filings; assist in non-discrimination testing for qualified pension plans; lead and/or participate in employee benefits and retirement consulting projects; exposure to clients on a regular basis; effectively manage clients, projects, and team members to meet client expectations; act as a mentor and role model for consultants and associates and assist with or provide leadership; assist in new business developments by working with Managers and Partners; participate in engagements outside of the Retirement practice that will broaden overall human resources knowledge. Ideal candidate will have 4 years of defined benefit actuarial or consulting experience, understand design, funding methods, financing, communication and administration of retirement plans, understand client business issues, experience in sales and business development activities.  Bachelor's Degree in Actuarial Science, Economics, Finance or Math. Salary $open. (PR6353)

Health Care Actuary Senior Consultant opening in NY/MN/IL/CT/NJ. Assist manager, senior managers and partners in providing strategic, analytic and technical actuarial consulting services to health care and life science providers (e.g., health plans, providers, Federal and State governments, etc.). Specific responsibilities include: individual medical and small group health care reform modeling for health plans; assist clients and teams to define underwriting policies and perform risk score analysis to reduce selection; price alternative plan designs and define product strategy; track lapse and retention rates; define strategies to influence based on data; prepare and review reserves in support of audits of health care liabilities; align provider contracting strategy with rating trends; model and calculate ROI for medical management and other health plan initiatives; prepare and deliver client presentations and reports; conduct other health actuarial consulting activities, as required. ASA  with progression to FSA, FSA, or career ASA designation with 4-6 years of consulting and/or health plan/insurance company experience, product design and/or product strategy, health care reform with working knowledge of the individual medical and small group markets  and/or impact on state Medicaid programs, analyzing, developing, and/or submitting Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug (MA/PD) plan Bid Pricing Tools (BPTs) and/or Plan Benefit Packages (PBPs), experience with Medicare products, including Medicare Advantage, Medicare Cost, or Medicare Supplement products for various enrollee types, Medicaid managed care rate setting and other provider reimbursement streams (i.e., DSH, UPL, etc.), Medicaid waivers (i.e., 1115, 1915 b/c), ability to program using SQL, and proficiency with MS Office products, including  Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Salary $open. (PR6352) 

Financial Reporting Actuary opening in Mid-Atlantic Region.  Support aspects of international financial reporting, especially in regard to GAAP financial statements, Actuarial Opinions, professional standards, and regulatory compliance; prepare, review, and analyze various actuarial items for territories in the region; review and recommend appropriate methodologies and assumptions for new products and special product features; oversee implementation; perform recoverability analysis; review and analyze expenses and revenue deferrals; ensure the integrity of the valuation process and results produced; assist with the preparation of actuarial items for territorial budgets in the region; provide an actuarial resource to regional and local offices; develop and maintain actuarial models for financial projections, profitability analysis, Asset & Liability analysis, and Economic Capital Analysis; propose recommendations to improve financial reporting process for the region; monitor developments in regulatory requirements and changes in actuarial standards and develop plans for implementation; maintain process documentation as required under Sarbanes-Oxley; ensure performance and documentation of controls. Ideal candidate will be FSA with a minimum of 5 years of actuarial experience in the individual life and A&H areas; strong analytical, organizational, and planning skills; Polysystems, SAS, and ALFA or other modeling software knowledge a plus. Salary $open. (PR6348)

Associate Actuary opening in Mid-Atlantic Region. Perform quarterly actuarial financial reporting, including preparing accounting vouchers, reviewing and validating reported actuarial items; implement new products in LifeMaster (LM) valuation system, including assumption setting, coding and validation of results; maintain and improve LifeMaster processing environment; support ad hoc requirement for data analysis; conduct valuation and actuarial analysis support, prepare, review and analyze actuarial items for territories; ensure integrity of valuation process and results by performing relevant SOX controls; review valuation methods and assumptions-make recommendations as necessary; ensure integrity of valuation process and results produced; assist with preparation of actuarial items for territorial budgets in the region; provide an actuarial resource to regional and local offices; propose recommendations to improve the financial reporting process for the region; monitor regulatory requirements and actuarial standards. Ideal candidate will be FSA with 5 years relevant experience in life insurance valuation and financial modeling, with strong analytical, organizational, and planning skills; knowledge of software systems such as Polysystems, ALFA, Moses or Prophet a plus. Salary $open. (PR6347)

Corporate Vice President & Actuary opening in New York. Responsible for life product development pricing and financial analysis; help deliver product to market - from concept to implementation;  work closely with business unit, product management, system developers, marketing support team, and filing team; gain exposure to a wide variety of new business initiatives, and inforce management and analysis. Ideal candidate is FSA with a minimum of 5 years life product development experience and financial modeling skills. Salary $open, (PR6346)

Enterprise Risk management (ERM) Life actuary opening in New York. Actively participate in risk management activities for life insurance companies; build up the ERM function; review risk appetites and limits, various capital models and risk management strategies; perform asset liability management (ALM); develop strategic asset allocations and risk limit for tactical asset allocations, and evaluate their impacts on the binding capital measure and net investment incomes, liquidity etc.; conduct capital management and stress testing; review and aggregate the stress test results submitted by insurance companies; review capital requirements; develop effective strategies to minimize capital contributions; develop capital models such as Rating Agency capital models and regulatory capital models; perform risk monitor and reporting, perform analysis, review and prepare presentations to key stakeholders; aggregate the risk appetites/limits developed by the insurance companies to derive the overall risk profile.  Ideal candidate will be FSA with 2-5 years experience, proficient in MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word, and familiar with MS Project with understanding of finance, investment and financial engineering, familiar with life insurance/retirement savings products and GAAP and Statutory accounting experience with capital management, ALM and risk management, and with Prophet/Moses.  Salary $open. (PR6345)

Assistant Actuary opening in Pacific Northwest. Perform Asset Liability Modeling for group and individual products. Ideal candidate will be FSA with 6+ years of relevant experience. SAS and/or AXIS experience highly desirable.  Salary $open. (PR6337)

First In-house actuary for small  P&C insurance company in Boston as part of a very financially strong organization. Responsibilities include: pricing, rate reviews, filings support, working with underwriters on deals involving commercial lines.  Ideal candidate will be  pre-ACAS through FCAS with  5+ years of commercial lines pricing experience and enjoy working independently. Salary up to $150k + bonus. (PR6338)

Senior P&C Actuary opening in New York. Manage pricing staff in multiple international locations; peer review analyses; perform due-diligence on new programs; conduct quarterly as well as renewal analyses of each program; work closely with regional actuarial in evaluation and advice to regional underwriting; provide reinsurance placement support; prepare exhibits for inclusion in the submission; conduct statistical analysis of proposed reinsurance structure with the related support to Finance with booking factors. Ideal candidate is FCAS or soon to be FCAS with 10+ years of relevant experience. Salary $open. (PR6336)

Actuarial Pricing Manager opening in Southeast.  Responsible for managing the company's pricing structures and tools in order to maintain market competitiveness, profitability, and regulatory compliance. Contribute to the strategic development, management and pricing of new and existing products to manage risk and maximize contribution margin. Develop, implement and maintain rate structures, pricing tools and risk management tools to support new and existing products and services; manage rate filing process and, in collaboration with underwriting partners, ensure on-going and efficient documentation of alignment of pricing practices with state regulatory requirements; oversee the maintenance of historical pricing data; analyze internal and external data and describe implications for the risk profile, pricing, or profit of the company's products and services. Recommend and implement necessary changes to achieve revenue and profit targets; manage and develop staff: ensure job proficiency; provide feedback on staff performance; identify training and development needs and support training attendance; lead and motivate staff to achieve excellent customer service standards; retain staff and create a good working environment; recognize accomplishments; and serve as role model and coach.  Ideal candidate will be near  ACAS or ACAS with 5-10 years of experience in property / casualty actuarial work,  ideally including personal lines; previous management experience desired. Demonstrated knowledge of actuarial ratemaking concepts, excellent analytical and decision-making skills, experience in the rate filing process and demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with insurance regulators, knowledge of and skill in using financial reports to evaluate risk. Ideal PC skills include MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel); advanced Excel and Access skills or experience with SAS or SPSS desired. Salary $open. (PR6335)

First In-house actuary for small P&C insurance company in New Jersey as part of a very financially strong organization. Responsibilities include: pricing, rate reviews, filings support, working with underwriters on deals involving commercial lines.  Ideal candidate will be pre-ACAS through FCAS with  5+ years of commercial lines pricing experience and enjoy working independently. Salary up to $150k + bonus. (PR6339)

P&C Actuarial Analyst opening in New England to work on reserve analysis for personal and commercial lines. Ideal candidate will have 4-7 CAS exams and 2-6 years of P&C actuarial experience with Commercial lines including either Workers Compensation, Commercial Auto, General Liability, and/or Commercial Property; strong analytical skill with a solid understanding of actuarial techniques, modeling experience and data processing skills using tools such as Access or SAS is preferred, but not required. Salary $open. (PR6333)

Our P&C client has retained us to identify a Senior Vice President & Corporate Actuary in New Jersey. Responsible for establishing goals and objectives; estimating indicated reserve levels; negotiating cede reinsurance pricing; utilizing capital modeling to assess risk; financial reporting; addressing regulators, analysts and rating agencies; accident year management reporting; managing staff of actuaries, programmers and accountants; working closely with senior leaders to influence a broad range of colleagues within claims, underwriting and marketing, technology and the product lines; ensuring divisional mission, strategy and plans are established, communicated and understood; developing and sustaining excellent working relationships with executive underwriting, claims and finance business partners; working with reporting functional units to develop and review current operational plans, objectives, and tactics with the actuarial division operational plans; leading staff in the production of actuarial analyses and models relating to reserve analysis, reinsurance pricing and ERM; monitoring developments in actuarial science to ensure actuarial and quantitative analyses methods are up-to-date, accurate, and producing valuable data in which to make good business decisions; performing quarterly reserve analysis and recommendations to management, including Board presentations and discussions with rating agencies and auditors;  providing information to auditors in regards to reserve analysis and trends; constructing and utilizing ERM capital models which are used to make business decisions – capital allocation, reinsurance retention and limits, profit provisions for pricing, and scenario testing; providing reinsurers and brokers with information necessary to price treaties;  working with reinsurance department to estimate internal costs for the various coverage layers in order to make better buying decisions. Ideal candidate will be an FCAS (will consider career ACAS) with primary, reinsurance, and capital modeling experience; 10+ years experience in Property/Casualty Commercial Lines Reserving (5+ years in a supervisory role); must demonstrate an ability to work collaboratively across multifunctional teams. Full relocation package will be offered including BUYING YOUR HOME. (PR6327)

Actuarial Modeler opening in New England. Create/maintain actuarial models used for Cash Flow Testing, Gross Premium Valuation, Embedded Value, and other purposes as needed;  participate in the planning process calculating actuarial figures used for budget purposes;  create, maintain and enhance management reports through the data warehouse; create, maintain and update the actuarial models – assets and liabilities – used for year end process;  includes creation of input file, updating of assumptions in the model, executing the runs and summarizing the results; calculate the actuarial figures used in planning process, provide analysis of actual vs. plan; create, enhance and distribute management reports; involved in maintenance of actuarial aspect of data warehouse. Ideal candidate will  have completed at least 4 SOA exams and demonstrating progress towards attainment of FSA designation; 4+ years of significant actuarial work experience with most recent experience in modeling (preference – hands-on experience using MG-Alfa); Disability Insurance experience is a plus; proficiency in MS Office Suite of products and demonstrated data handling skills; experience using MG-ALFA is a plus. (PR6326)

Life Actuary opening in New York. Responsible for life product development efforts and financial analysis for Universal Life and Term insurance; help deliver product to market -- from concept to implementation; work closely with business leader, product management, system developers, marketing support team, and filing team; gain exposure to a wide variety of new business initiatives, and inforce management and analysis; supervise at least one direct report. Ideal candidate will be FSA with a minimum of 5 years applicable experience; life product development experience preferred; knowledge of APL, PTS, and/or PROPHET desirable. (PR6323)

P&C Reinsurance Actuarial Associate opening in Connecticut. Participate in reserve studies, project and pricing work; participate in pertinent discussions with internal and external clients; interact with actuaries, underwriters, executive, finance, and claims professionals. Ideal candidate is pre-ACAS with good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint), and able to runs queries and maintain SQL databases utilized for reserving work. (PR6322)

Health Care Actuary Manager/Consultant opening in multiple locations throughout the Northeast and Midwest. Lead a team creating a model to value the impact of health care reform on an health plan client; review trend forecasting and predictive modeling tools; assist clients to define underwriting policies to reduce selection; price alternative plan designs and define product strategy; identify strategies to reduce enterprise costs; review  reserves audits of health care liabilities; communicate ROI for medical management and other health plan initiatives to senior level clients and leadership; prepare and present client presentations and reports; conduct other Manager level health actuarial consulting activities, as required. Ideal candidate will have 7-10 years of health consulting and/or health plan/insurance company experience; ASA or FSA with experience with:  product design and/or product strategy, health care reform with working knowledge of the individual medical and small group markets  and/or impact on state Medicaid programs; analyzing, developing, and/or submitting Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug (MA/PD) plan Bid Pricing Tools (BPTs) and/or Plan Benefit Packages (PBPs); experience with Medicare products, including Medicare Advantage, Medicare Cost, or Medicare Supplement products for various enrollee types; Medicaid managed care rate setting and other provider reimbursement streams (i.e., DSH, UPL, etc.); and Medicaid waivers (i.e., 1115, 1915 b/c). (PR6320)

P&C Actuary opening in New York. Price Program (MGA) business; conduct due diligence (which will require some travel); establish tools for price monitoring and profitability analysis for diverse lines of business, including lawyers, architects, marine, personal auto, homeowners, etc. (PR 6321)

Medicaid Healthcare Actuary Senior Manager opening in multiple locations thought out the Northeast and Midwest.  Lead team creating a model to value the impact of health care reform on State governments; create a strategy to capitalize on health care reform changes; develop / identify cost savings opportunities for state Medicaid programs; lead the development of Medicaid rates for various populations; assess State's gaps and identify opportunities for improvements based on market leading practices; develop trend projections, analysis of claims run out, and estimation of programmatic changes; prepare and deliver client presentations and reports to executive leadership; managing project budgets and financials; conduct other Senior Manager level health actuarial consulting activities, as required.  Ideal candidate will be FSA or ASA with 10-15 years of health consulting and/or Medicaid experience; experience with working with State Medicaid agencies including: rate setting, 1115 waiver filings;1915 b/c waiver filings; DSH / UPL reimbursement; budget forecasting and health care reform, with working knowledge of the impact to Medicaid programs; strong understanding of health care reform and the implications on state governments; executive, board room presence; comfortable speaking with every level; ability to develop business and manage large multi-threaded projects/teams; public sector industry eminence; well-organized with the ability to handle several projects/clients simultaneously; well-developed oral and written communication skills; ability to travel extensively for periods of time. (PR6324)

P&C Actuarial Assistant opening in Wisconsin.  Ensure that the business requirements are adequately understood and documented in addition to benchmarking, evaluation and providing better solutions.   Continuously improve existing reporting, and reduce ongoing reporting expense. Provide quarterly pricing indications to upper management.  Provide actuarial assistance for rate and form filings with the states.  Coordinate the timely submission of Financial and Statistical data calls for ISO, NCCI, and SAA. Ideal candidate will be near ACAS with a minimum of 4 CAS exams passed and at least 4 years commercial property & casualty actuarial experience. Working knowledge of insurance concepts and financial statements, strong written and verbal communication skills, and strong Excel (or Lotus) skills are required. Previous work with data modeling, predictive underwriting, rate filing, pricing, and/or data warehouse are desirable. Relocation assistance is available. Salary $open. (HSTB6328) 

Senior Reinsurance Actuary opening in New York. Analyze high volume of casualty reinsurance transactions; provide good service to underwriters via timely completion of submission work, dear communication of analysis, and sound inter-disciplinary interaction; peer review pricing work of other actuaries; assist in the enhancement of pricing models; perform line of business studies to update rating parameters and help gain insight into the attractiveness of various sub-segments of business; participate in underwriting audits and marketing visits; provide value added to clients where possible and use those visits to obtain better data and greater insight into prospective clients business. Ideal candidate will be ACAS or FCAS with 10+ years of experience with at least four in reinsurance pricing, strong communication skills and ability to interact with clients and underwriters, management experience preferred, experience working in multiple lines of business, but must have a strong general casualty background, including extensive involvement with commercial umbrella, general liability, and commercial auto; exposure to commercial property, surety, regional, and agricultural business preferred. Must be willing to travel for client underwriting audits and marketing trips once or twice a month. Salary $open. (PR6319)

P&C Actuarial Analyst opening in New York. Assist in the development of pricing and monitoring tools for Specialty Casualty; monitor renewal rate changes and participate in profitability assessments for all US lines of business; assist in other actuarial projects on an ad hoc basis. Ideal candidate will have 4-5 years of property & casualty experience, 5-6 CAS exams, strong Excel and Access skills, experience in dealing with data, familiarity with excess liability account pricing, and familiarity with and interest in Visual Basic programming. Salary $open. (PR6315).

P&C Actuarial Programmer opening – location is YOUR CHOICE of cities – work from Home! Responsible for learning, building, and enhancing stochastic loss reserving models and tools that will be used around the world.  Candidates must have solid knowledge of loss reserving and insurance statistics, strong mathematics background, solid programming experience with MATLAB, VBA and Excel, experience working in property & casualty insurance, preferably in loss reserving, experience building stochastic models with MATLAB, 3+ actuarial exams passed and experience building commercial solutions, or tools of marketable quality, experience combining MATLAB with other programming and analytical tools (e.g., C#, VBA, Excel), experience collaboratively developing solutions in a team environment, and some basic experience with one of: C / C++ / C#. Salary $open. (PR6314)

Associate Actuary opening in New Jersey involving Individual Annuity Hedging. Ideal candidate is ASA or FSA with and 3-5 years of Individual Annuity Hedging experience and knowledge of C/C++. Salary $open. (PR6313)

Associate Actuary opening in New Jersey involving Annuities Economic Capital. Ideal candidate is ASA to FSA with 3-5 years of Individual Annuities Economic Capital or financial modelling experience, including knowledge of MG-ALFA. Salary $open (PR6311)

Retirement Pension Actuary opening for insurance company in Connecticut or Illinois. Prepare work (ERISA Valuations, FAS  ASC 715, OPEB, Government filings, consultative projects, ALM studies, etc.) for the actuary to review.  Ideal candidate is near ASA/EA with related experience. Salary $open. (PR6309)

Senior Risk Associate opening in New York. Assist the Chief Risk Officer in delivering Enterprise Risk Management controls, disciplines and knowledge to Global Life US business. Participate in process assessments to understand and report on them as needed; map processes to clearly identify the process owners, the basic steps involved, the risk controls in place or required, and the impact of the process on the process model of the company; ensure that the necessary data feeds are provided on time to run the risk models of the Corporate Risk Management function; validate/review inputs to and outputs from risk management tools/models; assist in monitoring key risk indicators identified by Corporate Risk management; design and implementing risk surveys; assist in the production of risk reports and analyses. FLMI specialty in Risk Management highly desirable, 5-7 years experience in a life re/insurance environment, extensive knowledge of, and familiarity with, processes of life re/insurance operations, including administration, experience in designing process maps and identifying process risk, general and broad view of risk management  function. Salary $open. (PR6210)

Economic Capital Leader opening in NYC or UK. Assist in measuring capital requirements, stresses on the balance sheet, allocation of capital to business units and lines of business, and risk-adjusted returns. The model will become embedded within the business units and will comply with Solvency II; lead project planning, assessment of requirements and design of solutions, including the design and construction of the actual model itself as well as defining data elements, processes for input and extraction of data from the model, and documentation of the model and methodology supporting it. Coordinate project performance with other ERM and Solvency II-related projects; heavy involvement in the design and construction of the economic capital model, and ensuring the model is sound; coordinate internal staff and external consultants across regions worldwide to ensure completion. Some international travel is required, initially between the U.S. and United Kingdom, with an expansion to other destinations with the rollout of economic capital framework throughout the organization; accountability for communicating with external parties including regulators as well as internal stakeholders and non-technical personnel to obtain business buy-in for the process its results; ensuring supporting documentation meets Solvency II standards; development of solutions to ensure embedding of the model in the business units to maximize the financial and strategic benefits of changing the model; train staff on economic capital concepts, the model itself and uses of the tool; lead the team supporting the maintenance and enhancement of the model and its methodology; quarterly economic capital calculations and review of results with business leaders. Minimum of 7 years experience in the property and casualty insurance industry, strong modeling skills and an excellent understanding of capital modeling and Solvency II. Knowledge of the United Kingdom Individual Capital Adequacy regime is a plus, successful project management experience, supervisory experience of co-workers with varied skill sets and the ability to achieve consensus and buy-in when required, ability to work alongside catastrophe/stochastic modelers, actuaries, information technology/data professionals and non-technical colleagues, experience with EMB’s Igloo is a plus.  Salary $open. (PR6304)

P&C Predictive Modeler opening in Massachusetts. Seeking an experienced statistician/ econometrician to develop and estimate new models for the assessment of insurance risk, the setting of insurance rates, and other statistical topics related to insurance. Ideal candidate will have 5+ years of Personal Auto pricing and/or underwriting experience, supervisory and/or project management experience combined with excellent organization skills, practical experience in developing and implementing multivariate predictive models using GLM and other analytical methods in a business setting, Masters in economics, statistics, or related field, PhD a plus, programming ability in SAS or other statistical modeling software and experience assembling and validating multiple sources of data. Salary $open. (PR6305)

Director, Actuary opening in New Jersey.   FSA with 5-7+  years experience in Individual Annuity Hedging experience. Salary $open. (PR6307)

Life Actuary opening in Upper New England. Develop and communicate the impact of strategic alternatives on long term results of the business; financial planning and long term strategic analysis of life insurance and annuity products; perform and analyze long term financial projections; participate in development and completion of special projects.  Ideal candidate will be FSA with life insurance or annuity financial planning and analysis experience as well as experience in constructing financial plans, strong pricing experience, and some familiarity with Stat and GAAP accounting principles; strong computer skills required; experience with modeling actuarial software required; ALFA preferred. Salary $open, (PR6306)

 

Insurance Risk Associate opening in New York. Responsible for oversight and coordination of risk management activities across the business based on a holistic, enterprise-wide view of risk. Support various risk management initiatives and play a critical role in embedding risk management policies and parameters in the company's processes; develop and maintain tools and methodologies for risk analysis; prepare risk management reports for senior management, the Board and external constituencies;  develop and enhance risk models and tolerances for use by the department to monitor and control risks; monitor and support risk mitigation strategies of the business units; prepare ad-hoc risk management projects at the request of  management. Ideal candidate will have Master's degree in Finance, Mathematics, Economics or Risk Management, or a Bachelor's degree plus relevant professional certification such as a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA); 3-5 years of business experience in finance/risk, strong analytical and financial modeling skills, understanding of risk factors affecting life insurance business, familiarity with investment analysis and risks, knowledge of capital markets and derivatives . Salary $open. (PR6290)

P&C Actuarial Director opening in the South. Plan, organize, direct, and staff actuarial activities required to analyze and achieve target pricing levels. Develop new products or rating structures, actuarial information and application requirements while balancing market and financial goals. Specific responsibilities: oversee the development of Personal lines product line pricing assumptions and price structure while ensuring price level objectives are met; direct the development of new products and implementation of process improvements; provide short and long-term planning recommendations for unit objectives by developing and analyzing forecasts; manage and is accountable for the work of assigned employees; perform personnel management functions, including employee selection, team building, project/workload assignment, employee training, monitoring of work activity and performance evaluation; ensure that product prices and designs are congruent with the company's product strategy and goals; facilitate the development and implementation of products and projects; monitor competitive market, industry trends, and professional research to maintain knowledge of current activities related to products, regulations, market conditions, and innovative alternatives to achieve financial and market goals. Ideal candidate will be FCAS or near FCAS with 5+ years of personal lines pricing experience. Salary $open. (PR6291)

Insurance Risk Analyst opening in New York. Responsible for oversight and coordination of the risk management program across the business based on a systematic, integrated risk framework (ERM). Assist in the analysis and reporting of risk management information to senior management and the Board. Work in partnership with the businesses through the provision of risk management tools, policies and standards, along with advice and support; develop and maintain Monte Carlo simulation and stress testing models of the firm's asset and liability portfolios using Excel, Intex, Matlab, @Risk and other platforms; produce and validate economic scenarios for valuation, ALM and economic capital applications of wider organization; assist in the continued development and refinement of our firm-wide risk analytics, aggregation and reporting capabilities; assist in projects designed to support the continued enhancement of the risk management framework and its implementation across the company; formulate and maintain databases of information on market and economic data. Ideal candidate will have Master's degree in Finance, Mathematics, Economics or Risk Management, or a Bachelor's degree plus relevant professional certification such as a CFA, FRM, PRM or CERA, working knowledge of quantitative methods and information technology applied to finance, strong quantitative background, 1-3 years work experience in finance, understanding of investments and capital markets. Salary $open. (PR6293)

P&C Reinsurance Pricing Actuary opening in London or Switzerland.  Manage short tail (primarily marine, property, engineering and energy) pricing individual account pricing and manage actuarial team. Ideal candidate is either fully qualified or close to being qualified with either the CAS or Institute (designations from other European organizations ok) and has a minimum of 8+ years of related general/P&C reinsurance pricing experience. Salary $open. (PR6282)

Associate Actuary opening in New York. Perform Individual Life product pricing, with emphasis on stochastic analyses; development of asset/liability models; expense and other trend analyses. Manage one direct report.  Ideal candidate is FSA with ability to manage people and prioritize assignments; Stochastic modeling and asset liability modeling experience as well as Prophet/PTS expertise. Salary $open. (PR6270)

Senior Actuarial Associate opening in New York.  Perform Individual Life product pricing, with emphasis on stochastic analyses; assist in development and running of asset/liability models; analyze expenses and other trends. Ideal candidate will be ASA with Stochastic modeling and asset liability modeling experience as well as Prophet/PTS expertise. Salary $open. (PR6269)

IT Actuary opening in New York.  Design process and develop database for non-property catastrophe business; perform capital model parameterization work; assist business planning process to better tie with capital model process; assist in enhancement with technical reserving process; provide risk management support. Ideal candidate will be ACAS/FCAS with expertise in Excel and Access, including strong programming skills; experience in developing sophisticated databases preferred; knowledge of SQL databases a significant plus, along with any other database development experience; must be able to interact with both technical and non-technical staff, and work independently. Salary $open. (PR6279)

Junior Actuarial Investment Analyst opening in New York.  Perform asset liability modeling for financial institution; perform strategic asset allocation analysis for pension and investment clients. Candidate must have 2-4 years of pension consulting actuarial experience including knowledge of PPA regulations, several actuarial examinations passed, and pension consulting experience. Salary $open. (PR 6268)

Catastrophe Modeler opening in New York. Perform cat modelling on US and UK treaty reinsurance contracts; assist head of cat modelling in performing quarterly portfolio roll-up; assist direct reinsurance operation in formatting raw client data; perform projects as requested to refine cat modelling approach and understand the impact of changes in the models on portfolio; work on site in London during January renewal season. Ideal candidate will have 1-2 years of experience running cat models, preferably using RMS Risklink, have ability to manipulate and process raw data into input files; experience working on reinsurance transactions strongly preferred; strong knowledge of Excel and SQL; ability to execute SQL scripts; mapping skills preferred. Salary $open. (PR6267).

Vice President & Actuary opening in Southeast. Manage all actuarial staff; advise management about pricing adequacy, product design, company strategies, and reserve provisions using actuarial expertise and for the purpose of ensuring company financial strength, regulatory compliance, and meeting profit objectives; develop accurate and innovative analysis techniques and report presentations, suggest innovative product designs, provide leadership and oversight to all areas of the company that provide pricing and product design support, to ensure the proper application of actuarial prescribed methods, models, and assumptions through peer review or other similar inter-departmental oversight functions. Ideal candidate will be ACAS or FCAS with 10 years of actuarial experience and extensive management experience; open to any commercial lines experience. Salary $open. (PR6266)

Health Care Consultant opening in New York/ New Jersey/Illinois/Minnesota. Price alternative plan designs and define product strategy; track lapse and retention rates; define strategies to influence based on data; prepare and review reserves in support audits of health care liabilities; align provider contracting strategy with rating trends; model and calculate ROI for medical management and other health plan initiatives; prepare and present client presentations and reports; conduct other health actuarial consulting activities, as required; individual medical and small group health care reform modeling for health plans;  Ideal candidate will be ASA  with progression to FSA with 4-6 years of consulting and/or health plan/insurance company experience, experience with one or more of the following areas: product design and/or product strategy, health care reform with working knowledge of the individual medical and small group markets  and/or impact on state Medicaid programs; analyzing, developing, and/or submitting Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug (MA/PD) plan Bid Pricing Tools (BPTs) and/or Plan Benefit Packages (PBPs); experience with Medicare products, including Medicare Advantage, Medicare Cost, or Medicare Supplement products for various enrollee types; Medicaid managed care rate setting and other provider reimbursement streams; Medicaid waivers; Health Actuarial experience in modeling or rate development. Salary $open. (PR6245)

Chief Actuary opening in Illinois. Responsibilities will include: develop pricing strategies and analysis; develop rating plans for homeowners, general liability and BOP insurance; provide support for loss cost filings, DOI communication and negotiation; perform pricing analysis using licensed software; supervise and direct actuarial staff; conduct rating plan development, use predictive modeling software and techniques, multivariate and by-peril analysis, competitive analysis and project management; conduct competitive product research; provide direction and influence the continued development of the actuarial function; support the strategic plan. Ideal candidate is ACAS or FCAS with 10 + years of experience in property/casualty insurance.  Consulting and/or actuarial research experience a plus. Experience using modeling software and concepts a plus. Leadership qualities including excellent written and verbal communication skills required. Salary $open. (PR6257)

Assistant Actuary opening in New England.  Responsible for analysis of the Global and Umbrella books of business; maintain the umbrella model, plan for Global and Umbrella;  interact with and be responsible for communicating results to other departmental partners; serve as individual contributor with increasing levels of responsibility, ownership of projects and leadership within your roles; strong analytical skill with a solid understanding of actuarial techniques; experience with Commercial lines of business including Workers Compensation, Commercial Auto, General Liability, and Commercial Property. ACAS  or at least 7 exams passed. Salary $open. (PR6258)

P&C Actuarial Student  opening in Quebec.  Develop and produce analyses for the actuarial evaluation of reserves, monthly analyses of financial results as well as loss experience projections as part of the annual and quarterly budget planning exercise; participate in the analysis of the financial results, propose improvements and work on optimizing the tools, while ensuring that the risk management controls are respected; collaborates with members of other sectors to provide information or explanations, in particular with respect to the monitoring of financial results.; transfer knowledge on computer systems, databases and actuarial tools and concepts. Ideal candidate has excellent knowledge of Excel, including VBA, knowledge of accounting and financial concepts, knowledge of SAS programming software, 2-5 recent CAS examinations passed, and fluency in French. Must have at least an internship to be considered and legal right to work in Canada. Salary $open. (PR6259)

Assistant Vice President/Vice President & Actuary opening in Bermuda.  Price casualty reinsurance treaties (Automobile, General Liability, and/or Workers Compensation). Candidate must be ACAS or FCAS with 10+ years of actuarial experience including recent reinsurance pricing experience.  Salary $open. (PR6255)

Junior Catastrophe Modeler opening in Hartford, Connecticut  Ideal candidate will have 1-2 years of property& casualty catastrophe modeling experience, ideally in the reinsurance arena. Salary $open. (PR6254)

P&C Actuarial opening in California. Serve as line of business actuary for midsize Business Package or Workers Compensation or Commercial Auto. Ideal candidate will be ACAS or FCAS with 7+ years pricing experience. Salary $open. (PR6253)

P&C Pricing Actuary opening in Michigan. Perform large account pricing for Workers Compensation.  Ideal candidate will have 3+ exams up to new FCAS with 6+  years of pricing experience. Salary $open. (PR6252)

P&C Actuary opening in CONNECTICUT. Price specialty programs and alternative risk transfer package programs. Candidate may also help out with reserve analysis and risk management. Ideal candidate will be ACAS or FCAS with commercial lines pricing expertise. Salary$ open.  (PR6251)

Several Property & Casualty Predictive Modeling opportunities available in:  California, Minnesota, Illinois, and Georgia. Ideal candidate will have some predictive modeling background, advanced degree (ideally) as well as excellent quantitative and communication skills; knowledge of SAS, EMBLEM and or PRETIUM preferred. Salary $open.(PR6247/6248/6249/6250)

P&C Actuarial Trainee opening in Wisconsin working with commercial lines pricing. Will only consider candidates with either a P&C actuarial internship or any P&C actuarial experience up to 5 years/5 exams who are available to start employment no later than April. Salary $open. (PR6246)

P&C Reserving Analyst opening in NEW JERSEY. Responsible for periodic reserve studies and quarterly results monitoring for P&C insurance, including communicating results to Underwriting and Management; also responsible for developing and maintaining new reserve review system. Ideal candidate will be ACAS or near ACAS with minimum 5 years of property-casualty actuarial experience including reserving experience. Salary Sopen. (P6243)

ALM Actuary opening in NEW YORK. Create, maintain, improve and use ALM models for various asset/liability analyses; conduct quarterly liability duration analysis for Life and/or Annuity products in updating and improving actuarial modeling; assist in conversion from PTS to Prophet including moving new products into the models and overall model management aspects of asset/liability analyses such as high/low interest rate analysis, hedging analysis and investment/crediting strategy studies; manage an actuarial student. Ideal candidate is FSA with good modeling skills, knowledge of Prophet and Individual Life and/or Annuity products, and 5+ years life/annuity modeling experience. Salary $open. (PR6244)

Healthcare Analytic Director opening in CALIFORNIA. Responsible for conceiving, developing, and managing predictive modeling initiatives targeted at improving fraud detection capabilities within healthcare; responsible for fraud and abuse modeling efforts, including setting initiative direction, planning, execution, and delivery; manage budgets and be responsible for matrixed teams and initiative results; communicate with diverse audiences including executives, clients, and at trade industry events; motivate, mentor, and develop team-members. Advanced quantitative degree (Masters OK, PhD preferred) with 10+ years of experience building analytical models, prior experience leading quantitative teams and initiatives is required; experience in medical fraud and abuse detection is highly desirable, including knowledge of medical data and coding practices; exposure to concepts such as Episoding, etc., familiarity with illness classification and grouper technologies such as ETG, MEG, etc. is a big plus; knowledge and experience with diverse statistical and data mining methods (e.g., GLM/Regression, Trees, Neural nets, SVMs, etc.) is required; ability to lead initiatives, plan activities and resources, work hands-on, manage/develop staff, and mentor junior members is required; experience with SAS, including SAS STAT and EMiner, is required. Salary Sopen. (PR6242)

Workers Compensation Actuary opening in New England. Develop and implement rates, rating plans, and pricing strategies to achieve the company objectives for profitability and growth; manage or participate in key workers compensation projects; monitor marketplace, industry trends, and professional research to maintain knowledge of current activities related to products, regulations, and market conditions; represent company’s interest at industry level workers compensation actuarial committee meetings; review state workers compensation legislation to determine the rate impact upon the state Workers Compensation system; provide advice and direction to other unit members; help set deadlines to meet unit goals; recommend and initiate improved actuarial techniques on unit work products. Ideal candidate will be an ACAS or near FCAS; have 3-4 years of relevant actuarial experience, including experience in Workers Compensation pricing. Salary $open. (PR6233)

Statistician, Research and Modeling opening in Connecticut. Candidate will conduct research and predictive modeling; interpret data and identify correlations using both univariate and multivariate analysis; offer recommendations to improve analyses; investigate and assist in data analysis; assist in summarizing results; perform programming in SAS, SQL, Excel, Access or company software to perform modeling activities; engage in independent research; oversee limited projects involving predictive modeling staff; bring new ideas on statistical techniques and their application to the business. Ideal candidate will have either 5+ years of research and/or predictive modeling or 3+ years of modeling along with insurance experience; demonstrate ability in statistical modeling and data mining techniques;  basic understanding of insurance related modeling and data a plus; basic project management skills; advanced degree in statistics, mathematics, operations research, economics, engineering or professional actuarial designation;  PhD is a plus; excellent understanding of computers, programming, SAS, SQL, Excel spreadsheets, Word and database software; R or S-Plus programming experience is a plus. Salary $open.  (PR6231)

Catastrophe Data Analyst position opening in New York. Review data, summarize it, write a Data Quality Assessment Report (“DQAR”), correct inaccurate or incomplete data, run queries against the database, interact with actuaries, data analysts and programmers. Ideal candidate will have 2-3 years P&C insurance data analytics experience, be good with numbers and detailed-oriented; experience in SQL/Access, Excel and Mapinfo preferred. Salary $open.  (PR6236)

Actuarial Student position in New York. Perform actuarial services in support of Health Plan operations, and monitor and maintain financial solvency through the understanding of current data & environment and modeling of future events; interact with internal and external departments such as Rating & Underwriting, Finance, Network Management, Provider Contracting, Health Informatics, Marketing & Sales as well as NYSID and CMS; establish insurance rates, rating structures, and rating systems for groups and categories of business; maintain reserve programs, pricing files, benefit relativity tables and appropriate documentation for work; develop financial projections, unpaid claim liability estimates. Ideal candidate will have a BS in Math, Economics, Actuarial Science or related field and one year of (any) actuarial experience and a minimum of 2 actuarial exams passed recently; strong analytical skills, verbal and written communication skills; strong interpersonal skills, and organizational skills; solid PC skills including proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, SAS, Cognos, and Power Point required. Salary $open. (PR6235)

 P&C Pricing Actuary in UPPER MIDWEST.  Provide analytic and actuarial analysis for Professional Liability (D&O, E&O, EPL, Fiduciary Liability) and traditional Property and Casualty (Property, GL, Auto) products to insureds in the financial services industry including banks, insurance companies, and investment professionals.  Projects provide a variety of challenges in leadership, management, and communication with potential exposure to the underwriting, product, and claim areas including senior management. Ideal candidate is ACAS or FCAS with commercial lines pricing experience. Salary $open. (PR6219)

Risk Actuary opening in New York.   Review actuarial models being used by pricing and corporate disciplines; provide reports on accuracy, efficiency and risk-comprehensiveness of actuarial models reviewed; assist in the design and implementation of quantitative models to be used in testing and benchmarking existing actuarial models; help identify risks in company’s processes and provide recommendations for improvement; review operational and quantitative models. Ideal candidate is FSA or ASA with 5+ years of actuarial experience, exposure to both pricing and valuation; familiarity with both life insurance and annuity products, minimum of 2 years experience designing and/or implementing stochastic models, minimum of 2 years experience in operational risk management, experience writing reports for use by senior management level, experience explaining complex mathematical concepts using non-technical language and experience with  C++  and/or Mathematica software preferred, with knowledge of stochastic calculus fundamentals required. Salary $open. (PR6210)

Assistant Finance Actuary opening in Mid-Atlantic Region.  Support quarterly updated budget projections on a GAAP and Statutory basis; assist in keeping the model current to assumptions; assist in model verification; prepare assumptions for presentation to all required parties and get signoff; assist in the analysis and communication of budget projection results. ASA or FSA with familiarity with modeling processes, spreadsheet expertise, organizational skills and an accounting background desired, as well as computer system language skills. Salary $open. (PR6211)

Senior Manager Life Actuarial Consultant opening in New York/Connecticut.  Provide technical and analytical support in a consulting environment. Primarily responsible for producing and managing technically-oriented work across a number of practice areas, including statutory and GAAP reporting, mergers and acquisitions, embedded value, and financial projections;  be involved in market and technical research, data resource and tool development, recruiting, training, and strategic planning. Ideal candidate is ASA or FSA with 10-15 years of experience in an insurance company or consulting environment, general knowledge of life and annuity products, proficiency using computer software such as Excel, Word, and Access, familiarity with life insurance reserve calculation requirements and mechanics, experience with  actuarial projection system. Salary $open. (PR6193) 

P&C Reinsurance Actuary opening in Bermuda. Capital Modeling plus reinsurance pricing of traditional and structured accounts, including risk transfer testing, liaising with accounting, external auditors, etc., dealing with brokers; design process for non-cat accumulations across various offices; liaise between business units and group risk management on capital model parameterizations; enhance business planning process to better tie with capital model process; assist in enhancement with technical reserving process as well as with Solvency II support. Reinsurance experience is required. Ideal candidate is ACAS, FCAS, FCIA or near FCIA with 5-12 years of experience, including reinsurance experience in pricing and/or capital modeling.  Salary up to $200’s plus bonus plus FREE HOUSING. (PR6192) 

Head of Catastrophe Management opening in New York. Responsible for the management and coordination of global modeling initiative and corresponding operating budget. The role will involve substantial interaction and resource sharing with Underwriting, Actuarial, Systems and other departments within the organization on an ad hoc basis. Heavily weighted towards Property, the role also includes responsibility for the modeling of other lines such as Marine, Offshore Energy, Workers Compensation, Terrorism, A&H, etc. Responsible for implementing a program structured so as to improve existing human, hardware and software infrastructures. Initial phases will include working closely with IT on design and development of a SQL tool which will automate combining various exposure curves from well known vendor models including subsequent report design. In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to assess existing technical capabilities of the team before implementing suitable training programs where required, aggregating global corporate exposures as well as providing underwriters and management with timely information which will allow them to facilitate corporate optimization and economic capital goals. Ideal candidate will have 8+ years of cat modeling experience, including extensive management of cat modelers. Working knowledge of at least two of the three main catastrophe models will be an advantage. International experience a plus as is managing off-site cat teams. Salary $200’s plus bonus. (PR6191) 

Health Actuary opening in Georgia.  Responsible for actuarial oversight of pricing, reserving, medical trend analysis, provider contracting support, and product development support for Group products (Small Group and Large Group); lead a team of 3 analysts; work closely with the Individual Actuarial team that handles pricing for Individual products; develop and maintain a strong partnership with healthplan business leaders, in particular, strong relationships will be needed with the healthplan CEO, CFO, Sales leads, Contracting leads, and Product Development leads; develop and maintain a strong partnership with the Underwriting team; help drive methodology improvements that build and maintain rating & trend analysis models and conducts larger-scale actuarial studies; responsible for all regulatory submissions (rate filings, etc.); submit few Medicare bids (1-2 per year), working closely with an internal Medicare actuarial team that provides support/guidance. Candidate must be ASA or FSA with 6+ years of relevant health experience and management experience. Salary $open. (PR6189)  

Chief Actuary opening California.  Responsible for the actuarial function of the Company, reporting to the CFO; develop, maintain and improve actuarial systems to support the analysis of Workers Compensation rates and losses; provide executive management recommendations regarding rates and reserve adequacy, as well as identify emerging trends; communicate and work with actuarial and financial personnel of the Company’s affiliates and parent; develop and maintain actuarial reporting systems; develop and prepare periodic management reports; prepare quarterly regulatory loss reports, including loss projections and reserve adequacy; prepare rate analysis, including rate adequacy and legislation impact on rates and rate filings; document and maintain actuarial procedures and work-papers; develop and maintain appropriate controls to maintain data integrity. Bachelors degree in Mathematics/Statistics, successful completion of at least 3 actuarial examinations, minimum 2 years of experience in Worker’s Compensation. Salary $open. (PR6084)

Health Actuary opening in New Jersey.  Responsible for all the Actuarial work (pricing, rate
filings, forecasting, IBNR, financial analysis) for the Individual under 65 market and also for forecasting, IBNR, and financial analysis of the Midsize market (group size 51-500). Ideal candidate is ASA with 4+ years of relevant health experience. Salary $open. (PR6186)

Senior ERM Actuary to lead ERM consulting practice – Ideal location will be New York City but open to other locations as well.  Must have client presence and be very knowledgeable in Enterprise Risk Management  and Economic Capital Modelling. Open to various credentials – Actuarial or non-actuarial. Salary $open. (PR6185)

Derivatives Financial Engineer opening in New York.  Write specifications for vanilla and exotic Derivative products; work in conjunction with clients to specify new functionality; work as liaison between Customers and Internal teams (Sales, Quantitative Research, Quantitative Development, and Integration Development); design and perform testing on models (calibration and pricing) using Excel/VBA, Toolkit (C/C++), and Portfolio (C#), and testing on model Greeks using Monte Carlo, etc.; design and perform QA testing on products; identify new business opportunities in the derivatives analytics space; create/maintain Excel templates based on Application Engine as Excel Add-in; provide consulting and professional services for clients using products for integrated/independent pricing and risk analytics system. Ideal candidate will have Masters degree in Mathematics, Finance, Financial Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, 2 years of experience with Excel and VBA, C/C++/C# programming languages; knowledge of the following: derivative pricing models for both vanilla and exotic derivatives; risk management techniques including parametric, historical, and Monte Carlo VaR, credit exposure, etc.; financial mathematics skills, including stochastic calculus, numerical methods for PDE, numerical linear algebra, real analysis and probability, Monte Carlo method, and time series analysis; and financial modeling, financial mathematics, or quantitative/engineering related research. Salary $open. (PR6156)

P&C Reinsurance Actuarial opening in Illinois.  Responsible for pricing reinsurance treaties and creating the parameters needed to price business; work closely with underwriting to support account pricing;  prepare annual parameter updates for pricing models; update pricing models with revised parameters as appropriate; assist in testing for a new pricing tool currently in development; assist with various actuarially-related projects and studies as needed. Ideal candidate is near ACAS or ACAS with 5-10 years of P&C pricing experience; professional liability pricing experience is preferred; exposure to reinsurance a plus, strong background in statistical analysis also a plus.  Salary $open. (PR6155)

Associate Actuary opening on East Coast.  Perform valuation and financial reporting duties as well as pricing and product support for International Employee Benefits product lines; perform monthly and quarterly reserve calculations; conduct regular reviews of valuation and assumptions and methodology; maintain and enhance pricing tools and conduct regular pricing studies; prepare profit and product reports with summary findings to senior management; complete other ad hoc projects as assigned. Ideal candidate will be ASA to near FSA with 5 years of group medical, life, and/or disability valuation, financial reporting, and pricing experience; experience/ aptitude in international markets preferred but not required; ability to analyze data and propose recommendations to senior management as needed. Salary $open. (PR6154)

Assistant Actuary opening on East Coast.  Design and execute studies on mortality, lapse and morbidity experience for  life, annuity, and health portfolio for Latin America and the Middle East; design and execute experience studies; strengthen experience study methods; compile Sarbanes Oxley control evidences for experience studies; collaborate with local actuaries to review and strengthen methodology for experience studies carried out locally. Ideal candidate is ASA to near FSA with at least 5 years actuarial experience and experience with valuation and/or experience study systems (Polysystems or Prophet experience a plus); strong programming skills, preferably including experience with SAS and Microsoft SQL server or other database. Salary $open. (PR6153)

Financial Actuary opening in Southeast.  Serve on a team responsible for: Embedded Value Analysis; Cash Flow Testing; VOBA/DAC Recoverability Test. Update existing valuation/projection models; build models for valuation/projection for incoming new business. The unit also assists in other actuarial activities associated with Statutory, Tax, GAAP and IFRS valuation. Ideal candidate will be ASA or near FSA with experience managing projects; experience mentoring and developing associates; demonstrated ability to understand broader picture and impact of decisions; proven leadership skills and ability to make strategic decisions; identify and communicate data quality issues in client-provided inforce extracts and reserving information. Salary $open. (PR6145)

Chief Actuary opening in Arizona. Direct actuarial analysis for reserve valuation, pricing, dividends, product management & development, reinsurance and enterprise risk management; provide decision support using analytical tools for financial modeling and dynamic financial analysis. Ideal candidate will be ACAS or FCAS with in-depth Workers Compensation experience; senior communication skills; strong experience with information technology systems and the ability to think and act strategically. Salary $open. (PR6142)

Economic Capital/ERM Quant opening in New Jersey. Support Enterprise Risk Management and Economic Capital Modeling (and possibly also reinsurance pricing). Must be well-versed in actuarial and financial modeling and adept at Excel, with experience in Monte Carlo simulation, common loss distributions, copulas and other correlation algorithms, as well as and property casualty financial statements; exposure to the dynamics of modeling asset and credit risk; and knowledge of property casualty reinsurance, specifically casualty lines including D&O, E&O, Umbrella and Excess Casualty. Ideal candidate will also have knowledge of cat models and property pricing; non-standard auto, surety, trade credit and/or political risk a plus. Open to actuary or non-actuary. Total compensation up to $300'sk. (PR6134)

 

Defined Contribution Manager opening in New Jersey. Ideal candidate will have managed Defined Contribution (401k, money purchase, profit sharing, etc.) business for the small plan market. Knowledge of Defined Benefit plans a plus.  Salary $open. (PR6138)

Predictive Modeling position opening in Ohio.  Candidate will develop predictive modeling for Property & Casualty Personal Lines and Commercial lines of business. Ideal candidate will have  strong statistical background, advanced degree, and knowledge of SAS and/or Emblem. Open to Actuarial and Non-Actuarial candidates. Salary $open. (PR6137)

Enrolled Actuary opening in Upstate New York. Assume primary responsibility for the delivery of actuarial consulting services for a number of different clients. Responsible for the profitability of assigned clients. Assume primary responsibility for the training of actuarial staff. Assume some responsibility for marketing and practice development. Enrolled Actuary credentials required, ASA or FSA designation a plus. Must have a thorough and broad understanding of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and applicable regulations as they pertain to retirement plans; familiarity with health and welfare plans especially FAS 106, GAS 45, Medicare Part D, Article 47 and general reserving methods preferred; experience with computer programming and/or data manipulation preferred (preferably Excel, Visual Basic, Access and Fortran); health and retirement benefit experience preferred. Salary $open. (PR6136)

Senior International Pricing Actuary opening in Southeast. Develop, implement, and assess life and/or health reinsurance pricing standards;  improve timeliness and quality of pricing processes, including peer review processes; provide pricing review support and assurance of compliance with pricing processes and proper communication and documentation of pricing efforts; establish, develop and implement baseline pricing assumptions for key products/markets; review and approve contractual language regarding reinsurance deal terms and rates; provide feedback to pricing actuaries and business line leaders regarding pricing processes; assist in design of creative reinsurance solutions for unusual business situations; assure that proper data is requested from clients to properly assess experience of products/deals; work with valuation, contracts and administration to assure that new business opportunities are properly understood so that they can be properly managed. Ideal candidate will be FSA with 10+ year experience including 5+ years pricing experience with life or health products; 3+ years reinsurance experience and/or  international experience highly desirable; management experience is essential. Salary $open. (PR6133)

Senior Reserving & Special Projects Actuary opening in New York/New Jersey. Manage reserving special projects, provide guidance and peer review for reserving actuaries; reserving special projects (completing individual projects and managing group projects); collaborate and provide actuarial resource on cross-department projects; provide guidance to reserving actuaries and peer review analyses performed by Reserving actuaries; liaise with Pricing Actuaries, IT, Finance, and Underwriting Departments. Ideal candidate is FCAS (or ACAS) with 8+ years of actuarial experience, including 4+ years of reserving experience, supervisory experience across projects and/or direct reports, Excel (advanced spreadsheet knowledge, formulas, pivot tables, etc), Word, and PowerPoint, strong understanding of the insurance and reinsurance marketplace and insurance industry cycle, and knowledge of MS Access. Salary up to $170’s + bonus. (PR6135)

Senior Pricing Actuary opening in Toronto, Canada.  Exciting role as sole actuary in company’s Canadian operations. Responsibilities include: pricing model maintenance and development, price monitoring, individual account pricing support (Casualty, Energy, Directors & Officers, Professional Liability, Global Property, & Program business), participation on underwriting audits, and all other actuarial support specific to the needs of the Canadian underwriting operation; work closely with the underwriting departments. Ideal candidate will be FCAS/FCIA (or-soon-to be FCAS/FCIA) with 7+ years of actuarial experience, have very strong communication and interpersonal skills, have great attention to technical detail, be highly productive, and well-organized, and have pricing experience across various lines of P&C Commercial Casualty business. Strong Excel and Word skills are required; other computer skills are a plus. Salary $open. (PR6124)

Manager of Personal Lines Product Analysis opening in New England.  Supervise 5-7 analysts; manage programs, initiatives, products, UW rules, guidelines and procedures for product line in order to meet state specific objectives and profitability targets; analyze and recommend state reviews, competitor landscape, profitability, growth and segment level analysis; review key state metrics; recommend, develop, and implement solutions; demonstrate expertise in state specific rating/ underwriting limitations and opportunities. Candidate must have 7+ years of experience, including 2 to 3 years of managerial experience, including talent management, project management, process improvement, ability to influence Senior Management, technical knowledge of personal lines coverage, manuals and inter-departmental responsibilities. Salary $open. (PR6121)

Predictive Modeling Researcher opening in New England. Drive home product/pricing improvements across: idea generation, business case development, project development, implementation, & testing measures of success; utilize quantitative skills to analyze and summarize business relationships via data, formulate findings and provide recommendations; communicate written and verbally with senior management regarding research; advance tools and approaches to business problems through statistical analysis and predictive modeling; assist others with conducting business research by gathering data, identifying options, performing cost-benefits analyses, and creating non-routine reports with detailed analysis; Candidate must have Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Economics, Insurance, or related major (Masters degree preferred); 2 to 8 years of related experience; knowledge of SAS or R preferred.  Salary $open. (PR6119)

Actuarial Analyst opening in New England.  Perform personal lines pricing; assist in the preparation of actuarial support for rate filings; assist in the preparation of special reports and studies; provide technical assistance and information to other departments; assist in the creation and maintenance of computer software and data. Must have 3+ recent CAS exams and 2+ years of recent personal lines pricing experience. Salary $open. (PR6118)

Associate Actuary opening on East Coast.  Review all Sarbanes-Oxley controls, enhance process, and respond to management testing; review all spreadsheets for conformity to standards and assist in the remediation/elimination of the same; conduct review of all estimation processes. Ideal candidate will be FSA with background in accounting, extensive spreadsheet and system language, 5 years relevant experience in life insurance valuation, financial reporting, and knowledge of US statutory reporting. Salary $ open. (PR6105)

Actuarial Trainees through FCAS openings in India. Responsibilities include: pricing, reserving, catastrophe modeling, capital modeling, etc. Will consider trainee with minimum of 1 recent actuarial examination passed through recent FCAS (or any international actuarial equivalency) with P&C experience. Salary $open. (PR6115)

Economic Capital Actuary or Modeller opening in Israel. Responsibilities include building risk models for life and/or health insurance. Statistical background a plus. Salary $open. (PR6114)

Actuarial openings in Israel for life and/or health actuaries with 4+ years of life and/or health pricing or reserving experience. Knowledge of Hebrew a plus. Salary $open. (PR6113)

Life Consulting Actuary positions in New York City to work on a variety of projects including: reserving, pricing, ERM, ALM, etc. Ideal candidate is near ASA through FSA with 2+ years of relevant experience. Knowledge of Axis a plus. Salary $open. (PR6112)

Assistant Actuary opening in New York. Responsible for life insurance product pricing efforts and financial analysis; play integral role in the product development effort; be involved in all aspects of getting the product to market from defining the product conceptually through pricing the product and ultimately the product’s introduction; work closely with numerous areas throughout the company, especially product managers, systems development/support teams, marketing personnel, field directors, and filing team; be involved with inforce management and analysis;  be exposed to a wide variety of life initiatives; responsible for supervising at least one direct report. FSA with minimum of 10 years applicable experience, life product development experience, strong communication skills, both written and verbal, strong technical and analytical skills. Good modeling skills desirable with PTS/Prophet knowledge. Salary $open., (PR6111)

Assistant Life Actuary opening on East Coast. Establish standardized worksheets and assist in the manipulation of data from actuaries into the spreadsheets for FAS 60 products; complete all Sarbanes-Oxley controls; coordinate all accounting entries; assist in measurement of current lapse rates for coordination into the budget process of STAT and GAAP projections; assist in regression testing. Ideal candidate is ASA with Life or A&H experience, exposure to FAS 60 products and advanced standardized spreadsheet experience. Salary $open. (PR6109)

International Financial Actuary opening on East Coast. Support financial reporting in regard to GAAP financial statements, actuarial opinions, professional standards, and regulatory compliance; review and recommend appropriate methodologies and assumptions for new products and special product features; oversee implementation; perform recoverability analysis; review and analyze expense and revenue deferrals; insure the integrity of the valuation process and results produced; provide an actuarial resource to regional and local offices; review and analyze actuarial models for financial projections, profitability analysis, asset and liability analysis and economic capital analysis; propose recommendations to improve the financial reporting process for the region; monitor developments in regulatory requirements and changes in actuarial standards and develop plans for implementation; maintain process documentation as required under Sarbanes-Oxley; ensure performance and documentation of controls. Ideal candidate is FSA with 10+ years of relevant experience in life insurance valuation and financial modeling; minimum of 5 years FAS60 and FAS97 GAAP valuation experience; strong analytic, organizational, and planning skills; good communication and interpersonal skills; and prior managerial experience. Polysystems, SAS, Prophet, or MG-ALFA or other modeling software knowledge a plus. Salary $open. (PR6106)

Associate Actuary opening in Connecticut.  Responsible for the creation and analysis of individual annuity experience studies and the recommendation of appropriate assumptions; support the scheduling of experience studies and perform required calculations and analyses; implement and develop work plans relating to control, compliance and actuarial risk assessment initiatives; establish methods to improve the experience study process and to organize formal documentation; gain understanding of actuarial risks and trends associated with individual annuities and building reports;  maintain valid data and performance studies; assist with documentation and peer review of models, formulas and study results. Ideal candidate will be ASA with a minimum of 3-5 years of overall actuarial related experience, knowledge of the individual annuity product line and advanced experience in MS Excel, MS Access. Salary $open. (PR6096)

Senior Pricing Actuary opening in Connecticut/New York. Oversee pricing of commercial lines. Ideal candidate will be ACAS or FCAS with 10+ years experience in pricing multiple commercial lines and have high energy level and strong communication skills. Salary $open. (PR6085)

Insurance Investment Analyst or Associate opening in New York.  Support the Global Insurance Strategy team in the build-out of Insurance solutions/advisory business; assist strategy team in quantitative analysis and client execution of insurance solutions; assist in preparation of analysis of specific client’s profiles with respect to financial metrics, risk, regulatory and rating agency considerations, support performing peer analysis and other on-going research for client presentations and thought leadership; support company specific analysis with respect to financials, rating agency and analyst views; provide support for proposals, requests for additional information and client sales and finals meetings; provide on-going client support materials such as peer analysis and alerts on regulatory and rating agency changes; support quantitative analysis of insurer specific optimal investment strategy, strategic asset allocation, and ALM process; become knowledgeable of the insurance industry globally; provide support for research papers and conference presentations. Ideal candidate must have degree from top tier University; Analyst/Associate level based on experience of 0-3 years of financial services experience; strong communication and presentation skills a must; quantitative, finance, accounting and or actuarial experience ideal. Salary $open. (PR6079)

P&C Predictive Modeling Actuary opening in Greater Washington, DC area. Responsibilities include: perform SAS data manipulation and analysis programming; develop predictive models using multiple statistical techniques; provide technical and actuarial design assistance; provide support and assistance for the implementation of predictive models; provide support in reserve analyses, including Statements of Actuarial Opinion, pricing, mergers and acquisitions, and audit support. Ideal candidate will have several CAS exams passed, 3-7 years of data mining and predictive modeling/generalized linear modeling (GLM) experience, as well as extensive knowledge of tools for data mining and statistics (SAS, SPSS, MATLAB). Must be United States Citizen. Salary $open.  (PR6076).

P&C Actuarial opening in Taiwan. Responsibilities involve: pricing and reserving for personal and commercial lines insurance. Open to candidates with 2-3 years of P&C actuarial experience through new FCAS. Salary $open. (PR6074)

Lead P&C Actuary for top tier organization seeking first actuary in Johannesburg, South Africa.  Responsibilities will involve pricing and reserving for personal, commercial, and A&H lines for Africa and South Africa. Ideal candidate will be FCAS, FIAA, FIA or equivalent designation with minimum of 5+ years of relevant actuarial experience. Salary $open. (PR6075)

P&C Risk Modeler opening in New Jersey/Pennsylvania. Build and maintain actuarial models. Develop and enhance complex methodologies including R&D, collaboration with external consultants and use and vetting of external tools; monitor and manage risks as well as define capital needs and prices for the risks; participate in reinsurance pricing and special actuarial projects. Ideal candidate will have 5+ years of actuarial experience in property casualty insurance/reinsurance including 1+ years of Risk Modeling experience; experience in financials with strong comprehension of financial impact and statistical experience a plus; actuarial designation preferred; strong software skills (including Excel and Access) a must. Salary $open. (PR6072)

Lead Workers Compensation Actuary opening in New England.  Provide analytical and business leadership of initiatives, projects and teams; develop and execute analytical strategy; understand and develop  complex analytics, such as pro-forma profit statements and econometric models; build diverse business relationships with actuarial and non-actuarial partners; develop staff performance goals, and ongoing coaching of staff; contribute to Enterprise-wide initiatives, such as: Return on Equity modeling; Catastrophe Analysis & Risk Load Methodology; Enterprise Risk Management.  Ideal candidate is FCAS with 10+ years of commercial lines actuarial or product management experience; WC experience preferred but not required. Salary $open. (PR6073)

Senior Managing Actuary opening in New York.  Perform advanced actuarial analysis in the following areas: valuation/reserving, pricing, product development, research/support, business planning and finance for international P&C lines of business; review and coordinate rate and pricing levels to ensure consistency with overall business group or company goals; provide consultation to senior managers and underwriting staff on actuarial, financial, and business planning; manage or participate in projects designed to improve the quality of information, analysis, and reserving; manage and direct students and analysts. FCAS or near FCAS designation preferred with 10+ years of  progressively responsible experience, including supervisory experience, knowledge of underwriting concepts including company/agency relationships' importance to the business success. Salary $open. (PR6069)

P&C Rating Advisory Analyst in New York. Work with reinsurance companies to improve their rating structures via reinsurance. Ideal candidate will have P&C rating agency insurance experience from AM Best, Moody’s, or S&P, etc. as well as strong analytical and mathematical skills. Actuarial experience is a plus but not necessary. Salary $open. (PR6053)

Vice President or Director opening for Life Reinsurance Actuary in Investment Bank in New York City. Originate and structure life insurance financing programs, including XXX/AXXX securitizations, embedded value programs and specialized mortality catastrophe programs.  Develop innovative reinsurance structures to enhance capital market products.  Serve advisory role on several corporate acquisitions and divestitures. Ideal candidate is ASA or FSA with reinsurance and capital markets experience. Salary $open. (PR6052)

Investment Banking Associate or Vice President opening in New York. Support portfolio managers in supervision of complex client portfolios, including strategic and implementation issues, investment manager/vehicle selection and oversight, risk/performance management and evaluation, asset transfers and research on investment management products; assist portfolio managers proposing new strategies that enhance portfolio characteristics; support developing materials for new prospects such as presentation books, request for proposals and additional analysis, production and distribution of client reporting to existing clients; work closely with other areas of the firm including the investment managers, product management, client services, fund  accounting/controllers, operations and technology. Ideal candidate will have minimum of 3 years of related experience and a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with an emphasis on pursing additional appropriate professional investment qualifications (CFA and/or MBA). Salary $open. (PR6051)

Actuarial Pricing Manager opening in Georgia or New York. Manage pricing related activities for all professional lines (including D&O and E&O); develop and maintain pricing models for all professional lines products; provide regulatory support for admitted products; perform individual account pricing, benchmark pricing, management reporting; monitor rate adequacy and rate change across all professional lines; work with the capital modelling team to perform analysis for each line, prepare business profiles for reinsurers, provide input to reserving actuaries. Ideal candidate will be ACAS or FCAS with at least 10+ years of actuarial experience in progressively larger roles including 5+ years of actuarial experience in professional liability lines, working knowledge of overall market trends and industry practices related to professional liability lines, ability to supervise 2-3 junior actuaries. Salary $open. (PR6050*)

Insurance Research & Modeling opening in Chicago. Conduct research and predictive modeling; interpret data and identify correlations using both univariate and multivariate analysis; prepare responses to inquiries from business areas; assist in summarizing results; perform entry level programming in SAS, Excel, Access or company software to perform modeling activities. Ideal candidate will have undergraduate or graduate degree in statistics, mathematics, economics, finance, actuarial science or equivalent; 1+ years of insurance experience, an understanding of database principles and experience in quantitative analysis. Salary $open. (PR6049)

Reserving Actuary opening in New England.  Recommend and book reserves; communicate with Finance and appropriate units; evaluate adequacy of loss, ALAE, and ULAE reserves; identify loss trends; obtain detailed knowledge of key business partners including Claim, Underwriting, and Pricing Actuaries, competitors; leverage business knowledge in development  of analytic solutions; forecast and interpret underwriting results to aid management in planning process; analyze and interpret trends; execute analytical strategy and build relationships with actuarial and non-actuarial  partners. Ideal candidate is FCAS with  strong actuarial analysis and reporting skills, understanding of actuarial and other insurance related models (i.e. property CAT, ROE and RBC models), understanding of financial reporting, both GAAP and Stat, understanding of income statements and balance sheets, experience with financial modeling and forecasting.  Salary $open. (PR6048)

Research & Modeling Actuary openings  at various junior and senior levels in New England. Conduct research and predictive modeling; interpret data and identify correlations using both univariate and multivariate analysis; participate and influence results in discussions regarding underwriting strategy; communicate results and their implications to business centers; organize and lead effort of responding to inquiries from business areas; oversee programming in SAS, VBA, Excel, or Access; present findings to underwriting and actuarial management. Ideal candidate will have 3+ years of  P&C insurance research, modeling or actuarial experience, demonstrated ability in statistical modeling and data mining techniques (GLM, clustering, decision trees, etc), strong understanding of insurance related modeling and data, knowledge of insurance products and operations, basic understanding of accounting principles and solid understanding of financial reporting  and solid understanding of regulatory environment. Open to actuarial exam level. Salary $open. (PR6043)

Research & Modeling Statistician opening in New England.  Conduct research and predictive modeling; interpret data and identify correlations using both univariate and multivariate analysis; offer recommendations to improve analyses; investigate and assist in data analysis; assist in summarizing results; perform programming in SAS, Excel, Access or company software to perform modeling activities; engage in independent research; oversee limited projects involving predictive modeling staff; bring new ideas on statistical techniques and their application to the business. Ideal candidate will have advanced degree in statistics, mathematics, operations research, economics, engineering or professional actuarial designation as well as 5+ years of research and/or predictive modeling or 3+ years of modeling along with insurance experience. Demonstrated ability in statistical modeling and data mining techniques (GLM, clustering, decision trees, etc), basic understanding of insurance related modeling and data a plus, basic project management skills, basic understanding of accounting principles and understanding of financial reporting. Salary $open. (PR6045)

Strategic Actuary opening in New England. Manage Commercial R&D unit, staff of 3-5. Ideal candidate will have advanced degree in math, statistics, or related field and have 10+ years of P&C Insurance, R&D and/or actuarial experience; considerable management and leadership experience; strong understanding of statistical modeling techniques, especially GLM, GAM, decision trees, clustering analysis, etc.; experience with financial modeling and forecasting; strong understanding of insurance products and marketplace conditions and how they impact statistical models, financial models and results; strong understanding of the regulatory environment and how it impacts pricing; strong PC and programming skills including SAS, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and other programming languages (C, etc.) a plus. Salary $open. (PR6042)

ERM Ratings Analyst opening in New York. Provide support in reviewing the Enterprise Risk Management capabilities of Life and P&C insurance companies; provide technical input into the development and ongoing maintenance of review criteria for economic capital models; lead research activities into new insurance modeling methodologies and approaches; play significant role in review and analysis of economic capital models of insurance companies. ASA, FSA, ACAS, or FCAS preferred (but not required) with professional experience in quantitative statistical or actuarial risk management and modeling  methods in the insurance industry; understanding of the operation of insurance products in one or more of the life insurance, P&C insurance, reinsurance or health insurance industry, ability to understand abstract and complex issues and a good working knowledge of actuarial modeling tools such as Igloo, Prophet, Moses, RMS, ResQ. Salary $open. (PR6037)

Individual Life Pricing Actuary opening in Southeast. Evaluate new reinsurance opportunities; work with clients to understand their reinsurance needs, set reinsurance assumptions, sensitivities, and resulting prices, and write client proposals; work with marketing representatives and clients regarding pricing terms on existing business; assist marketing representatives and treaty staff on treaty terms; work with underwriters to evaluate impact of underwriting changes; discuss pricing and meet with clients; research and recommend enhancements to pricing methodologies and processes. Ideal candidate is FSA with 5-10 years of life insurance industry experience including life insurance pricing and product development (reinsurance experience preferred), excellent communication and presentation skills, experience with actuarial modeling software, and proficient with MS Office products (Excel, Access, Word). Salary $open. (PR6024)

Modeling Actuary opening in New Jersey. Responsible for the development and maintenance of the actuarial software used to meet annuity modeling needs; be involved with modeling coding and development; play an important role as part of the Risk Based Capital team for the year-end work; run ALFA models and analyze outputs; help draft the necessary actuarial memos and provide oversight for the exhibit preparation. ASA required, near-FSA to FSA desired, strong financial/modeling knowledge (GAAP, ALM, Economic Capital a plus, exposure to financial reporting/analysis work using a statutory and GAAP accounting framework), prior experience with the MG-ALFA financial modeling software or any modeling software is strongly desired, prior annuity experience is a plus.  Salary $open. (PR6023)

Valuation Actuary opening in Southeast.  Serve as the Valuation Actuary for Long Term Care and Individual Disability Income lines of business. Report on US Statutory basis, as well as on an IFRS (US GAAP) and embedded value basis; provide analysis and insight into the lines of business to the CFO; prepare quarter-end and year-end financial results on a Statutory, US GAAP / IFRS, and embedded value bases; produce the annual statement exhibits for these lines of business; implement new methods and procedures; build and maintain actuarial projection models. Ideal candidate is ASA or FSA with 3-5 years of industry experience, LTC or DI background, 2+ years management experience, reinsurance experience preferred, embedded value experience a plus, Axis and Polysystems experience as well as knowledge of SQL a plus. Salary $open. (PR6025)

Group Benefits Reserving Actuary opening in New England.  Develop life and LTD reserving practices and provide actuarial support and subject matter experience in some or all of key business areas. Ideal candidate will be an MAAA as well as either an ASA or FSA with 4+ years experience in developing reserves for life, LTD and other group products, expertise in technical writing to support actuarial opinions, proficiency in all aspects of financial modeling and analytical techniques. Salary $open. (PR6021)

Vice President & Corporate Actuary opening in Southeast. Manage staff of 25 direct and indirect reports in preparation of reserving and financial reporting on Statutory, GAAP/IAS, and Embedded Value (EV) bases; render actuarial opinions and disclosure statements; develop revised methods and procedures in response to changes in valuation or reporting standards; lead staff in conversion of the valuation and projection system; review modeling for treaties to ensure risks are appropriately. Ideal candidate is MAAA with 10+ years of life insurance (and health is an additional plus) industry experience with at least 5 years in valuation/financial reporting; embedded value and reinsurance experience; blend of insurance company and consulting experience is perfect background. Salary $open. (PR6026)

Property Research Manager opening in New England. Support Personal Lines profit and growth objectives by establishing the strategy/ objectives for the research group, managing/ performing advanced actuarial analyses and predictive modeling in the areas of Property pricing, peril loss modeling, etc. and by partnering with Personal Lines Underwriting/ Claims/IT divisions; develop new underwriting and pricing programs; manage the innovation cycle of generating insights, championing ideas, implementing projects and delivering results; research laws and regulations; analyze developments in the marketplace. Ideal candidate is FCAS or PhD with 4-6 years relevant experience in the P&C insurance industry with strong analytical skills and a solid understanding of Predictive Modeling/ Statistical techniques (GLM's etc.) and their application to pricing strategies. Salary $open. (PR6013)

Vice President & Pricing Actuary opening in Southeast. Provide product development support and pricing assumption development for key strategic initiatives as International Reinsurance pricing actuary. Ideal candidate is an FSA (or foreign equivalent) with 10+ years experience in life insurance-related businesses, 3+ years reinsurance experience highly desirable, ability to travel as needed, International experience highly desirable. Salary $open. (PR6016)

Senior P&C Research Analyst opening in New England. Provide technical and analytical assessments of business issues; research industry topics to identify and proactively respond to industry developments; utilize statistical analysis and predictive modeling; participate in developing strategic responses to current and anticipated market conditions/ changes, including new underwriting and pricing programs. Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Economics or Insurance; Masters degree preferred;  2-8 years of related experience, advanced knowledge of insurance principles, underwriting and ratemaking concepts. Salary $open. (PR6015)

Annuity Actuary opening in New Jersey. Maintain and run ALFA projection models and analyze financial results for reasonability; develop knowledge of annuity portfolio product designs and optional benefit features. Ideal candidate is FSA/near FSA with strong quantitative and analytical skills, experience with actuarial projection software (ALFA is desired), experience in GAAP reporting or Statutory valuation is a plus, as is annuity experience. Salary $open. (PR6014)

Enterprise Risk Modeler opening in Ohio.  Supervise economic capital model and related enterprise risk analytic applications; supervise quarterly updates of the company's P&C combined ratio forecast and the compilation of data and analyses related to annual treaty reinsurance renewals; assist with the development of catastrophe analysis capabilities. FCAS or near-FCAS dedicated to completing all exams, 6+ years of actuarial work experience, advanced degree in math, statistics or economics, dynamic financial analysis, enterprise risk analysis or enterprise risk management experience; CERA designation, reinsurance, reserving and/or stochastic modeling experience preferred. Supervisory experience a +. Salary $open. (PR6009)

P&C Pricing Actuary opening in Ohio.  Commercial and Personal lines pricing actuary to help develop and maintain pricing methods, the inclusion of adequate actuarial support in state rate filings and the preparation of responses to Department of Insurance questions of an actuarial nature; participate in the development of commercial lines predictive models and develop and manage staff.  FCAS or near-FCAS with 6+ years of actuarial work experience, commercial lines pricing experience ideal, strong computer skills (SAS experience a big plus), reserving experience a plus and exposure to predictive modeling strongly preferred. Salary $open. (PR6010)

Risk Management Actuary opening in New York.  Responsibilities include: actively participate in risk management activities for insurance companies for both life and P/C; build up the ERM function, e.g., review the risk appetites and limits, various capital models and risk management strategies; conduct asset and liability management, develop strategic asset allocations and risk limit for tactical asset allocations, and evaluate their impacts on the binding capital measure and net investment incomes, liquidity, etc.; perform capital management and stress testing, review and aggregate the stress test results submitted by insurance companies, review the capital requirements, develop effective strategies to minimize the capital contributions; develop capital models such as Solvency II, Rating agency capital models and regulatory capital models; risk monitor and prepare reporting, perform analysis, review and prepare presentations to key stakeholders; aggregate the risk appetites/limits developed by the insurance companies to derive the overall risk profile.   Ideal candidate is ASA or FSA with 5-10 years experiences and with 2-4 years experience.  Proficient in MS excel, power point and word, and familiar with MS Project; good understanding of finance, investment and financial engineering; familiar with life insurance/retirement savings products and GAAP and Stat accounting experience with capital management, ALM and risk management. Salary $open. (PR6005)

ERM Insurance Financial Analyst positions available in New York. Actively participate in risk management activities for insurance companies for both life and P/C. Specific responsibilities include: build up the ERM function, for example, review the risk appetites and limits, various capital models and risk management strategies; conduct asset and liability management, develop strategic asset allocations and risk limit for tactical asset allocations, and evaluate their impacts on the binding capital measure and net investment incomes, liquidity etc.; conduct capital management and stress testing, review and aggregate the stress test results submitted by insurance companies, review the capital requirements, develop effective strategies to minimize the capital contributions; develop capital models such as Solvency II, Rating agency capital models and regulatory capital models; risk monitor and prepare reporting, perform analysis, review and prepare presentations to key stakeholders; aggregate the risk appetites/limits developed by the insurance companies to derive the overall risk profile. Candidates should have 1-4 years of experience in financial/insurance industry and a BS in Finance, Economics or quantitative fields, a MBA or CFA is ideal; proficient in MS excel, power point and word, and familiar with MS Project; good understanding of finance, investment and financial engineering; experience with life insurance/retirement savings or general insurance products desirable; experience with capital management, ALM and risk management, insurance accounting desirable preferred.  Salary $open. (PR6006)

Catastrophe Actuarial opening in New York.  Lead  Catastrophic & Emerging Risks initiative; lead ERM’s efforts in Reinsurance Optimization; support various Capital Management projects around Cat Risk; liaise with the businesses in formulation of their risk appetite for Cat Risk; responsible for accurate and timely reporting of  group wide exposures to Catastrophic Risks.  ACAS/FCAS with 3+ years of actuarial experience preferred, familiarity with financial mathematics and financial markets desirable; familiar with MS Excel/Word/ACCESS/VBA/Powerpoint/Cat modeling software such as RMS; Geo-scientific trainings desirable. Salary $open. (PR6007)

Junior Catastrophe Actuary opening in New York. Coordinate and conduct quantitative risk analysis with a particular emphasis on Property and Casualty (P&C) operations. The analyses will support management decisions as they pertain to required economic capital, strategic risk appetite, reserving strategy, premium cycle management, asset liability management, reinsurance strategy, and catastrophic and emerging risk appetite. Specific responsibilities: participate in the development of internal economic capital models for P&C business lines which includes analysis of diversification benefits across business lines and development of a consistent framework for capital allocation that includes the diversification benefits; analysis and application of rating agency and regulatory capital adequacy models to P&C business lines; analysis of catastrophic and emerging risks and their potential impacts to General Insurance financials; coordinate the development of database queries to gather the data needed for the analyses; participate in day-to-day risk measurement and management processes such as asset-liability management, value-at-risk and capital calculation. Ideal candidate will have passed several CAS examinations with 1+ years of actuarial experience preferred, familiarity with financial mathematics and financial markets desirable, familiar with MS Excel /Word/ACCESS/VBA/Powerpoint/Capital modeling software. Salary $open. (PR6004)

P&C Risk Actuary opening in New York.  Lead a small team of actuaries to coordinate and conduct quantitative risk analysis with a particular emphasis on Property and Casualty operations; support management decisions as they pertain to required economic capital, strategic risk appetite, reserving strategy, premium cycle management, asset liability management, reinsurance strategy, and catastrophic and emerging risk appetite. Specific responsibilities: participate in the development of internal economic capital models for P&C business lines which includes analysis of diversification benefits across business lines and development of a consistent framework for capital allocation that includes the diversification benefits; analysis and application of rating agency and regulatory capital adequacy models to P&C business lines; analysis of catastrophic and emerging risks and their potential impacts to General Insurance financials; coordinate the development of database queries to gather the data needed for the analyses; participate in day-to-day risk measurement and management processes such as asset-liability management, value-at-risk and capital calculation. Ideal candidate will be ACAS or FCAS with 5+ years of actuarial experience preferred, familiarity with financial mathematics and financial markets desirable and proficiency with MS Excel/Word/ACCESS/VBA/Powerpoint/Capital modeling software. Salary $open. (PR6003)

Insurance Credit Risk Analyst opening in New York.   Responsibilities include all aspects of portfolio credit risk and market risk analysis; oversee the production of KMV risk management tool based credit reports; calculate credit sensitivity risks and tail risks for diverse asset classes developing models when necessary; validate vendor-platform-based portfolio valuation methodologies; participate in methodology development for market risk and credit risk under Solvency II; participate in strategic discussions for ERM purposes; participate in the development in hedging strategies. Ideal candidate will be a MS or PhD (preferred) in a quantitative field and have 2-5 years working experiences in capital markets as risk analyst, strategist, or asset allocation specialist, solid understanding of corporate credit a must, good understanding of risk attributions, familiarity with structured products, familiarity with insurance industry desirable; proficiency in Excel and Power point; skills in other programming language a plus; experience in Matlab or other quantitative programming platform a plus. Experiences with common capital market platforms such as POINT or Risk Metrics a plus. Salary $open. (PR6002)

Director of State Operations opening in New England. Responsible for developing and executing the personal lines business plan for various assigned state(s).  This position has full Profit and Loss accountability and is responsible for establishing, monitoring and influencing all aspects of state growth and performance; directing the analysis, development and management of all pricing and underwriting strategies; identifying, tracking and responding to changes in the market, including regulatory issues, legislative issues and competitive practices; and coordinating activity between various home office departments. Specific responsibilities: establish objectives for state in terms of growth and profitability; develop, review and implement marketing strategies through the integration of the sales, services, underwriting and pricing functions; collaborate with various Home Office departments to maximize the effectiveness of programs while maintaining compliance within state; monitor the market place and identify competitor and industry changes impacting effectiveness or compliance of current, pending and  / or proposed programs; develop and implement strategies to manage the catastrophe exposure at an acceptable level with the state; analyze complex reports and work with management team to implement appropriate changes in pricing position, underwriting standard, sales growth, and claims handling; manage relationship with local regulatory agencies and industry organizations; lead decisions regarding growth by distribution channel and deployment of sales representatives in the state to achieve new business volume and quality standard and objectives, and to monitor the quality of new business sales results; coordinate involvement in market conduct exams. Highly developed quantitative analysis and decision making skills, excellent written and oral communication, analytical, influencing and leadership skills, 10+ years progressively responsible work experience required with previous experience in managing multiple state / regional business plans including a combination of sales, service, underwriting or claims function, in personal lines; MBA or appropriate experience, CPCU designation, or Actuarial background ideal. Salary $open. (HSE5993)

Executive Reinsurance Actuary opening in Southeast. Responsible for leading the structuring and critical assessment of all life and catastrophe transactions executed. Play key role in supporting the development of new and innovative solutions; work closely with a modeling actuary who will perform the associated advanced risk modeling required. Provide support to executive responsible for working directly with business affiliates to provide reinsurance expertise and retention analysis. Maximize value added through superior assessment of risk and structuring; own, develop, and maintain pricing philosophy for transactions; ensure pricing and structuring properly assesses risk; evaluate cost benefit of risk tradeoff and capital relief and provide recommendations; ensure new business pricing and modeling is consistent with existing practice and procedures; ensure transaction control process complies with SOX and risk management requirements; develop pricing reports documenting solutions and critical attributes of evaluation; review pricing reports from new markets / new products to evaluate the appropriateness of assumptions and risk structure and reinsurance programs; monitor financial results of transactions and affiliate reinsurance transactions; actively participate and lead select research and development efforts to support pricing methodology and assumption base (eg. develop understanding of different regulatory environments and arbitrage solutions); collaborate with reinsurance pricing and capital markets teams to continually improve pricing processes and structures; assist on other corporate projects/requirements as necessary (eg; budget projections/financial reporting). Ideal candidate will be FCAS or FSA with 10+ years of industry or related experience, extensive reinsurance -- either casualty or life reinsurance required -- and strong analytical skills with demonstrated problem solving ability. Salary $open. (PR5980)

Health Actuary opening in Rocky Mountain Region.  Heath Consulting Practice seeks motivated actuarial candidate to help develop thriving business clientele. Candidate will be involved in a number of areas, including behavioral health, international development, pharmacoactuarial analysis, healthcare reform, risk selection, and underwriting implementation. Candidate must be mid-level, near or new FSA with outstanding technical, communication, and interpersonal skills, including strong project and people management skills. Knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese a plus. Salary $open. (PR5979)

Valuation Actuary opening in New York.  Responsible for managing the valuation area (4-5 employees); oversee the implementation of VACARVM in 2009 and C3 Phase 2 work; responsible for calculating Stat, Tax, GAAP reserves for all individual annuity contracts including SOP03-1 GAAP GMDB reserves, FAS157; GAAP VAGLB Reserves; keep up to date in industry valuation updates (e.g., principle based reserves, payout annuity valuation mortality changes); interact with the systems area; handle questions from internal, external auditors. Ideal candidate is a FSA, with annuity, financial, or valuation experience would be a plus, strong technical and analytical skills. Good modeling skills desirable with Prophet knowledge. Salary $open. (PR5989)

Assistant Actuary opening in Mid-Atlantic Region.  Support quarterly updated budget projections on a GAAP and Statutory basis; assist in keeping model current to assumptions; assist in model verification; prepare assumptions for presentation to all required parties and get signoff; assist in the analysis and communication of budget projection results. Ideal candidate is experienced ASA to FSA with familiarity with modeling processes, spreadsheet expertise,  Accounting background, and good computer skills. Salary up to $90k. (PR5988)

Manager of Research/Catastrophe Modeler opening in New England.  Provide technical and analytical assessments of business issues; research P&C insurance industry topics to identify and proactively respond to industry developments; utilize statistical analysis and predictive modeling to participate in developing strategic responses to current and anticipated market conditions/ changes, including new underwriting and pricing programs. Specific responsibilities: utilize predictive modeling, analyze and summarize data, formulate findings and provide recommendations; interpret modeling results and provide recommendations; prepare periodic written reports and/or presentations for senior management regarding research project status, including renegotiating project direction as necessary; construct queries and write SQL; design user-friendly tools to be used by management; manage complex research projects by negotiating project objectives and direction with senior managers and translate business needs into a comprehensive project plan to ensure successful project completion and achieve business objectives.  Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Economics or Insurance;  Masters degree preferred: 5 to 10 years of Catastrophe Modeling experience, advanced knowledge of insurance principles, underwriting and ratemaking concepts; Programming skills/ concepts desirable. Salary $open. (PR5974)

P&C Actuarial Manager opening in Asia Pacific region. Manage actuarial staff and provide actuarial reporting, reserving, pricing and ERM support to actuaries.  Specific responsibilities include: perform basic reporting, routine model execution, data preparation and data acquisition both for regularly scheduled reports and special projects or investigations; write programs/macros to increase the efficiency of reporting; conduct analysis for GLM/Predictive Modeling; work with Capital team to run routine reports and develop models, ensuring consistency between planning/bridging assumptions and assumptions in capital modeling; investigate and report on the accuracy of reserving data and systems; prepare data submissions for reinsurers and external actuaries; manage growing staff; provide regular performance reviews to direct reports; develop and train junior actuaries. Must have several CAS, Institute of Actuaries or related examinations passed, with knowledge of commercial and/or A&H lines of business – ideally in London, US, Asia Pacific or Reinsurance markets; pricing and reserving experience – ideally in both insurance and reinsurance environment; experience in managing small to medium size team.  Salary $open. (PR5967)

Life Actuary opening in Southeast.  Responsible for the development and maintenance of sophisticated models to be used for advanced risk and financial analytics for life, annuities, LTC and mortgage insurance lines of business; develop an in-depth knowledge of the products and assets being modeled and work closely with the designated business units to ensure that the models are appropriate and meet the needs of the business and corporate customers; perform financial projections including Statutory, GAAP and Tax accounting; conduct peer review of pricing; perform economic modeling; incorporate stochastic modeling techniques to address emerging risk and capital management needs, including economic capital determination; perform embedded value; leverage stochastic models to calculate the value of new and existing business using advanced methodologies; involved in Principles-Based Valuation. Ideal candidate is ASA or  FSA with 5-10+ years of financial experience with significant exposure to modeling, in depth knowledge of Life, Annuity, LTC, and/or mortgage insurance products; experience with reinsurance transactions, comprehensive knowledge of the MG-ALFA actuarial system, including stochastic applications, proficiency in Visual Basic, and minimum 3 years of significant hands-on experience with computer modeling. Salary $open. (PR5965)

P&C Actuarial Analyst opening in New Jersey.  Provide support to Claims operations. Specific duties include: assist claims actuary in assessing measures that would improve the analysis of claims trends in the traditional areas of reserve adequacy, inventory management, litigation management, recovery, and claim outcome; design templates for reports incorporating these new measures; prepare presentations on the changes to claims analytics and performance metrics for use both in the home office and field visits; lead the daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly preparation of claims trend reports; perform actuarial studies to forecast future claims results, which will be used to establish performance targets and to improve planning and resource budgeting; assist in developing the communications for these metrics and the on-going monitoring; participate in various claims project teams as assigned, injecting an evaluation methodology that is grounded in quantitative analysis. Ideal candidate will have 3-7 years of P&C actuarial experience, 4-8 CAS exams, computer proficiency, and strong business skills. Salary $open. (PR5966)

Bilingual Regional Actuary opening in Florida.  Responsibilities include: provide pricing analyses and recommendations on new and existing reinsurance programs to underwriters and clients; participate on client audits and client quote presentations; evaluate client rating plans and pricing methodologies; complete projects on rating parameters, pricing models and portfolio methodologies; prepare profitability studies and quarterly analysis; participate in loss reserve analyses. ACAS/FCAS  with a minimum of 4 years of experience, reinsurance pricing and catastrophe modeling experience preferred, knowledge of statistical techniques including sampling theory, regression, confidence intervals, Monte-Carlo simulations and stochastic modeling, knowledge of traditional actuarial ratemaking and loss reserving techniques, methodologies and standards of practice. Must be fluent in Spanish. Salary $open. (PR5958)

Catastrophe Modeler opening in New Jersey. Responsible for supporting the catastrophe modeling needs of various underwriting units as well as facilitating the compilation of companywide statistics;  assist in evaluating the usability and credibility of different catastrophe models; work closely with underwriters in analyzing and interpreting insurance company data, determining relevant statistics, and communicating results.   Ideal candidate will have 1-4 years cat modeling experience (preferably with AIR catastrophe models), 1+ years experience with SQL Server or other relational database system, 1+ years experience with Excel, Access and Visual Basic, or other programming language, an excellent academic and mathematical background. Salary $open.  (PR5959)

P&C Actuarial Assistant opening in New York.  Responsibilities include assist in quarterly reserving process; execute and maintain reserving system; prepare management reports via internal reporting tools; prepare reserving report reviews and reconciliations; conduct data mining and investigation. Ideal candidate will have at least 2 CAS exams and at least 2 recent years experience in P&C insurance and knowledge of basic actuarial reserving methods. Salary $open. (PR5960)

Life Actuarial opening in New York.  Multi-tier role: support insurance agents’ needs relative to field questions on compensation, analyzing competitive compensation contracts, development of new field compensation plans and maintaining field compensation models; develop and analyze experience studies reports for mortality, lapse, premium persistency, conversions, etc; establish pricing assumptions as well as assumptions for GAAP, CFT, EV and EC for life products; develop Principle Based Reserves in the future; analyze results of these studies, including writing management reports. Ideal candidate will be near ASA or ASA with 3+ years of related experience, especially field compensation and experience studies; good technical skills including proficiency in Excel and Access Databases and IT background are helpful as well as the ability to analyze, prioritize, take initiative and problem solve. Salary $open. (PR5955)

Investment Banking opening in New York. Support international Asset Management outsourcing initiative. This role will be a contributor to the initiative by supporting analysis of specific clients’ profiles with respect to financial metrics, risk, regulatory and rating agency considerations, as well as performing peer analysis and providing other insurance content for on-going research and client presentations and working with investment strategists in portfolio evaluation and strategic asset allocation. Open to various levels, ideally 5 - 20 years of experience, knowledge and experience of insurance investment, risk and capital management process, experience in financial modeling including asset/liability-modeling for insurers, knowledge of insurance company capital, tax, accounting and regulatory considerations which impact the investment process, technically oriented but also must have strong communication and presentation skills.  Finance, accounting and or life actuarial experience ideal; Property & Casualty experience is a plus. Salary $open. (PR5956)

Life Actuarial opening in New York.  Multi-tier role: support insurance agents’ needs relative to field questions on compensation, analyzing competitive compensation contracts, development of new field compensation plans and maintaining field compensation models; develop and analyze experience studies reports for mortality, lapse, premium persistency, conversions, etc; establish pricing assumptions as well as assumptions for GAAP, CFT, EV and EC for life products; develop Principle Based Reserves in the future; analyze results of these studies, including writing management reports. Ideal candidate will be near ASA or ASA with 3+ years of related experience, especially field compensation and experience studies; good technical skills including proficiency in Excel and Access Databases and IT background are helpful as well as the ability to analyze, prioritize, take initiative and problem solve. Salary $open. (PR5955)

Associate Actuary opening in Texas.  Work as member of a team to prepare quarterly financial statements, perform experience studies, and other actuarial valuation tasks; help develop and implement reserving and reporting methodology for different annuity products and features and coordinate with outside software vendors. Ideal candidate is ASA with 5-10 years of actuarial, including at least 3 years of recent annuity valuation, experience; proficiency in Excel and Access, strong database skills and SQL server experience, strong VBA skills, background with PolySystems software and experience with ALM software packages;  actuarial modeling skills in TAS/PTS/ALFA/Prophet/Moses would also be useful as well as experience in migrating from one of these systems to another; knowledge of annuity products is a must, familiarity with equity indexed products is a plus.  Candidate should be creative and have an eye for detail. Salary $open. (PR5949)

Chief Actuary position for executive select Personal Lines division in New York. Candidate must be strategic leader with vision to serve as part of management team, will manage staff and report to COO. Position involves pricing and reserving for high net worth individuals. Ideal candidate will be ACAS or FCAS with extensive P&C background (personal lines ideal, but not  necessary) with vision and strategic leadership experience. Salary up to $200’s. (PR5947)

Product Development Actuary opening in New England.  Drive and enhance product development initiatives by bringing creativity and innovation; contribute to new product ideas and concepts; work on the design and pricing of life insurance products and features; conduct research and statistical analysis; monitor the level and trend in profitability by product line; comply with regulatory changes; and provide recommendations for process improvements to enable more efficient product development and implementation. Specific responsibilities include: design, price, file and document innovative new life products and product enhancements; work proficiently with technology tools including Microsoft, Visual Basic code, and SQL; participate in product implementation teams; perform actuarial management and maintenance of the in-force block including monitoring and adjusting policy cost factors; interface with the field including presentations, soliciting feedback, field inquiries, conducting field conference calls, etc. Ideal candidate will be FSA (or Career ASA) with 7-35 years of related individual life insurance product development experience. Salary $open. (PR5948)

Unique Pension Actuary opportunity in Investment Bank in New York. Position involves pension strategies for public and corporate pension funds including hedge fund allocations, issuance of structured and unstructured securities, etc.  Ideal candidate is a pension actuary with at least several actuarial exams passed up through FSA/EA who has an outgoing personality, is a self-starter and is interested in working on the trading floor of a well-respected investment bank. Candidate must understand capital markets and pension products. Salary $ Exceedingly lucrative. (PR5920)

P&C pricing actuary opening in India. Manage staff of 3. Perform reinsurance pricing for property, marine, motor, workers compensation, etc. Ideal candidate will be ACAS, FCAS, or international equivalent with   5-7 years of related experience, preferably in reinsurance pricing. (PR5913)

Annuity Actuary opening in New York/New Jersey. Serve as member of the Individual Annuity Hedging team which is responsible for the analysis and updating of key liability measures for variable annuity capital market guarantees to facilitate the hedging of these risks; responsible for providing the analysis to support the modeling of the hedging strategy for the valuation group for cash flow testing, RBC C3 Phase2, Economic Capital (EC) and planning. Also, responsible for providing the monthly GAAP FAS157 embedded derivative liability values. Play an important role in the product development process for variable annuities by providing analysis and option costs for new variable annuity capital market guarantees being considered. Serve in Individual Annuity Hedge team’s valuation group, which is responsible for liability valuation and modeling of FAS 157 embedded derivative liability and supporting enterprise wide economic capital project. Lead a team within valuation group to perform stochastic risk neutral valuation for variable annuity living benefit, fine tune attribution analysis, analyze VACARVM and capital exposure and assist in ad hoc projects. This is an exciting opportunity for this position to take a leadership role and have an influence on the development of the hedging program and hedging strategy. FSA designation with 5-7 years of actuarial experience, including experience of managing staff. Strong quantitative and analytical skills, prior experience with TAS, MG-Hedge or similar actuarial modeling software would be helpful; prior variable annuity and/or hedging experience is desired. Salary $open. (PR5912) 

Pension/Executive Compensation Actuary opening in New York/Connecticut. Unique opportunity to use your pension experience in an insurance company! Provide overall guidance and accounting information for clients’ and potential clients’ nonqualified pension and savings plans. Specific responsibilities include:  play significant role in the sales process, including plan design and new plan implementation; provide necessary reports to existing clients; prepare annual valuations and benefit statements; prepare asset/liability comparison; perform benefit calculations for retiring participants; keep clients informed of legislative and regulatory changes; assist in the sales process; ensure that models are accurate; deliver presentations to prospective clients; work with the administrative department to enroll new participants; recommend and implement process improvements. Ideal candidate will be EA, ASA or FSA and have 5-10 years pension consulting experience in mid-level position, preferably with a large consulting firm and/or experience in COLI or other non qualified executive compensation plans; proficiency in Microsoft Excel, experience in the design of qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, knowledge in the use of insurance funding for nonqualified plans ideal.  Salary $open. (PR5905)

VP & Chief Actuary opening in KANSAS. Our exclusive client is seeking an Actuary to report to the President and play key role in developing and executing strategic plans and business objectives for this personal lines carrier. Specific responsibilities include: perform advanced actuarial analysis in the following areas: reserving, pricing, product development, research/support and business planning; develop and implement strategies to improve production efficiency and effectiveness supporting company goals of optimized profitability, managed growth and enhanced competitive advantage; investigate changes in trend (frequency and severity) and impacts on reserve selections as well as forecasts for future periods; partner with the Underwriting department to develop predictive models that enhance underwriting performance; work in collaboration with underwriting, claims, and senior management to propose recommendations impacting pricing, planning and reserving; develop indications, rate proposals, and filing support; manage staff of 10 - 15. Ideal candidate will be ACAS or FCAS with 6+ years progressively responsible experience, including personal lines insurance, and with 2-5 years of management/supervisory experience; knowledge of underwriting concepts including company/agency relationships’ importance to the business success and knowledge of actuarial and statistical concepts ideal; experience developing and implementing statistical predictive models a plus though not required. Salary $150 - 175k base plus bonus. (PR5911)

 

Worksite Actuary opening in either IL, NJ, or PA – your choice! Perform pricing and product development, modeling and reserve review for worksite products including Universal Life, Short Term Disability, Accident, Critical Illness and Cancer Insurance. Serve as project leader and recommend solutions to problems utilizing information developed by others, industry experience, or self-developed analysis. Ideal candidate is ASA with 10+ years of experience working with individual and/or group supplemental insurance products with worksite marketing/voluntary benefit experience a plus and strong understanding of financial modeling including compensation modeling to increase corporate profitability and revenues.  Salary $open. (PR5902)

Senior Professional Liability Actuary opening in New York.  Responsible for pricing D&O, Fiduciary Liability, Employment Practices Liability as well as other related insurance coverages. Specific responsibilities include: rating plan development (including rating structures for various D&O and related products and coverages), price monitoring, pricing model development and maintenance, and working with the rate filing area to support the filed rating plan needs. ACAS or FCAS with D&O pricing experience is a prerequisite. The ideal candidate will also have very strong (oral and written) communication and interpersonal skills, pay great attention to technical detail, be highly productive, and be well-organized. Strong Excel and Word skills are critical. Other computer skills are a plus. Salary $open. (PR5901)

Actuarial Assistant opening in New York.  Perform reserve analyses, profitability studies, price accounts, economic capital, another actuarial functions for Foreign General business. Ideal candidate with be FCAS or near FCAS with 3 to 5 years of property/casualty actuarial experience, passed 1 to 4 CAS exams, modeling experience a plus. Salary $open. (PR5898)

P&C reinsurance actuary opening in Johannesburg, South Africa. Perform both pricing and reserving for multiple lines of reinsurance. Ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of reinsurance or commercial lines pricing experience and will have passed several actuarial exams from the CAS, Institute of Actuaries, Faculty of Actuaries,  or other international actuarial body.  Salary $open. (PR5914)

P&C Actuarial Analyst opening in New York.  Project expected losses for large commercial clients using the client’s historical loss experience; determine collateral reserve requirements for clients with loss-sensitive insurance programs; assist in developing and maintaining pricing, reserving and other models used both by Actuarial and non-Actuarial staff; participate in actuarial research projects as needed.  Ideal candidate will have completed 3-6 CAS exams and have 3 years experience with P&C actuarial analysis, and proficiency with MS Word, Excel, Access, and Visual Basic. Salary $open. (PR5897)

International Business Analysis Actuary opening in Southeast.  Responsible for leading the International business' initiatives in maximizing the useable business intelligence available from new and existing transactions in both Latin American and Asia Pacific markets; support the integrity of the pricing process through the provision of timely, accurate and detailed experience analysis on the business unit's new business product lines, and to support the new business acquisition process by the provision of relevant research to clients. Specific responsibilities: develop enhanced reporting functionality for emerging product lines especially health business in Asia; ensure a progressive improvement in the scope and depth of analysis;  negotiate scope definition, production of analysis, and ensuring analysis is useful to internal clients for all product lines arising within the International business; serve as subject matter expert in business analysis including actuarial methodology (IBNR, application of credibility theory, and experience analysis methodology); gain knowledge of the impact of IT and operational work processes on the resulting quality and availability of data for business analysis; develop in-house expertise in anticipating and measuring the impact of segmentation strategies for direct marketing campaigns using statistical analysis techniques.  Ideal candidate is FSA or foreign equivalent designation  with 5+ years experience in pricing insurance-related businesses, experience with AXIS or other pricing software, database management and data analysis software tools, project management  and reinsurance knowledge, 3+ years reinsurance experience highly desirable. Salary $open. (PR5896)

Senior Health Actuary opening in Missouri.  Direct the activities of the actuarial department of the local health care plan; provide direction and methodology for establishing market rates, reserve estimates, trend projections, and other financial determinations for assigned markets; perform complex analyses independent of supervision. Specific responsibilities: provide leadership and direction to the actuarial team., recruit, develop, and motivate staff; direct a team of actuaries who quantitatively assess the risk relating to market premium rate levels, new product development, provider contracts, and IBNR in accordance with regulatory and professional guidelines; design, develop and implement methodology for actuarial team to follow; develop and implement a quality control program to ensure that actuarial work performed will generate expected financial outcomes; explain methodology to appropriate parties; identify and analyze the internal and external factors which affect statistics for use in trending, pricing, reserving, contracting, etc.; advise, counsel, and make recommendations on issues and policies affecting the company’s actuarial, underwriting, and financial practices; ensure the accuracy of work assigned through the development and use of reconciliation techniques; design specific actuarial studies and research projects as requested; test new actuarial, underwriting, and financial applications. Ideal candidate is a FSA  with 8+ years in an analytic department with at least 2 years of experience supervising professional employees and complex projects with knowledge of all federal and state laws and regulations professional standards and current managed care actuarial practices and extensive knowledge of analytic methods, statistical techniques, marketplace dynamics and alternative pricing scenarios. Salary $op[en. (PR5895)

Senior Variable Annuity Reinsurance opening in Connecticut. Responsibilities: oversee the ongoing “Relative Risk” analysis framework.  Assess current approach and recommend changes/improvements as necessary;  determine potential financial risk mitigation opportunities; work with the hedge team (as applicable); develop recommended risk management actions based on cost/benefit analysis; develop communication materials in support of recommendations; lead/support implementation of recommendations as appropriate; manage technical/quantitative resources that may not be under direct supervision. Ideal candidate is a  FSA or  CFA with experience in evaluating and/or pricing risks associated with variable annuity products and associated guarantees, reviewing equity and interest rate scenarios, including familiarity with underlying theory, familiarity with hedging concepts, regulatory capital and reserve requirements (e.g., C-3 Phase II and VACARVM), strong quantitative and analytical skills. Salary $open. (PR5894)

P&C Reinsurance Pricing Actuary opening in New Jersey. Lead the development, maintenance and enhancement of actuarial models which support business plan; effectively communicate and coordinate information, technical issues, and activities between actuarial departments, as well as with internal & external constituents; actively participate & serve as a key member in the divisional/unit planning process for the division/unit supported; determine the actuarial needs of the business units; provide leadership in the training of underwriters, account managers, underwriting assistants as well as other actuaries regarding actuarial analyses and methodologies; actively manage exam study-time of staff, and encourage/support good study habits; provide leadership in the development of new  methodologies/products/procedures; ensure the timely, accurate and professional completion and prioritization of all assigned projects, including projects assigned to staff; manage other actuaries/programmers /support staff, as needed;  maintain current  knowledge of trends and products in the insurance and reinsurance industries; complete high-level peer reviews on actuarial work and provide constructive feedback, as needed; maintain consistency of methods as appropriate; maintain in-depth knowledge of rating/reserving models; develop and build models including written specifications for IT; actively participate in industry meetings/seminars. Ideal candidate is FCAS with at least 10 years of actuarial experience, including at least 5 years of reinsurance experience, as well as prior management experience. Salary $open. (PR5892)

Life Product Development Actuary opening in New England. Drive and enhance product development initiatives,  bring creativity and innovation, contribute to new product ideas and concepts.  Work on the design and pricing of life insurance products and features; conduct research and statistical analysis; monitor the level and trend in profitability by product line; comply with regulatory changes; and provide recommendations for process improvements to enable more efficient product development and implementation. Specific responsibilities include: design, price, file and document innovative new products and product enhancements; work proficiently with technology tools including Microsoft, Visual Basic code, and SQL; participate in product implementation teams; actuarial management and maintenance of the in-force block including monitoring and adjusting policy cost factors; interface with the field including presentations, soliciting feedback, field inquiries, conducting field conference calls, etc. Ideal candidate will be FSA or ASA with at least 7 years of related individual life insurance product development experience,  including experience in any of the following areas: life insurance operations, simplified issue insurance, group life insurance products, reinsurance and large case market. Must have knowledge of life insurance competitive landscape and be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) and Access Database.  Salary $open. (PRSPLTB5891)

Vice President and Regional Chief Investment Officer opening New York City. Work with various countries to build investment reporting infrastructure, advise on new product development, and set credited rates (i.e. perform product maintenance), liaise with international management team,  help organize agenda for investment meetings, and keep abreast of emerging issues in capital markets in various countries.  Products including Universal Life, Traditional Life,  and Endowment products. Candidate must be ASA or FSA  with minimum of 7+ years of experience in ALM, Capital markets, on both the asset and liability side.  Salary $open. (PR5890)

P&C Corporate Actuarial opening in New York /New Jersey. Support quarterly reserve reviews, reserving projects, financial and statutory reporting. Lead a reserving sub-team to ensure smooth and accurate quarter close process while working to strategize and implement decisions and enhancements. Specific responsibilities: supervise reserving sub-team in analysis and selection of reserves each quarter; manage special reserving projects; contribute to Actuarial Opinions and Reports; support reserving component of SEC 10-Q’s and 10-K; collaborate on Annual Statement and Schedule P; provide information for SOX and Reserve Audits. Ideal candidate will be ACAS with 3+ years of reserving experience, strong attention to detail & accuracy, proficiency in Excel (advanced spreadsheet knowledge, formulas, pivot tables, etc), supervisory experience, Cognos, or in lieu of Cognos experience, an understanding of OLAP technology through familiarity with other OLAP applications (Hyperion, Business Objects, etc). Salary $open. (PR5883)

P&C Senior Actuary opening in New England. Lead the analysis of financial performance, operating results, and market changes for their given state(s); view state markets based on their review of key regulatory/political developments, state-level competitive intelligence, and key business metrics; work with other teams to identify areas of operational opportunity, devise business solutions to achieve desired results, and monitor program effectiveness. Specific responsibilities: Lead State Actuarial Work for Auto and Home Product Lines: development of indications, rate proposals, and filing support which drive SBU strategy; negotiation with Division of Insurance staff to achieve necessary filing approvals; management of involuntary market accept / reject decisions; planning for catastrophe exposure management; response to DOI requests; participation on industry Actuarial Committees. Analyze State Operating Performance and Market Influences: analysis of proposed law and regulatory changes; regular analysis of state level financial and operating results; adaptation of next generation pricing programs to state specific business needs; participation in development of state business plan; detailed review of competitor state specific program changes. Critical Leadership Responsibilities: mentor members of product analyst and actuarial analyst teams; communicate key messages to various audiences from SBU senior management to customer facing employees.  Ideal candidate will be FCAS or near FCAS with 5-10 years progressively responsible experience, including supervisory experience, ability to foster teamwork and relationships across organizational line, knowledge of underwriting concepts including company/agency relationships' importance to the business success, advanced decision making, problem solving and analytical skills. Salary $open. (PR5882)

Manager of Product (Property) Analysis opening in New England. Manage programs, initiatives, products, UW rules, guidelines and procedures for property line of business. Direct, and is responsible for, the product line analysis. Advise senior management regarding risk levels and recommends target profitability goals for each state. Responsibilities: evaluate existing programs and procedures plus the development of new initiatives within product line to achieve desired business objectives and goals; monitor rate level adequacy and perform analyses of the company's pricing posture for product line and develops rate level indications; recommend course of action based on frequency, severity and historical rate level information; keep up-to-date on state regulations and evaluates impacts to business; manage the preparation of proposal and filing approval of rate changes; partner with research team to explore and analyze product line information to identify opportunities, to develop or enhance new products, services, pricing strategies etc; oversee the development of underwriting policies, guidelines, standards and procedures within the property line of business to ensure desired results; ensure established guidelines and procedures are in compliance with all applicable insurance laws and regulations; oversee coordination with other internal departments to determine impacts of legislation on current processes and internal systems; review portfolio analysis results and strategies within the Field to ensure consistency with overall business objectives; provide support for negotiations with external agencies/organizations, such as law firms and state insurance departments, regarding sensitive and/or complex issues; monitoring and controlling expenses throughout the year for the department's budget. Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, advanced degree or professional designation preferred; minimum 7 to 9 years of experience, including 2 to 3 years of managerial experience, excellent talent management, project management, process improvement, written and oral communication, presentation, analytical and management skills also required, solid technical knowledge of personal lines coverage, manuals and inter-departmental responsibilities. Salary $open. (PR5881)

Director of Medical Analytics opening for Disease and Utilization Management company in Florida.  Responsible for the manipulation, analysis, and communication of data for leadership team, clients, and vendors.   Specific duties include: analyze claims information and apply underwriting principles to the data for modeling of various pricing scenarios and ROI; perform mathematical and statistical analyses and actuarial modeling in support of clients' needs; identify and/or develop related software, tools, and data analyses necessary for the completion of projects; identify and analyze internal and external factors which affect statistics for use in forecasting, trending, and rate models; design specific actuarial studies and research projects as requested; and assume a lead role in contract analysis, projections, and strategic planning support. Ideal candidate has health actuarial or claims background with a Bachelor's degree in Business, Mathematics, or a related field (Masters preferred); 6+ years of experience in the healthcare / managed care industry; strong analytical skills with the ability to design strategic plans, implement operating goals and objectives, and accomplish desired results; highly computer literate and detail oriented; professionally skilled in personal presentation, verbal, and written communication; and  meticulous organizational skills. Salary up to low $100’s. (PR5879*)

P&C Actuarial opening in Midwest.  Develop and recommend actuarial pricing and/or reserve strategies of a complex nature for a product line or business unit.  Specific responsibilities: perform actuarial calculations and complex actuarial studies, and develop rates for existing and/or new business; determine pricing and/or reserve strategy for an assigned area and analyzes existing pricing tools, modifying or creating new pricing tools, as needed; monitor the profitability and trends for a product line or business unit; ensure accuracy of all financial reports and statements, which may include the financial close process; review and submit rate filings and contacts regulatory and state agencies as necessary; prepare and present standard and other reports to management; manage project teams and may be responsible for special projects and presentations; facilitate communication and provides technical guidance to underwriting regarding the pricing of new and/or existing business and works with others (e.g., claims, finance) on actuarial issues; stay up to date in functional area of expertise, on industry trends and developments. Ideal candidate is ACAS or FCAS  with 7+ years of related work experience, strong knowledge of corporate, departmental and/or actuarial specialty practices, procedures and principles as they relate to the organization, business unit and industry, strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to effectively resolve complex situations and issues. Excellent project management, organizing and planning skills. Salary $open. (PR5873)

AVP & Actuary opening in Upper Midwest.  Monitor profitability and pricing, including metrics such as rate, new business pricing, production, retention, non-rate effects, loss experience, and trends; complete regular pricing reviews and analyses; work with branches to understand what factors are impacting their business both negatively and positively develop action plans to improve or capitalize on identified issues or opportunities understand the potential impact of those action plans to their book business; support branch portfolio optimization, planning, and forecasting; driver of strategic initiatives; support implementation in the Field of any strategic direction or modeling developed. Specific responsibilities: implement strategic objectives with substantial impact on the short-term success for actuarial pricing for assigned product line or segment; establish and manage pricing initiatives that have significant impact on the short-term success of assigned product line or segment; review individual account pricing and ensure proper underwriting authority levels are followed; monitor profitability of product line or segment to ensure present and future pricing strategies achieve short-term growth and profitability objectives; partner with Actuarial Reserving, Claim, Underwriting, Finance and other internal departments to exchange data and analyses of financial indicators; present product line or segment analyses to senior management and oversee recommendations on pricing and pricing-related issues; oversee preparation and accuracy of reports used for rate filings and internal actuarial analysis; lead, direct and have full management accountability for staff in area of responsibility with an emphasis on talent management and succession planning in accordance with corporate strategic direction. Ideal candidate is ACAS or FCAS with 10+ years of related work experience, and 5 years of management experience, in-depth knowledge of actuarial pricing theories and practices, strong statistical modeling skills and working knowledge of a variety of product lines within insurance as it relates to pricing, ability to effectively interact and communicate with all levels of external and/or internal business partners within scope of responsibility, team and/or matrix environment, leadership and management skills demonstrating integrity and professionalism, knowledge of the insurance industry, its products and services. Salary $open. (PR5872)

P&C Actuary opening in Midwest.  Lead actuarial support for Inland Marine; independently manage projects to completion and assist in developing the tactical focus for underwriting efforts. Responsibilities: update proprietary rating rules and factors for existing Inland Marine products; assist in the development of new Inland Marine products including: review the form, developing proprietary rules and rates, building or reviewing the rating tool developed, filing in select states and ensuring appropriate data is captured for profitability analysis; perform the necessary analysis for planning, forecasting and dynamic financial modeling; coordinate with various areas (Finance, Legal, Actuarial, IT) to define and improve data quality issues; supervise the work efforts of actuarial students on individual projects; gain exposure to proprietary Ocean Marine property and liability products by working on projects as needed. Key development opportunities for this position include: analyzing a wide variety of unique exposures and products, working with Underwriting to grow business, gaining end-to-end product development experience and developing people/project management skills. Ensure accuracy of all financial reports and statements, which may include the financial close process; review and submit rate filings and contacts regulatory and state agencies as necessary; prepare and present standard and other reports to management; manage project teams; facilitate communication and provides technical guidance to underwriting regarding the pricing of new and/or existing business and works with others (e.g., claims, finance) on actuarial issues; stay up to date in functional area of expertise, on industry trends and developments. Ideal candidate is FCAS or ACAS with 7+ years of related experience, strong knowledge of corporate, departmental and/or actuarial specialty practices, business unit and industry, strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to effectively resolve complex situations and issues. Salary $open. (PR5871)

Senior ERM opening in New York.   Take on a leadership role in the implementation and ongoing management of life insurance company’s risk assessment and management programs; develop and co-ordinate the assessment and control of the company’s enterprise risk management processes; establish best practice approach to ensure full understanding and transparency of risk exposures across the enterprise; work with the business units to establish, maintain and continuously improve risk measurement, assessment and management capabilities; determine and monitor key risk indicators and trends to support risk assessment and the application of appropriate risk mitigation strategies; prepare risk management reports for senior management; establish and maintain dialogue with team members and peers both internally and externally to provide perspective, influence and guidance. Ideal candidate is analytical, business savvy, and has professional risk management qualification (FRM, PRM, CERA), has experience working with quantitative risk models, sound understanding of risk assessment in investment/credit/ALM/operational risks,  practical knowledge of enterprise-wide risk methodologies and policies, market and product savvy in finance/insurance. Salary $open. (PR5876)

P&C Actuary opening in New England.  This key leadership position will help drive profitable growth for the business.  Responsibilities include: pricing, reserving, product sophistication, information management and loss ratio forecasting/planning and will be an integral part of the strategies and execution that are needed for each to achieve the company objectives for profitability and growth; strong leadership, collaboration and communication with the President, Regional Vice Presidents and the rest of the senior team as well as with the Actuarial R&D department, Finance, Underwriting, Product, IT & Operations, Legal and other business units and functions.    The position will also require innovative thinking and leadership in driving the latest actuarial and product approaches and strategies; provide the opportunity to become a leader in the Business Insurance organization and the Actuarial Community across the organization; provide significant career development opportunities as part of a thriving, profitable business.  Ideal candidate is FCAS (or ACAS) with  10+ years  experience in Actuarial related functions including but not limited to pricing, planning, financial reporting, management information, product development, reinsurance and data base management, experience and credibility as a leader in a changing and dynamic environment where the ability to influence and build relationships across entire organizational is critical, experience leading and developing a team including setting challenging objectives and providing guidance and direction to staff, develop and execute successful strategies as well as experience leading change, familiarity with actuarial and other insurance related models (i.e. GLM, CAT, ROE and RBC models), solid understanding of commercial lines insurance products and industry.  Salary $open. (PR5874)

Commercial Lines Regional Pricing Actuary opening in Upper Midwest.  Review existing program business and new business prospects; interact regularly with the business unit President, Chief Underwriting Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and lead Actuary, also visit the field, and the actual producers in the region.  Specific responsibilities: review rate indications at the program, program/line, and program/segment level; help develop and price new programs; review agent compensation; help others understand various trends impacting specific programs; help develop and monitor financial plans and specific business tactics in support of these plans at the program level. Ideal candidate will be FCAS, but ACAS will be considered, with commercial lines actuarial pricing experience. Salary $open. (PR5875)

Life Settlement portfolio and transaction structurer opening in new York/Connecticut. Responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining financial valuation models of life settlement asset and its derivative; structured deals with life settlement policies as the underlying assets; assist in building a probability-based monthly cash flow/return on investment projection model; underwrite/analyze life settlement portfolios and life settlement cases. Ideal candidate has 3-5+ years of life settlement experience and has structure life settlement transactions at investment bank, life settlement company or life insurance company, etc. Open to an Actuary, MBA, CFA, etc.  Salary $open. (PR5856)

Enterprise Risk Management Consultant. Highly rated, financially sound carrier, with $1.2B in written premium, has addition to staff position out of the Corporate office in Southeastern Pennsylvania. This position, reporting directly to the VP and Chief Risk Officer, will help craft corporate plans for mitigating risk throughout the organization, specifically as it applies to Underwriting Pricing discipline, Catastrophe Management, and investment exposure. Ideal candidate will have 10+ years with a primary insurance carrier with experience/strong exposure to corporate Enterprise Risk Management. Candidate should have an Underwriting/Actuarial and/or Underwriting Operations pedigree, with strong analytical abilities. Candidate must be interactive with all levels of Management, insightful, able to see above the details to the big picture, read a business plan and understand what needs to be done, and ask the right questions. Ideal candidate, coming from an Enterprise RM background, will have a broad vision of all risks impacting the enterprise. Travel will be limited to occasional visit to a Regional office. Salary $open.  (HSESPLTB5878)

P&C Capital Modeling Financial Analyst opening in New York/Connecticut. Provide analytical input to the economic capital modeling efforts. Be part of a small team that is providing leadership and driving change to existing ways of how the performance of our business is measured; provide senior management with measurement of the economic risk-adjusted capital committed to cover risks assumed and the economic return achieved against that capital; support risk and capital analysis efforts. Specific responsibilities: support individual risk modules (insurance risks, investments risks, operational risk etc.) as well as statistical aggregation efforts that cover all of the enterprise risks; aggregation of results across all lines of business; presentation and explanation of results; build and maintain aggregation software; maintenance/enhancement of aggregation methodology; develop/enhance individual risk modules such as operational risk, support associated efforts such as scenario analysis for internal risk evaluations; ensure consistency in setting model parameters; develop detailed documentation for risk models and aggregation; support Solvency II initiative. Ideal candidate will have at least 5 years work experience in primary, reinsurance or financial analytics capacity, preferably in the field of stochastic capital modeling; familiarity with actuarial principles is desirable, actuarial background preferred,  strong interest in developing advanced stochastic and financial models, with particular attention to detail,  familiarity with GAAP financial statements and/or knowledge of VBA and Access is considered a plus;  understanding of investment and financial activities crucial to the integration of all source information into a coherent risk/return framework. Salary $open. (PR5857)

ERM Actuarial opening in New York/New Jersey. Lead the effort to develop an Enterprise Risk Management platform by expansion and population of a 3rd party vendor model; must understand all aspects of ERM modeling, assumptions, and theory as well as gaining a deep understanding of business to assess the reasonableness of methodologies applicable to book; produce tangible results in a reasonable timeframe by focusing on the main drivers of results (ie. strong focus on the 80/20 rule); be able to independently test the model’s effectiveness by programming various components of the calculations in a stand alone environment to allow for transparency and verification of results; work effectively with others involved in the project including outside vendors, internal staff and holding company staff. Ideal candidate will be FCAS with a minimum of 7 years of actuarial, extensive experience with ERM a major plus, past experience in working with senior management of companies, strong knowledge of IT a plus. Salary $open, (PR5858)

P&C Actuarial Analyst opening in New York City.  Project expected losses for large commercial clients using the client’s historical loss experience; determine collateral reserve requirements for clients with loss-sensitive insurance programs; assist in developing and maintaining pricing, reserving and other models used both by Actuarial and non-Actuarial staff; participate in actuarial research projects as needed. Ideal candidate will have 3-6 CAS exams with  3 years experience with actuarial analysis, strong understanding of actuarial principles; proficiency with MS Word, Excel, Access, and Visual Basic. Salary $open. (PR5862)

Senior Actuary opening in Florida.  Manage staff of 5-6 actuaries. Develop new traditional life insurance and annuity products; coordinate development and implementation with other areas; price, design, and test new products and work with the implementation teams; direct and coordinate the product development staff involved in the process; select assumptions and meet profit objectives. For new products, help develop the profit objectives; analyze strategies for improving the performance of the in-force book of business; provide support to various customer service related areas; explore and research new product ideas; research and summarize data to support Marketing in development of new initiatives; refine applications for underwriting and selection of risks to manage profitability of new business; provide actuarial filing requirements and rate files for new products. Ideal candidate is FSA with 15-35 years life product development experience and staff management experience, with proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and understands various forecasting platforms. Salary $open. (PR5859)

P&C Senior Actuarial Analyst opening in Kansas.  Develop and maintain rating tools and models for review of various personal lines products and rate structures (including losses and expenses); develop rate and statistical reports and filings for submission to regulatory authorities; assist with training of rate and statistical analysts. Specific responsibilities: develop and maintain tools and models for review and industry products and rate structures; complete assigned rate reviews, product reviews and statistical requirements to assure regulatory compliance and adherence to standard actuarial standards; communicate with Rate Analysts and Statistical Analysts and transfer knowledge of rate development and analysis practices; assist Director, Actuarial Functions by serving as a unit “lead”; use and maintain internally developed and vendor provided software applications to analyze and develop rate proposals; analyze competitor insurance rates and compares rates to identify relative price position; evaluate current/anticipated unit work requirements based on anticipated rate review; assist in guiding the development of unit employees; direct technical instruction relative to rate structure analysis form and filing completion, applicable query software, research techniques, and statistical reporting and documentation requirements; provide guidance relative to pricing  strategies, internal policies and methods; develop and maintain effective working relationships within the unit and with other departments; coordinate efforts with other units to support accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives; assist department management and external consultants as requested with special projects, budget development, and other duties as assigned.  Ideal candidate will have 2+ CAS exams  and a minimum of 3 years of rate/filing or statistical reporting experience in a property/casualty insurance company, working knowledge of MS Outlook, Word, and Project, MS Excel and Access, detailed knowledge of mapping software (e.g. MapInfo, MapMarker) and loss analysis software (e.g. ReservePro). Salary up to $100k. (PR5852)

Valuation Actuary opening on the West Coast.  Develop, maintain, perform and peer review financial projection models that support the principle-based Statutory and Tax Valuations of the Variable and Fixed Annuity business; conduct asset adequacy analyses, as directed – specifically, cash flow testing via asset/liability modeling – in satisfaction of applicable regulatory requirements; design and implement, as needed, quality assurance procedures and related controls that enhance the accuracy and reliability of valuation processes; assess, as directed, the valuation impacts of new or modified products, riders, reinsurance treaty terms, and/or valuation methodologies. Ideal candidate is ASA with 5+ years of statutory/tax valuation experience, 2+ years of valuation experience with annuity products, 3+ years of using, developing and maintaining a versatile insurance/annuity financial projection platform, preferably MoSes, and 2+ years experience in asset modeling in a financial projection system. Salary $open. (PR5853)

Lead Workers Compensation Actuary opening in New Jersey. Monitor all regulatory matters impacting Workers Compensation including rate filings, benefit reforms, residual market, and other related costs including a review of results vs. industry results, LCM, LDF, etc.; monitor loss trends, country wide and by jurisdiction, affecting the division’s business; identify information from internal or external sources needed to further improve the LOB’s underwriting results and develop plan to obtain such information; review information and results of profitability, reserves and other matters as provided, and ensure appropriate action is taken to improve profitability; work with Claims staff as required with respect to all items listed above; work with CUO on class code analysis and mix of business review, additional pricing tools if appropriate,  and review of e-WC system for pricing and questions. Ideal candidate is ACAS or FCAS with 5-30 years of in-depth WC pricing and rate filing experience, especially including NCCI interaction. Salary $open. (PR5848)

P&C Reserving Actuary opening in New Jersey.  Actively participate and manage key components of the financial close process; evaluate and estimate IBNR; prepare and complete reserving analyses for corporate retrocessions and traditional segments of business; provide peer reviews of analyses completed by actuarial students and technical analysts, as assigned; oversee completion and participate in preparation of quarterly monitoring of corporate retrocessions and traditional segments of business; oversee and finalize the Regulatory Reporting schedules and analyses; take a leadership role in supervising the work and training of actuarial students and technical staff as needed. Ideal candidate is ACAS or FCAS with 7+ years of insurance/reinsurance actuarial experience, strong technical actuarial skills, with ability to understand and apply non-traditional actuarial techniques and working knowledge of Statutory and/or GAAP reporting requirements preferred. Salary $open. (PR5847)

Corporate Actuary opening in New York.  Loss Reserving – Provide global oversight of the reserving process; review base computations, discuss with global counterparts, propose recommendations, develop alternative scenarios; possibly some supervisory responsibility. Documentation - Review process documentation, recommend updates (to be completed by junior staff); gather  business information on  global operations (e.g. talk to an Underwriter about a new program or a Claims Handler about a new claim); provide summaries and documentation as needed;  gather and review external business information (e.g. understand / explain a new regulation, obtain industry data). Analysis – Undertake / lead analyses on various reserve related topic, e.g. impact of deductibles on loss development patterns, Aggregate Deductible policies, investigate characteristics of Securities Class Action suits and their impact on D&O reserves, ULAE.  Ideal candidate is ACAS through new FCAS with at least 7 years P&C actuarial experience, predominantly in reserving; some supervisory experience a plus. Salary $open. (PR5836)

Enterprise Risk Analyst opening in New Jersey. Quantify whole portfolio and supplemental risk tolerances and communicate results to senior management; support M&A Risk Management assessment in the context of risk modeling; assist in the analysis of Capital Model results and the impacts on performance measurement and steering of business strategy; contribute to the evaluation of the consistency of processes, risk measures, and assumptions across the insurance control cycle in order to recommend areas for improvement, new risk measures or changes in existing risk measures; assist in local implementation of Group risk management projects; introduce new analysis, monitoring or control processes; support development and enhancement of group risk management analytics; develop understanding of current ERM modeling and analysis techniques. Ideal candidate will have passed several actuarial examinations and have at least 3 years of P&C Insurance/Reinsurance experience or related certification (CPCU, ARM, etc.), strong quantitative and analytical skills, strong Risk Modeling Skills, with proficiency in MS Office including Access. Salary $open. (PR5841)

Manager of Research opening in New England. Help drive idea generation and the development of innovative products and pricing programs. Responsibilities: drive home product/pricing improvements across: idea generation, business case development, project development, implementation, & testing measures of success; utilize quantitative skills to analyze and summarize business relationships via data, formulate findings and provide recommendations; communicate written and verbally with senior management regarding research; advance tools and approaches to business problems through statistical analysis and predictive modeling; assist others with conducting business research by gathering data, identifying options, performing cost-benefits analyses, and creating non-routine reports with detailed analyses. Ideal candidate has Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Economics or Insurance (Masters degree preferred), with 2-8 years of P&C actuarial related experience, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, knowledge of insurance principles, underwriting and ratemaking concepts, knowledge of the functions of various departments, such as Finance Underwriting, Claims, Stats, IT, Legal and Sales. Salary $open. (PR5843)

P&C Actuarial Analyst opening in New Jersey.  Responsibilities: prepare and complete filings & analyses with limited guidance, including the development of loss and exposure rates, ultimate loss projections, ROE modeling and communication of results; complete or direct the completion of required data manipulation, including data input, with limited guidance; coordinate the development of new methodologies/products/procedures; assist in the training of underwriters, account managers, underwriting assistants, accountants, actuaries and others on the use of models/studies/reviews and the interpretation of the results; identify data and operational issues requiring specialized actuarial attention; develop and maintain working knowledge of Rating/Reserving models, including a good understanding of the actuarial concepts and techniques underlying the models. Must have 4+ CAS exams with a minimum of 4 years of insurance/reinsurance/actuarial experience. Salary $open. (PR5842)

P&C Actuary opening in New England.  Experienced actuary to manage its Line of Business unit; this newly created position will focus on special studies, market support, analytical tools, and coordination of portfolio modeling projects. Responsibilities: work with internal customers, IT, and portfolio modelers to coordinate data gathering, modeling and implementation; interact with market customers (underwriting, loss prevention, claims, actuarial, fraud) to create tools, benchmarks and research that support their initiatives; work on technical studies with pricing tools group; generate innovative ideas and approaches to business problems; manage a small staff of actuarial and/or business analysts. FCAS or near-FCAS with 5-10 years of progressively responsible experience, including supervisory experience, detailed knowledge of commercial lines (commercial ratemaking experience would be a plus), modeling knowledge a plus, strong analytical skills with a solid understanding of casualty actuarial techniques, standards, and assumptions.  Salary $open. (PR5831)

P&C Loss Analytics Actuary opening in New England.  This newly created actuarial position will focus on driving state specific improvements in workers compensation claim outcomes, evaluating and monitoring state reforms, helping identify cost drivers and potential opportunities to reduce costs, and improving the company's understanding of claims related issues and implications on pricing, reserving, operations, and financial results.  Primary responsibilities include: analyzing claim outcomes, drivers of loss trends, and deviations from expectations in key states and using this information to help the company respond appropriate to such trends; evaluating and monitoring workers compensation reforms, communicating the expected and actual impacts throughout the organization and coordinating efforts related to such reforms with Claims and Public Affairs; building and maintaining tools to facilitate such reform analyses; providing Claims and Managed Care departments with support in development and implementation of state specific programs and tools and providing impact assessments of such programs once implemented, incorporating actuarial analyses and predictive modeling into such work as appropriate; facilitating knowledge sharing between the various Claims and Actuarial groups so that this knowledge can be used to improve pricing, reserving, operations, and financials; help drive public policy and support public affairs and reform initiatives on claims related issues; manage a small staff of actuarial analysts and/or business analysts. Ideal candidate is a FCAS with 5+ years of experience, strong analytical skills with solid understanding of actuarial techniques, insurance operations, and claims operations.  Salary $open. (PR5830)

Accident & Health Actuary opening in Multiple Locations throughout the US! Responsible for developing and filing Accident & Health insurance programs on a countrywide basis as well as estimating reserves for employee benefits coverage for insurers, captives and self-insureds. ASA or FSA with a minimum of 8 years of experience in developing and filing Accident & Health insurance products and reserving for employee benefit programs. Must be proficient in Excel and Word and be able to successfully multi-task in a fast-paced environment.  Salary $open. (PR5828)

Health Actuarial Analyst opening in Connecticut.  Perform actuarial analyses for Commercial and Medicare business including: Medical and Rx Cost trend analysis; assist in the development of, financial forecasts; preparing recast income statements; estimating IBNR claim reserves; reporting reinsurance and stop loss claims for recovery, and ad hoc actuarial analyses and reporting. Specific responsibilities: analyze key product performance measures including, medical and Rx cost trends, premium yields, book-of-business loss ratios; tracks trends and reports pertinent financial and utilization information to support internal business partners; apply sound actuarial principles to all financial/pricing/trend analysis and to all aspects of decision-making processes; demonstrate independent decision-making capability; analyze historical medical expenses, and project future medical expenses and required revenues for Commercial and Medicare product lines; develop/enhance ad hoc reports to assist in financial analyses of operating results and support for actuarial analyses key to understanding financial position; assess the financial impact of variations in provider contracting strategy and assists in developing the necessary methodology to manage unit costs over time; maintain large databases of information utilizing a unique skill set of spreadsheet and relational database expertise; assist in the assessment of the pricing impact of all relevant senior management policy decisions, including changes in products, underwriting policy, provider contracts, etc.; ensure proper financial and reporting logic is provided to Information Services and is responsible for subsequent user testing before implementation. Ideal candidate will have 2+ years of actuarial health experience and 2+ SOA exams. Salary $open. (PR5825)

Medical Economics Analyst opening in Connecticut. Support medical operations, network operations, actuarial and underwriting decision-making; design and develop unique methods to information analysis which will allow senior management to draw conclusions about the relative performance of products, providers, networks, partners, etc., and to isolate the cost of care opportunities and the potential for improvement. Specific responsibilities: conduct and coordinate cross-functional analysis of health care data to identify trends, explain plan results, and discover opportunities for plan improvement; communicate findings to senior management and the appropriate stake-holders particularly Medical Operations, Network Operations, Actuarial and Underwriting; design, develop, and implement statistically valid tests for internal and external assumptions for healthcare cost savings. Design methods that take into account the justifiable causes for variation in medical costs (age, sex, illness, severity, etc,) and develop reports that summarize this information in a way that management can use to make actionable decisions; contribute to planning by determining what information is necessary to make valid decisions, generating the necessary information, and analyzing the information and making recommendations; work with Medical Operations, Network Operations, Sales & Marketing, Operations, Actuarial and Underwriting to determine appropriate information for corrective action management reports; design and develop reports required to thoroughly understand the cost of care opportunities including the top trend drivers so action plans can be developed to address; prepare sophisticated financial analysis of proposed contracting initiatives, including user-friendly utilization and cost reports; work cross-functionally to develop, refine, and implement the data warehouse reporting strategy; support the initiatives of Medical Operations, Operations and Network Operations by providing applicable data and guidance on measurement; identify deficiencies in data quality and works cross-functionally to resolve. Previous work experience in health care data analysis required preferably within a managed care environment; must have experience, training, or coursework in analysis and assessment of medical claims and forecasting, knowledge of relational database principles including PCSAS and MS-Office products (particularly MS-Access) are required. Knowledge of Cogno, Powerplay, Upfront and Application development principles preferred, excellent quantitative and analytical skills, knowledge of medical terminology and coding methodologies required. HCPC, CPT, RBRVS, Diagnosis (ICD-9), DRG's required and 5 years of experience in the design, development, and management of informational analysis tools. Salary$open. (PR5826)

P&C Actuarial Analyst opening in Southeast. Manage and run complex reports from databases, and propose recommendations to Senior Management that impact upon the profitability of the company. Build and maintain actuarial databases, using computer skills which include proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Access. Specific responsibilities: analyze data using various actuarial models; provide recommendations to Senior Management that have impact upon the profitability of the organization; work with Product Management, Accounting, and/or other units of the company as part of a team; develop new databases and spreadsheets for Senior Management.  Ideal candidate will have a minimum of  2 years of P&C actuarial experience including knowledge of insurance products and of actuarial principles, with 3 to 6 CAS exams passed. Salary $open. (PR5822)

Financial Projection Modeling Actuary opening on West Coast. Develop, maintain, and peer review financial projection models that support various functions for annuities and mutual funds, including but not limited to risk management, valuation, pricing, and financial projection and planning. Ideal candidate has 3+ SOA examinations, actively pursuing ASA designation, direct experience with variable annuities, basic understanding in the areas of product designs, financial reporting, and/or risk management, effective experience developing and/or maintaining variable annuity models, preferably on the MoSes financial projection platform; must possess sufficient technical skills to carry through modeling/reporting projects as assigned with relatively limited supervision, as well as detail-oriented and have the ability to multi-task, with programming language experience including spreadsheet and database software. Salary $open. (PR5821)

P&C ERM/DFA actuarial opening in New York.  Responsibilities include ERM/DFA modeling (using Risk Explorer) for capital allocation and reinsurance ceded purposes, as well as pricing, reserving and other actuarial functions. Ideal candidate will be pre-ACAS through new FCAS with ERM/DFA modeling experience; Risk Explorer experience is ideal, not required. Salary $open.(PR5819)

P&C Actuarial Assistant opening in California involving pricing of Workers Compensation, General Liability, Property, Homeowners, Automobile, and Umbrella insurance. Ideal candidate will have 2-5 CAS exams, 2-3 years of pricing experience and be a self-motivated person who “thinks on his/her feet,” and is detail-oriented. Salary $open. (PR5820)

P&C Program Actuary opening in New Jersey. Assume actuarial support for several programs; perform functions related to pricing and monitoring performance of those programs. Specific responsibilities include: conduct regular profitability reviews; perform program-specific reinsurance placement analysis/assistance; analyze program expansion; develop and maintain pricing monitor; manage report development.  Ideal candidate is near ACAS through FCAS with at least 10 years of experience in the property-casualty insurance industry, ideally program business. Experience in professional liability or personal lines is a plus. Must be proficient in Excel and Access and have strong analytical, interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written). Salary $open. (PR5815)

Actuarial Manager opening in West Coast.  Lead a range of projects requiring actuarial modeling, including financial planning, cash flow testing, illustration actuary support, GAAP unlocking, TAS to MG-ALFA conversion. Opportunity to work on principles based reserves, economic capital, reinsurance of UL secondary guarantees. Experience with actuarial projection systems required, TAS or MG-ALFA preferred. Life insurance modeling experience required, preferably with a variety of general and separate account policy types. GAAP reporting experience is not required but a plus. Manage 3-4 actuarial students. Salary $open. (PR5816)

AVP, Product Actuary opening in West Coast. Highly visible role involving Annuity and Mutual Funds. Responsibilities: oversee and manage the product pricing, product design and ensuring the competitive positioning for the approval of new products with speed to market, marketability and profitability as key indicators of sales success, while balancing the inherent risks of product design through future modeling; represent product design and risk profiling in conjunction with profit/loss ratios to Finance & Risk Management Committee, Annuities & Mutual Funds Senior Management and Executive Management. Oversee the development and maintenance of the product pricing guidelines within the acceptable GAAP/STAT parameters, regulatory requirements and evaluate the product marketability based on reserve requirements, RBC valuations, DAC, FASB and reinsurance availability; lead staff responsible for developing an infrastructure to create strong working relationships with the Marketing Product Development Department, Actuarial Risk Management & Valuation Teams and the Finance Team to anticipate the evolving needs for actuarial product development services. Responsible for modeling and analyzing risk in cooperation with the Marketing Competition Team, Advisory Groups and Sales Management to develop a suite of products that support the hedging/reinsurance strategies and support the ultimate goal of profitable assets under management. FSA with 10-15 years actuarial experience in the insurance, financial services, annuities or securities industry, and minimum of 7 years pertinent actuarial experience, 7- 10 years experience in pricing annuity products and 3-5 years experience managing a product pricing, product design/development department in a variable annuity environment. Additionally the candidate must have at least 2 years of experience interacting with product marketing staff in conjunction with the product development process. Prior staff management experience, including experience directing the work of technical actuarial staff, is desirable. Salary $open. (PR5817)

AVP – Risk Modeling opening in Mid-Atlantic Region. Work in conjunction within the  Life group management as a specialist primarily tasked with responsibility for providing effective partnership and oversight of line management’s measurement and management of market, financial and credit risk of the Life group.  Specific responsibilities include: analyze in detail, products and programs; obtain and review reports and communications from business units; prepare and/or interact with internal risk reporting, economic capital, risk appetite and other related risk calculations; lead and coordinate the efforts of the Risk Modeling section; lead in researching new developments relating to market risk, credit risk, and asset/liability matching (ALM) while also consulting with other risk management generalists regarding more quantitative risk management practices within our asset management boutiques; design, implement and manage risk processes that provide an early warning of events or conditions that may impair the performance of the business, for example: complex hedging/investment strategies, asset liability matching techniques, risk committee reviews, in-force reviews, and new product assessment; design and monitor risk metrics that warn of emerging financial or operational threats, for example: actual to expected longevity / mortality / persistency analytics, cause of death analyses, product pricing case studies and risk management consulting regarding complex investment products sold to clients; lead cross-functional mitigation efforts for identified risks or unfavorable trends- develop risk mitigation strategies; resolve or assist in resolving ad hoc Risk Management issues such as reinsurance retention levels, catastrophic reinsurance purchases, the threats posed by life settlement practices, pandemics, etc. as they are identified. Ideal candidate has MBA with Quantitative Background, Masters in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or related Finance field, 8+ years of relevant experience and experience with Excel, Access, Visual Basic, Word, PowerPoint, BondEdge, Bloomberg API and SAS. Experience in MoSes/Prophet, Crystal Reports, HTML, CS, MS SQL, ASP.NET, and .NET framework is a plus. Salary $open. (PR5818)

Foreign Credit Actuary opening in Mid-Atlantic Region.  Help manage efforts to support actuarial functions of the Foreign Credit product line worldwide. Specific responsibilities include: management of review of key pricing and profitability assumptions – such as mortality, morbidity, and expenses – and coordinating the updating of relevant pricing models, with recommendations on the findings and suggestions; oversee required actuarial valuation and financial reporting needs for the foreign credit block; lead development of the New Product Business cases and pricing; assist in the review of applicable reinsurance treaties and financial projections; provide support in training of worldwide staff on Credit Life technical issues as needed. Ideal candidate is FSA or near FSA with a minimum of 5+ years experience in an insurance related role, preferably with focus on group, credit, or association/affinity type business; working knowledge of reinsurance arrangements, with experience negotiating terms and conditions, is a plus. Salary $open. (PR5796)

Associate Actuary opening in New York.  Responsible for product pricing efforts and financial analysis related to Life Insurance products; play an integral role in the product development effort;  be involved in all aspects of getting the product to market – from defining the product conceptually through pricing the product and ultimately the product’s introduction; work closely with numerous areas throughout the company, especially product managers, systems development/support teams, marketing personnel, field directors, and filing team; involved with inforce management and analysis; be exposed to a wide variety of life initiatives. Manage staff of 1-2 actuaries. Ideal candidate is FSA with minimum of 5 years of life product development experience, strong technical and analytical skills, managerial experience, and good modeling skills, ideally with PTS and/or Prophet. Salary $open. (PR5797)

P&C Reinsurance Pricing Actuary opening in New Jersey.  Demonstrate pricing accuracy and solid judgement in making pricing decisions; involved in delivering profitable team experience results; cultivate customer relationships and influence the top/bottom lines. Ideal candidate is ACAS/FCAS with minimum of 7 years actuarial experience in property & casualty reinsurance or large account pricing. Salary $open. (PR5792)

Financial Actuary opening in Southeast.  Responsible for monitoring the overall financial performance of Latin America and other financial issues as well as for driving process and infrastructure change for International Financial Systems overall. Ensure that the Latin America region maximizes earnings and value of inforce business; insure that new business is of high quality and is consistent with stated strategies. Ideal candidate is an FSA with commensurate experience in financial/business analysis; an experienced leader and financial executive who is energetic, forward thinking and creative with the highest ethical standards and an appropriate professional image, ability to read, analyze and interpret all reinsurance financial documents.  Bilingual (Spanish, Portuguese) a plus.  Salary $open. (PR5793)

International Modeling Actuary opening in Southeast.   Implement the international actuarial modeling function, and ensure that required valuations of international reinsurance business are performed in a timely, accurate and transparent manner.  These required valuations include Embedded Value, Value of New Business, Economic Capital and the annual budget process for entities that underwrite International Reinsurance business; effectively communicate all modeling, valuation results and financial impacts; represent International Reinsurance interests with respect to emerging actuarial modeling issues; ensure changes in actuarial modeling valuation requirements are communicated to key business unit and financial staff. Consult with business unit leaders and CFOs regarding the impacts of these valuation changes on reinsurance products and services and related strategies for responding to these changes; monitor and maintain a complete set of all actuarial assumptions and methodologies used in pricing and valuation processes; effectively document and communicate to management; maintain an effective control environment for actuarial modeling. Strong collaboration and engagement with the Regional CFO’s, pricing actuaries and experience analysis unit will be essential to assure appropriate controls are in place; achieve continual improvement of valuation processes by a combination of continuing education and professional growth. Ideal candidate is FSA, FCIA or equivalent with 5 or more years in an actuarial or financial role and minimum of 3 years of actuarial modeling experience. Salary $open. (PR5794)

Senior Financial Actuary opening in Southeast.  Responsible for actuarial activities associated with: Embedded Value Analysis, Cash Flow Testing, VOBA/DAC Recoverability Test, updating of existing valuation/projection models, building models for valuation/projection for incoming new business; assist in other actuarial activities associated with Statutory, Tax, GAAP and IFRS valuation; work closely with Accounting, Operations, Product Management and IT. Ideal candidate is ASA/FSA with 5+ years of actuarial experience including, Statutory, Tax and GAAP reporting, and a good knowledge of FAS60 and FAS97 accounting requirements.  Salary $open. (PR5795)

Pension Actuarial opening on Long Island. Ideal candidate will have 2+  actuarial exams with at least 1+ years of Defined Benefit or Defined Contribution experience. Salary up to $60’sk. (PR5786)

Non-exam tracked Actuarial opening in New York.  Responsibilities: Actuarial and Financial Assignments; Prophet Modeling Standards; Prophet Administration. Ideal candidate will have strong technical and analytical skills, 7+ years of life insurance experience; actuarial exams a plus. Salary $ 90k-$115k. (PR5787)

P&C Actuarial Assistant opening in New Jersey. Assist with performing various rate and/or reserve analyses and preparing management reports; perform other projects and assignments as directed. Specific responsibilities: assist in analyzing rate and/or reserve data; prepare rate filings; assist with the preparation of special reports and data compilations; assist in the maintenance of automated systems; assist in the analysis of Company and industry experience; assist in preparation of competitive analysis. At least 1 recent CAS exam; actuarial internship or actuarial experience required, as well as experience with Microsoft Excel and/or Access. Salary $open. (PR5782)

International/Domestic (50%/50%) Pension/Employee Benefit Actuary opening in New York/New Jersey.  Provide retirement and other employee benefit services to domestic and international clients. Ideal candidate is FSA, ASA, EA, or other similarly credentialed retirement actuary with both domestic and international experience. Health & Welfare and Compensation experience are pluses. (PR5775)

International New Business Actuary opening in East Coast. Responsible for supporting the development of new business initiatives for Life, Annuity, A&H, Credit, etc. line of business.  Research and develop new distribution channels, products and services.  Specific responsibilities include: Monitor trends and customer needs and analyze products, markets, and distribution methods to identify opportunities and develop solutions; develop product solutions which recognize country specific cultures, customer needs, distribution preferences, regulatory/tax environments, demographics, savings/risk preferences, etc. while producing desired effect on key metrics; identify success stories, share best practices and leverage products in other countries and with other distribution channels, package products to meet specific needs by market and determine “next generation” products by anticipating changes in needs. Travel may be required approximately 20% of the time. Ideal candidate is ASA, FSA, FIA or equivalent with a minimum of 7 years of insurance experience and a proven track record of success in developing products to meet customer need, experience working directly with marketing teams in the development of innovative product features; international experience with a background using actuarial software (ideally ALFA) a plus, ability to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical staff; adept at translating technical information into business language, ability to build relationships across cultures and geographies,  exposure to a broad range of product types:  Life, A&H, Accumulation, Pension, Credit and/or Employee Benefits. Salary $open. (PR5767)

Accident & Health Actuarial Analyst opening in New Jersey.  Provide actuarial support for employer stop loss, travel insurance, college accident and sickness, various student and blanket special risk products, provider excess loss, HMO reinsurance, dental, prescription drugs, organ transplant, limited medical including mini-med and short term medical. Specific responsibilities include: pricing, financial reporting, experience analysis, etc. Ideal candidate is pre-ASA with strong financial analysis background, analytical skills and proficiency in health products. Salary $open. (PR5770)

P&C Actuarial Student opening in Connecticut. Responsible for providing pricing support for Professional Liability products (Architects and Engineers, Lawyers, Real Estate Agents, and other miscellaneous Professional Liability coverages).  Specific responsibilities include: rate monitoring, metrics reporting, strategic analyses supporting planning process, underwriting support, including maintaining rate models used by underwriting, support for reinsurance, support for IT initiatives, rate filings, and ad hoc pricing analyses.  The ideal candidate will have 1-3 years of P&C experience and be able to communicate actuarial concepts and analyses effectively with other actuaries, underwriters, claims managers and IT professionals.  Strong communication skills are very important in this role.  Salary $open. (PR5769)

Principal Consulting Actuary opening in California. Manage large sophisticated DB accounts as well as staff. Ideal candidate is  FSA (will consider career ASA/EA as well) with 20-25 years as a Consulting Actuary,  ideally one who understands the California, Nevada and Utah market. Salary $open. (PR5765)

P&C Actuarial Manager opening in Midwest. Serve as IABA liaison.  Responsible for aligning with and contributing to corporate growth and profitability objectives by identifying pricing opportunities which will generate profitable market share growth in assigned states; establish and deliver an integrated pricing strategy for each assigned state; lead a team of 5-20 actuarial students in the development of the pricing strategy; establish a successful partnership with the State Manager in order to improve the effectiveness of business decisions; partner with other functional departments to create and implement leading products with improved speed to market and better overall customer and agent satisfaction; review external trends affecting the entire industry within the state(s) and appropriately reflecting them in pricing; prioritize potential changes to generate profitable market share growth over the long term; establish timely integration and delivery of planned changes to the marketplace; develop and implement an effective communication process; partner with Legal to establish a good working relationship with each Department of Insurance; pursue a current understanding of strategic initiatives across the company; coordinate decisions and communicate with other actuaries and State Managers to shorten the learning curve and enable quicker impact; foster and implement non-traditional decision making; educate and develop employees both within and outside of Pricing on the economics of insurance and the fundamentals associated with making sound business decisions; maximize professional development, personal contribution, and performance of employees. FCAS or near FCAS with 8-10 years (will consider less experience if candidate has the potential to progress to leadership role) of relevant experience in progressively more responsible roles, with at least three to five years of general management/leadership experience, knowledge and expertise including: extensive pricing and insurance regulation knowledge, with working knowledge of personal lines underwriting and product offerings; comprehensive understanding of the Actuarial Standards of Practice and Statement of Principles; advanced knowledge about business in general and seasoned, in-depth, multi-dimensional knowledge of industry and company economics; ability to develop and/or revise business tactics to support changing business strategies and direction; ability to analyze and interpret complex concepts;  ability to measure, evaluate, and act on results (financial and operational); ability to develop and implement pricing programs for assigned states; ability to provide written and oral interpretation of highly specialized terms and data, and can present this data to others with different levels of expertise; ability to manage/lead a group of employees; ability to concentrate on a wide range of loosely defined complex situations, which require application of creativity and originality, where guidance and counsel may be unavailable. Salary $open. (PR5764)

 

P&C Actuary opening in New England.  Newly created position to drive state specific improvements in Workers Compensation claim outcomes, evaluate and monitor state reforms, help identify cost drivers and potential opportunities to reduce costs, and improve the company's understanding of claims related issues and implications on pricing, reserving, operations, and financial results.  Primary responsibilities include: analyze claim outcomes, drivers of loss trends, and deviations from expectations in key states and use this information to help the company respond appropriate to such trends; evaluate and monitor Workers Compensation reforms, communicate the expected and actual impacts throughout the organization; build and maintain tools to facilitate such reform analyses; support development and implement state specific programs and tools and provide impact assessments of such programs once implemented, incorporating actuarial analyses and predictive modeling into such work as appropriate; facilitate knowledge sharing between the various Claims and Actuarial groups so that this knowledge can be used to improve pricing, reserving, operations, and financials; help drive public policy and support public affairs and reform initiatives on claims related issues; manage a small staff of actuarial analysts and/or business analysts. Ideal candidate is FCAS or soon-to-be FCAS with at least 5+ years of workers compensation experience,  ability to work effectively with multiple management teams on complex business issues, strong analytical skills with solid understanding of actuarial techniques, insurance operations, and claims operations, ability to interpret results and propose recommendations based on findings.  Strong statistical background desirable. Salary $open. (PR5629*)

P&C Actuarial opening in Ohio. Contribute towards expanding actuarial services in areas including predictive modeling, pricing, and competitive analysis; work with personal and commercial lines of business; assist with supporting documentation for regulatory filings of rates; and advise internal customers (i.e., underwriting, sales, claims, and accounting) as needed. FCAS/near FCAS designation with 5+ years of related experience, especially predictive modeling experience is ideal. Salary $open. (PR5749)

Predictive Modeler opening in Ohio.  Develop and maintain predictive models for commercial and personal insurance; develop reserve, DFA and ERM models. 2+ years of P&C actuarial experience is required and 4+ CAS exams are preferred.  Strong skills in multivariate predictive models are required and experience in commercial lines is preferred. Experience in the use of SAS for data handling and model development and with other statistical tools and with large data sets is beneficial, though not required.  Salary $open. (PR5750)

Exciting FSA opening in Midwest focusing on Variable Annuity and Indexed Annuity Hedging. Ideal candidate will be FSA with 5-10+ years of annuity hedging experience. Salary $open. (PR5727*)

Actuarial Associate opening in New England.  Provide actuarial support in valuation, financial reporting and other actuarial activities. Specific responsibilities include: assist in integration of new blocks of life and/or annuity businesses into existing infrastructure; recommend and make process improvements; complete periodic reporting requirements; maintain actuarial systems; interact with other departments or organizations on actuarial matters.  ASA with at least 5+ years of relevant experience. Salary $open. (PR5721*)

Health company seeks their first Actuary! Chief Actuary opening for Disease and Utilization Management company in Florida.  Responsible for the manipulation, analysis, and communication of data for leadership team, clients, and vendors.   Specific duties include: analyze claims information and apply underwriting principles to the data for modeling of various pricing scenarios and ROI; perform mathematical and statistical analyses and actuarial modeling in support of clients' needs; identify and/or develop related software, tools, and data analyses necessary for the completion of projects; identify and analyze internal and external factors which affect statistics for use in forecasting, trending, and rate models; design specific actuarial studies and research projects as requested; and assume a lead role in contract analysis, projections, and strategic planning support. FSA or ASA with a Bachelor's degree in Business, Mathematics, or a related field (Masters preferred); 6+ years of experience in the healthcare / managed care industry; strong analytical skills with the ability to design strategic plans, implement operating goals and objectives, and accomplish desired results; highly computer literate and detail oriented; professionally skilled in personal presentation, verbal, and written communication; and  meticulous organizational skills. Salary $open. (PR5708*)

Health Actuary opening in Pennsylvania. Manage the Actuarial Student Program Department, be responsible for the financial soundness from the actuarial and underwriting policy perspective; actuarial expert and external participant throughout the industry and be expected to provide clear and concise explanations of complex technical matters to executive, government officials, shareholders, board members, policy holders and the public; participate in strategy discussions regarding development of new products, services and companies; coordinate corporate objectives with projected financial outcomes of new products; provide actuarial support for any new venture development; initiate discussions of new product development and present ideas to upper management; make final decision on any rate impact associated with new products; review and comment on underwriting guidelines for new products. ASA or FSA  with at least  7 years of  healthcare leadership and management experience. Salary $open. (PR5704*).

Personal  Lines Analyst opening in California. 1-4 years of P&C experience with at least 2-5 exams. Salary $open. (PR5703*)

Commercial Lines Analyst opening in California. 1-4 years of P&C experience with at least 2-5 exams. Salary $open. (PR5702*)

Associate Actuary opening in New York.  Responsible for all product pricing and financial analysis related to Annuity Investment Products (Variable Annuities, Fixed Deferred Annuities and Structured Settlements). Agent compensation and financial management experience would be a plus, as would some knowledge of equity, interest rate and credit risk quantification, stochastic processes and multiple financial pricing measures; strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to handle multiple tasks and shifting priorities; strong technical and analytical skills; experience with Access, Bloomberg, PTS, Prophet, Visual Basic, and @Risk; ability to handle multiple tasks and shifting priorities; must be able to plan, control, memorialize decisions and see projects through to completion; able to balance regular monthly and weekly rate setting and reporting responsibilities, ad-hoc special sales and pricing requests and longer term product development and pricing work; strong ability to communicate well with and work as a team with product managers, sales and retirement income specialists, internal financial officers, investment managers, programmers and outside vendors and consultants. FSA or near FSA. Salary $open. (PR5701*)

Senior Consultant, Research & Modeling opening in New England. Provide technical and quantitative analysis for predictive modeling group; bring business and insurance knowledge to mathematical problems; assist in statistical data mining and other actuarial research by applying advanced statistical concepts with guidance from senior predictive modeling staff; use computer technology, computer modeling, spreadsheet applications, software tools and programming languages; model and analyze statistical data and develops reports, spreadsheets and databases; designs, writes and tests computer programs in model building. Specific duties: conduct research and predictive modeling; interpret data and identify correlations using both univariate and multivariate analysis; prepare responses to inquiries from business areas; investigate and assist in data analysis; assist in summarizing results; perform programming in SAS, Excel, Access or company software to perform modeling activities; offer recommendations to improve analyses; participate in discussions regarding underwriting strategy. Ideal candidate will have 3-5 years insurance experience or advanced statistical (or related) degree with 1 to 3 years of work experience, solid understanding of database principles, strong experience in quantitative analysis, strong time management skills (works well with somewhat limited guidance), basic understanding of predictive modeling statistical methods. College degree in statistics, mathematics, economics, finance, actuarial science or equivalent. Solid understanding of computers, Excel spreadsheets, Word and database software, basic understanding of programming (any language) as well as aptitude and desire to learn SAS. Salary $open. (PR5699*)

Director – Research & Modeling opening in New England.  Provide technical and quantitative analysis for predictive modeling group; bring business knowledge to help creatively solve business problems; assist in in-depth efforts applying and implementing predictive modeling results; direct analysts in research and predictive modeling projects; assist in statistical data mining and other actuarial research by applying advanced statistical concepts; use computer technology, computer modeling, spreadsheet applications, software tools and programming languages; assist in designing reports to enhance analysis; design, write and test computer programs in model-building; participate in and may be responsible for projects requiring advanced statistical analyses, innovative research, mathematical calculations and technical skills; may direct projects that have significant financial impact and may present to senior level management. Specific duties: conduct research and predictive modeling; interpret data and identify correlations using both univariate and multivariate analysis; participate in discussions regarding underwriting strategy; communicate results and their implications to business centers; prepare responses to inquiries from business areas; oversee programming in; SAS, VBA, Excel, Access or company software; participate in and/or is responsible for advanced projects; present findings to underwriting and actuarial management; provide assistance and supervision to less experienced staff.  Ideal candidate will have 5-7 years of research, modeling or actuarial experience; statistical modeling and data mining techniques (GLM, clustering, decision trees, etc), strong understanding of insurance related modeling and data.  Knowledge of insurance products and operations, basic understanding of accounting principles and solid understanding of financial reporting, basic understanding of regulatory environment.  College degree in statistics, mathematics, economics, finance, actuarial science or equivalent; advanced degree in statistics (or related) or professional actuarial designation a plus. Salary $open. (PR5698*)

On-Line Marketing Analytics Director opening in New England.  Responsible for leading the company’s efforts to apply predictive modeling to online marketing in support of the Direct-to-Consumer distribution channel.  Combine knowledge of online marketing mechanics (including paid search, organic search, and display) with advanced statistical tools to enable the company to dramatically improve marketing efficiency.  Also, determine ways to optimize the online quoting experience; have the opportunities to work along side credentialed actuaries, Ph.D.’s from a variety of technical fields, Chartered Financial Analysts, and others. Specific duties: conduct research and predictive modeling related to online marketing and web analytics; work with business partners to set online marketing strategy; analyze business profiles based on impressions, click-throughs, quoting, and issuing behavior; interpret data and identify correlations using both univariate and multivariate analysis; communicate campaign results and their implications to business partners; oversee programming in SAS, VBA, Excel, Access or company software; participate in and/or responsible for advanced projects; present findings to business leaders and R&D management; provide assistance and supervision to less experienced staff. Ideal candidate will have College degree in Mathematics / Computer Science / Statistics / Engineering and other related fields, 3+ years of research and/or predictive modeling experience, ability in statistical modeling and data mining techniques (GLM, clustering, decision trees, etc.), strong understanding of online marketing and web related modeling and data, basic understanding of accounting principles and solid understanding of financial reporting. Salary $open. (PR5696*)

Commercial Accounts Regional Actuary opening in New England.  Provide strategic actuarial decision-making analysis and guidance to designated Commercial Accounts regions and underwriting offices pertaining to pricing, profitability and business plan goals at an account, book portfolio and line of business level.  Be the actuarial advocate/stakeholder for line of business strategies driving profitability for Commercial Accounts.  Specific responsibilities: profitability of one or more regions for Commercial Accounts; work with regional management to ensure adequate portfolio pricing that produce results consistent with the regions growth and profitability objectives; perform segmentation analysis to determine best/worst performing areas of the assigned region(s), and recommend strategies for growing/correcting those areas as appropriate; provide actuarial input and guidance to the planning process for the assigned region(s); conduct actuarial analysis to examine the effectiveness of existing underwriting and pricing strategies in the assigned region(s) and communicate results of the analysis to regional management and Middle Market Product and Loss Analytics actuarial teams; identify and address training needs of field employees in actuarial concepts, underwriting tools, and pricing models; work with Account Executives to appropriately price individual large accounts where necessary (using either guaranteed cost or loss sensitive products) to achieve the regions profitability and growth goals. Member of the Casualty Actuarial Society, with a minimum 6 years of Property/Casualty insurance experience. Salary $open. (PR5694*)

Bond and Financial Products Pricing Actuary opening in Midwest.  Provide analytic and actuarial analysis for financial products (including D&O, E&O, EPL, Fiduciary Liability, etc.) and traditional Property and Casualty (Property, GL, Auto) products to insureds in the financial services industry including banks, insurance companies, and investment professionals; interact with underwriting, product, and claim areas including senior management.  Specific duties: complete profitability assessments and work with product managers to develop an appropriate strategy based on that analysis; develop and revise rating plans; develop and maintain product pricing models; provide portfolio review support; manage at least one actuarial student. Must be able to balance a large number of projects from various sources and help determine priorities; provide actuarial support for management liability products requiring a variety of techniques to deal with a high severity line with many unique characteristics.  Ideal candidate is FCAS with related pricing experience.  Salary $open. (PR5692*)

Mid-Market Actuarial Loss Analytics Property Actuary opening in various locations. Responsible for developing unbiased estimates of loss content, and delivering leading indicators and business intelligence to Middle Market and Actuarial Senior Leadership; conduct loss reserve estimates; estimate ultimate loss content for all Middle Market businesses and lines of business; complete the loss reserving process semi-annually for all lines and business, utilizing knowledge from the loss analytics process; understand drivers of loss content changes historically and provide estimates of future changes; provide range of analytics and insights for the selection of plan loss roll-forward estimates, including: basic, excess, cat, latent losses and loss trend; provide loss content estimates, ultimately at the account/line/coverage level, to be utilized in profitability analyses done by the Products, Business unit and predictive modeling groups; recognize and evaluate the impact of claims, underwriting and other internal process changes on loss estimates; understand and leverage data and analytics from across Middle Markets and the Enterprise; identify and utilize external econometric and legal indices in the loss estimation process. Specific responsibilities: estimate the ultimate loss content for the Property line of business and understand the drivers behind changes of those estimates over time;  understand and communicate the variability of loss content estimates for Property;  recommend and book reserves; communicate with Finance and appropriate units as required; evaluate the adequacy of loss, ALAE, and ULAE reserves; identify loss trends, both historical and prospective; work with Claims, Underwriting, and Pricing Actuaries to understand reasons for changes in loss content estimates and trends; work on issues related to catastrophe modeling, monitoring, estimation, and booking; work with reserving actuaries to evaluate and enhance tools, ensure proper data access, and support various processes performed by reserving actuaries; provide support for the creation of and on-going maintenance and enhancements of a granular ultimate loss content and trend information repository, with focus on the Property line of business; supervise and be responsible for the development of less experienced staff. Ideal candidate is ACAS or FCAS with 7+ years of product, analytic, or reserving experience in Commercial Lines. Salary $open. (PR5691*) 

Director, Rate Plan Administration opening in Midwest. Assume responsibility for the management of rate plans for all Management Liability products; play an active role in managing the administration of rating plans,  from initial preparation of rate plans and state filing exhibits to answering questions from state insurance departments; in addition, manage the testing of all implementations of rating plans, as well as the building of all the Excel based rating plans and manages a team of 2 analysts.  Specific responsibilities: lead a team that is responsible for rate filings, Excel-based rating tool development, and testing of all rating applications; manage the rate filing process; work with actuarial to prepare rate plans for filing; coordinate with the pricing actuarial team on filings to ensure efficient implementation of rate changes; design, build, and maintain all our Excel-based rating tools; manage the testing done by actuarial regarding all new implementations of rating plans; work with regulatory to develop improved processes and workflows in the filing process.   BS in Actuarial Science, Math or Business preferred, actuarial and financial analysis, project or personnel management experience. Salary $open. (PR5690*)

Economist opening in New England.   Responsible for pioneering the integration of advanced econometric modeling in the development of ultimate loss reserve estimates for all lines of middle market business; work closely with the Business, Product and Data units; develop unbiased estimates of the ultimate loss associated with products sold; deliver leading indicators and business intelligence to Middle Market and Actuarial Senior Leadership; analyze external econometric legal indices and internal claim process changes; lead the Loss Analytics economic modeling efforts. Specific Responsibilities: Lead the development of econometric analyses in Middle Market; identify key econometric drivers of covered insurance losses for all lines of business; collaborate with Loss Analytic actuaries to measure the impact of economic drivers and implement processes to measure, monitor and reflect the impact of a changing economic environment; communicate findings to Middle Market Senior Management; research and identify key econometric measures that demonstrate a correlation with business insurance losses; work with actuarial colleagues to quantify the impact of changes in key economic drivers; identify and utilize external econometric and legal indices in the loss estimation process; recognize how external influences may affect the claim, underwriting and other internal functions; understand and leverage data and analytics from across Middle Markets and the Enterprise; research and identify unique economic trends of specific industry segments and work with actuaries and business professionals to evaluate their impact on results; develop an understanding of the loss estimation process and various functions within the insurance organization; communicate and educate actuarial and business leaders on the dynamics of the economic environment and its impact on ultimate loss; apply advanced statistical concepts and data analysis methods in innovative research and modeling; independently work on projects but may direct additional analysts as required; assist in developing new approaches to business problems using advanced statistical techniques and indentifying new ways to apply statistical methodologies; examination of the impact of unemployment on covered losses (e.g., Workers Compensation claims); identifying correlations of inflationary metrics and insurance loss severity. Advanced degree (MA/PhD) in economics or related discipline, 5+  years of applied econometric analysis experience in an insurance company or similar business environment and strong understanding of mathematics and statistical concepts. Salary $open. (PR5689*)

International Senior Actuarial Assistant opening partially in United States and partially Abroad. Provide actuarial support to International actuarial departments.  Learn International business and understand shared actuarial tools used by International actuarial departments; spend approximately 6 months abroad supporting International actuarial department(s); support international actuarial analyses, including reserving, planning, management reporting. Ideal candidate will have 3-6 Actuarial exams, commercial lines reserving experience,  and experience with Excel, Essbase, data cubes and SQL. Salary $open. (PR5688*)

Health Actuarial Analyst opening in New Jersey/Pennsylvania.   Help gather and validate the data required for valuation and participate in setting key actuarial assumptions.  Over time the role will expand to include broader financial modeling and forecasting. Responsibilities: work with subsidiary finance teams to gather all data required for valuation; help ensure that proper controls are in place to prevent data transmission error; leverage existing valuation models to create IBNR reserve estimates; help develop new and improved valuation tools; calculate RAF accruals associated with Medicare Advantage products; calculate interim and year-end liabilities associated with Medicare Part D products; calculate ongoing provider bonus payments and accruals; help analyze and explain differences between financial reporting, actuarial reserves, and financial forecasts; participate in Actuarial Student Program. Ideal candidate will have passed at least 3 SOA exams and have at least 3+ years of health plan experience; specific experience with valuation and financial reporting, relevant Medicare experience preferred; knowledge of SQL preferred.  Salary $open. (PR5668*)

Economic Capital Manager opening in ISRAEL. Must have experience in Economic Capital of either Life insurance and/or P&C insurance. Will consider Actuary (credentialed or non-credentialed), Economist, or Financier with applicable experience. Knowledge of Hebrew is plus. Salary $open. (PR5667*)

Pension Administration Project Manager opening in Illinois.  Work as member of team responsible for providing defined benefit administrative services to multiple clients using proprietary software. The Project Manager is responsible for overall management of administration clients, managing more complex to significantly complex implementations, managing  relationships with client contacts, people management, and acting as a resource for more experienced associates on technical issues, administrative questions and people management issues. Specific responsibilities:  Oversee delivery of day-to-day administration services to multiple clients; ensure the quality, efficiency, and compliance of benefit calculations completed by the team; manage special projects associated with defined benefit plans for various clients (e.g. benefit statements, compliance issues, and plan changes); respond to employer and escalated employee inquiries and facilitate requests; maintain client databases; manage client billing process; oversee monthly pension payments with trustee; responsible for quality control of the client's pension calculation system; provide expert knowledge of plan provisions and general DB issues; train team on DB administration rules; act as a resource regarding technical administration rules, delivery model questions, and people management questions; accountable for overseeing the setup and testing of the system for new clients according to the plan provisions and administrative requirements; ensure that client delivery model is consistent with the base model for clients; develop plan provisions and administration documents; customize employee communication material; consult with client on pension plan provisions and options; consult with client on special projects such as nonstandard benefit calculations, benefit statements, changes to requirements, special programs or other administrative requests; monitor and manage the client relationship; work with client or Consultant to resolve billing/contract questions; consult with client on billings for out-of-scope work; consult with client on defined benefit rules or clarifications to the plan provisions; structure and lead client meetings regarding ongoing administration or implementation; develop creative solutions to unique problems raised during client meetings; engage associates and developing associates to meet emerging business needs; coach associates to work more effectively with their team members; train new and existing team members; identify and implement efficiencies for client teams and challenge their team to constantly improve efficiency; ensure that the work is evenly distributed among other team members and completed on time. Minimum of  9+ years of experience working with Defined Benefit plans/administration. Salary $open. (PR5656*)

Measurement Analyst opening in Illinois.  Responsibilities: Analyze basic benefit information to input and maintain Benefit Index Database; maintain company demographic and contact information; use public sources to verify company demographic and contact information; enter and maintain status codes and permissions; enter and maintain benefit values; ensure data accuracy and integrity through extensive proofing and cross-checking of information, and proper understanding and use of status codes and permission codes; generate benefit specification reports from the database in response to requests from actuaries, consultants, and clients; work with actuaries and Measurement analysts to generate Benefit Index reports, including specs, notes, numbers, displays, comments, and status reports; logically restructure computerized formulas to achieve customized results for Benefit Index reports; run and manipulate a variety of reports, data queries, and Excel spreadsheets to track information within the database; respond to simple requests in a timely and accurate manner; assist with mass mailings (e.g., data update requests, marketing mailings, sales, etc.); answer basic administration or procedural questions; perform basic system/project trouble-shooting; coordinate small projects; help to coordinate pieces of large projects with the Project Manager's guidance; responsible for a small number of benefit specification updates, with guidance; potential introduction (with direction) to benefit valuations; potential introduction (with direction) to summarizing booklets and calling clients with basic benefit questions.  Bachelors degree (mathematics/finance major or minor degree is a plus), with basic knowledge of employee benefits, and basic knowledge of desktop applications (e.g., Excel, Word, Adobe Acrobat). Salary $open. (PR5655*)

Health Management actuarial student opening in Illinois.  Assist in strategy development and costing of scenarios related to strategy discussions; work with client to identify relevant cost measures; assist in benchmarking discussions with clients, including strategy evolution as a result of benchmarking data; understand and project savings/costs related to plan design or provider network changes; set, and where appropriate review, health care budget rate for self-insured plans; present results to client; review employee contribution rate development; support FAS 106/112 claim cost development assignments; perform IBNR reserve development; develop models to evaluate cost-saving scenarios; mentor and delegate work to other actuarial students as appropriate; seek and provide peer review to ensure high quality client deliverables; develop general consulting skills, knowledge, and exposure Value retiree plans for the purpose of complying with Medicare Part D regulations, including calculating Medicare Part D Subsidy and Actuarial Attestation. Near ASA to FSA with 4-8 years of actuarial work experience.  Salary $open. (PR5654*) 

Pensions Actuarial Consultant opening in Multiple Locations throughout US (Northeast, Midwest, South, etc.).  Use analytical and communication skills to help clients with the design, financing, and administration of retirement (and other) benefit plans; calculate and review contributions necessary to fund defined benefit pension plans; calculate and review annual accounting expenses necessary for post retirement and termination benefits; lead most routine (i.e. valuation results) meetings (including preparation of materials); moderately leverage through coaching and training less experienced consultants and delegate work to them; look for opportunities to build business with current clients; work collaboratively with consultants from other lines of business; manage all aspects of actuarial valuations; assist with plan design strategy and implementation, mergers/spinoffs/acquisition strategies, negotiations, accounting, window design/strategy etc;  gain deep understanding of regulatory and legislative rules; certify individual benefit calculations, liaise with administrators when appropriate; understand plan documentation and relevant legal and regulatory requirements. Multiple openings for near ASA/EA through FSA with 2+ years of pension consulting experience. Salary $open. (PR5645*)

Health Management Actuarial opening in Texas.  Create analysis tools to be leveraged by all Health Management (HM) actuaries; function as lead HM consultant and/or lead actuary for several large annuity HM clients; spearhead technical contributions to client/promotional activity, help respond to bid situations; lead responsibility for all financial calculations for key HM clients; leverage work to multiple HM group actuarial resources; interact with other lines of business on key issues affecting many clients (e.g., FAS 106 claim costing assumptions with RFM LOB, HRO team); manage or mentor several HM associates; formulate standards of practice for financial analysis with health care vendors and HMOs; support Client Development for medium and large clients; contribute to intellectual capital of the firm by developing and sharing tools, new approaches, and best practices; seek and provide peer review to ensure high quality client deliverables. Involved with: RFPs (medical, dental, life, etc), FAS 106 development, IBNR, HRO rate delivery, Medicare Part D attestations,  and M&A projects. Contribute knowledge to internal initiatives (e.g., training, model development, etc.), develop client, people, business, and/or thought leadership skills and exposure, sign Actuarial Opinions and lead analysis behind them, if qualified. FSA (or career ASA)  with 10-15 years of healthcare consulting experience. Salary $open. (PR5641*)

Professional Liability Actuary opening in New Jersey.  Coordinate global product reviews for Professional Liability by coverage (D&O, E&O,  EPL, Fiduciary and Fidelity); assist with the coordination and analysis of Professional Liability's annual reinsurance programs; review MGA price monitoring; develop and maintain rating plans and rating modules; review and update pricing tools; analyze trends by industry and market capitalization; provide quarterly renewal price monitoring process; continue to expand the depth and scope of quarterly price benchmarking and price monitoring efforts and mechanize the process where possible; provide quarterly price benchmarking (new and renewal); support auditors’ quarterly analysis of reserves and capital career allocation data requests; analyze new business opportunities for global professional lines; coordinate all quarterly statistical reporting related activities for liability lines as well as external Professional Liability requests (e.g., AM Best). Ideal candidate is ACAS or FCAS with at least 10+ years of prior experience (most of which must be recent Professional Liability) in an insurance/reinsurance company, able to manage interpersonal relations and communicate effectively. Salary $open. (PR5634*)

Individual Life Pricing Actuary opening in New York. Responsible for assisting various life product development teams with pricing efforts and special projects; exposed to wide variety of life initiatives and working with Senior Management and will play an integral role in the product development effort; keeping abreast of all regulatory changes that will impact core products (i.e.PBR); work closely with numerous areas throughout the company, including but not limited to inforce management.  FSA with life product development experience would be a plus and strong technical and analytical skills.  Salary $open. (PR5630*)

Pricing Actuary opening in Southeast.  Responsible for taking a lead role in pricing efforts for Latin America business, assuring that pricing processes are properly defined, implemented, and executed; requires a close working relationship with all Latin America employees, as well as other pricing, valuation, contracts, and operations areas; oversight of product development efforts and the development of pricing bases to support key strategic initiatives will also be responsibilities for this position. Specific responsibilities: client experience and mortality assessment; pricing risk assessment and assumption setting; optimization of product and deal structures; identification and quantification of risks in the proposed transaction and identification mitigating structures or strategies; maintaining strong partnership with deal team, marketing actuary, account executive, and client; creation of pricing reports adhering to International standards of best practice in a timely manner; ownership of analytical studies used to develop pricing bases for key risks and incorporation of new internal and external experience information to keep them properly updated; ownership of at least one area of retail product pricing expertise to assist with knowledge management and client support; participate in or lead project assignments such as assumption revisions, new legal entity and deal structures, and product development; assist other departments on various corporate projection work (e.g., budget projections, VNB, etc.); communicate effectively with pricing, marketing, product and senior management staff on deal status, expectations, strategy, and pricing assumptions; prepare and maintain workflow and pricing assumption documentation to satisfy all customers of the pricing process (Sales, Actuarial, Financial, Operations). FSA with at least 5 years of life actuarial experience, including two years or more in a pricing and product development role; reinsurance industry experience preferred and a solid analytical skills with strong problem solving ability. Working knowledge of Spanish a plus. Salary $open. (PR5631*)

Latin America Marketing Actuary opening in the Southeast.  Collaborate effectively with the Country managers to ensure that the need of clients for compelling reinsurance solutions is reliably connected with risk and pricing standards, both within the deal process, and in prior planning activity to position the business for success in its chosen markets; timely assessment of potential transactions for their "strategic fit", the active influencing of the negotiation process to ensure that a win-win solution is achievable, and the successful implementation of any won transaction through the new business acquisition process; collaborate with the pricing team to ensure that deal pricing and risk assessment is completed to develop best estimate pricing within client timeline commitments; ensure that local market and client intelligence is effectively integrated into the pricing process; deliberately seeks to continuously improve his/her own and the transaction team's understanding of local market conditions, including technical reserving and risk capital requirements, taxation, reinsurance regulation, product and distribution channel innovations; gain deal approval from internal risk committees; support country managers and the leader for Latin America business development in presenting, selling, and negotiating transactions; support the effectiveness of the New Business Acquisition process across the International business' functional areas. FSA or equivalent technical skills base, manage work commitments across projects and in managing across the team to develop priorities that make sense for the business, 30% travel component. Spanish/Portuguese language skills in hand, otherwise willingness to acquire is needed. Salary $open. (PR5632*)

Group Life Reinsurance Marketing Actuary opening in Connecticut/New York. Responsibilities include: understand the re/insurance market and clients needs therein with both face-to-face interaction and data analysis; prepare reinsurance proposals, work closely with underwriting and costing actuaries; minimize distribution risk for appropriate opportunity targeting and pricing of those opportunities; work closely with Client Managers to negotiate price and terms and understand competitor actions and behavior; manage the quote process with a focus on meeting client expected delivery timelines; manage treaty preparation and turnaround times within client and requirements; leverage client knowledge to identify, investigate, and resolve issues with business that is believed to be performing other than originally expected; build and maintain strong relationships with other departments within the company to facilitate the resolution of potential business issues; when available, assist with projects to improve the pricing process and understanding of the business. Specific responsibilities include: work closely with account executives and build relationships with potential clients and functional experts to ensure effective delivery of products and services; participate in account meeting with Client Managers; work with underwriting and costing actuaries to accurately cost risk of clients’ new business; propose pricing schemes that minimize distribution risk; negotiate price and treaty terms; manage of both quote and treaty turnaround times; understand market and client needs, including monitoring competitor behavior. Candidate must be FSA with a minimum of 5-7 years experience in actuarial position with emphasis on market pricing, knowledge of actuarial concepts and principles, and ideally by having 5+ years of reinsurance pricing and/or marketing experience. Salary $open, (PR5627*)

Associate Actuary opening in Northeast.  Provide pricing and product development support for group life insurance products; work closely with other members of the actuarial staff, with financial underwriters, with product management, and with account management. Specific responsibilities: experience studies; involvement with asset adequacy testing for group products; gain/loss studies for various group life products; account case-specific projects, including pricing and product development; analysis of group insurance investment results, and working with the investment portfolio manager on opportunities to improve results. ASA with minimum of 3 years actuarial experience, strong quantitative background and experience with group insurance products a plus. Salary $open. (PR5624*)

Associate Actuary opening in Greater New York.  Be part of the Individual Annuity Hedging team in the Actuarial unit of Annuities, which is responsible for the analysis and updating of key liability measures for variable annuity capital market guarantees to facilitate the hedging of these risks; provide the analysis to support the modeling of the hedging strategy for the valuation group for cash flow testing, RBC C3 Phase2, and planning; provide monthly GAAP FAS157 embedded derivative liability values; provide analysis and option costs for new variable annuity capital market guarantees under consideration. Serve in IA Hedge team’s quantitative sub-group, which is responsible for directing and testing updates to the valuation system for enhancements and the addition of new products; aid in the development of models to evaluate and price new VA guarantees, to build and test scenario generators, and to assist any other quantitative and model work regarding the hedge group’s activities.  Actuarial exams through course C desired, model building using Access and Excel (VBA), strong quantitative and analytical skill, prior experience with TAS, MoSes, MG-ALFA or similar actuarial modeling software is would be helpful and  annuity and/or hedging experience is a plus. Must be willing to quickly develop in-depth knowledge of annuity product designs and optional benefit features as well as capital market instruments (options, swaps, futures, etc.) and hedging concepts. Salary $open. (PR5623*)

Sr. Actuarial Associate opening in Connecticut.  Prepare annual actuarial valuations, government filings and FAS 87 disclosures for Defined Benefit clients' plans for both outsourced and non-outsourced plans; provide information requested by accountants in connection with plan audits; prepare necessary information requested by the IRS such as cost limitations under various scenarios of the Internal Revenue Code. Strong PC skills, communication skills, and some DB analytics background required. Salary $open. (PR5622*)

Sr. Actuarial Associate opening in Northeast.  Involved in evaluating contingent risks, such as mortality/longevity risks, morbidity risks, accident risks, asset-liability matching risks, and expense risks. Specific responsibilities: perform pricing and product development; valuation and financial reporting or research and support; coordinate, prepare, and perform actuarial analysis to assist various business units in the Retirement segment on reserve and financial forecasts used in actuarial recommendations and reporting; work with the business units to prepare actuarial response and communication of results of actuarial research to Finance Unit; provide consultation and clarification on actuarial models and risk issues; maintain documentation of actuarial analysis, and may assist in preparing the actuarial portion of financial reports and tax returns, and responses to insurance regulators;  familiar with the development of reserve programs and financial forecasts.  Life Contingency part of SOA actuarial exam is a plus and thorough knowledge of actuarial statistics and assumptions used for modeling cost, risk and revenue trends.  Experience in reserve valuation and knowledge of group annuity products would be helpful. Salary $open . (PR5621*)

Actuarial Associate opening in Greater New York. Be part of the Individual Annuity Hedging team, which is responsible for the analysis and updating of key liability measures for variable annuity capital market guarantees to facilitate the hedging of these risks.   In addition, responsible for providing the analysis to support the modeling of the hedging strategy for the valuation group for cash flow testing, RBC C3 Phase2, Economic Capital (EC) and planning.  Also, team is responsible for providing the monthly GAAP FAS157 embedded derivative liability values; play an important role in the product development process for variable annuities by providing analysis and option costs for new variable annuity capital market guarantees being considered. Specific responsibilities: serve in IA Hedge team’s valuation sub-group, which is responsible for supporting monthly, weekly, and daily liability valuation and providing supports for enterprise wide EC project; also be required to aid in the development of a robust attribution analysis for liability value movements and streamline the EC valuation process.  This is an exciting opportunity for this position to have an influence on the development of the hedging program. Passed at least 2-3 actuarial exams, strong skills in model building using Access and Excel (VBA), quantitative and analytical skills, previous experience with TAS, MG-Hedge or similar actuarial modeling software would be helpful and experience in varible annuity and/or hedging is desired. Salary $open. (PR5620*)

Associate Actuary opening in Greater New York.  Be part of the Individual Annuity Hedging team, which is responsible for the analysis and updating of key liability measures for variable annuity capital market guarantees to facilitate the hedging of these risks.   In addition, responsible for providing the analysis to support the modeling of the hedging strategy for the valuation group for cash flow testing, RBC C3 Phase2, Economic Capital (EC) and planning, providing the monthly GAAP FAS157 embedded derivative liability values.  The unit plays an important role in the product development process for variable annuities by providing analysis and option costs for new variable annuity capital market guarantees being considered. Specific responsibilities: participate in developing and maintaining in-house hedging strategy testing platform, which involves stochastic projections, risk-neutral liability valuations, derivative pricing and valuation, and trading simulation; aid in the development of models to evaluate and price new VA capital market guarantees and funds, to build and test scenario generators, and to assist any other quantitative and model work regarding the hedge group’s activities. ASA or near ASA preferred, 2 years of experience in a large scale, data-driven software development role using Microsoft Visual C++. Strong skills in C++ programming are a must. Knowledge of MFC, ATL/COM is highly desired, experience in financial or scientific programming and knowledge of distributed computing are strongly preferred. Knowledge of application design principles is preferred.  Salary $open. (PR5619*)

Unique Life Actuarial Consulting opportunity in Toronto.  Deal directly with clients on a daily basis to provide actuarial support and training. Provide documentation for clients; test new system versions; research projects that provide exposure to state of the art actuarial science and its application to real problems. Strong interpersonal, communication, presentation and analytical skills and will have at least 5 years of experience in the life insurance industry in Canada or the US, experience in life or annuities in the areas of  pricing, corporate, ALM or stochastic modeling work. Willing to travel. Preference will be given to those with ALM and/or U.S. experience. Salary $open (PR/CL5626*)

One-Of-A-Kind Life Actuarial Consultant opportunity – WORK OUT OF YOUR HOUSE!!! Deal directly with clients on a daily basis to provide actuarial support, training and advice on best practices for implementing models. Work on documentation for clients and research projects that provide exposure to state of the art actuarial science and its application to real problems. Ideal candidate will  possess strong interpersonal, communication, presentation and analytical skills and will have at least 5 years of experience in the life insurance industry in the US. You should have experience in life and annuities in the areas of pricing, corporate, ALM or stochastic modeling work. Salary $open. (PR5625*)

Actuarial Programmer opening in Washington, DC.   Maintain and enhance government-owned actuarial valuation/projection software; design, code and test changes to a complex system under the limited supervision of a technical manager and several project actuaries. Applicant must be able to explain complex system solutions to non-systems professional staff (Actuaries and Economists).  Must have minimum 7+ years of software development and design experience, expert-level experience with MS C++ (v6.0 or .NET, Console mode only - MFC not necessary), expert-level experience with MS Visual Basic (VB) (v6.0 and/or .NET), undergraduate degree in a numerical discipline (Actuarial Science, Math, Engineering, Accounting, Finance, etc.) plus have satisfactorily completed at least one introductory-level Statistics course.  Must be US citizen and able to obtain a governmental clearance. Salary $open (PR5615*)

Vice President – Latin America Business Development opening in Southeast. Responsible for strategy development and execution across the Latin America region resulting in continued profitable development of the business across the region. Specific responsibilities: oversee and manage the defining, development, analyzing, implementing, and monitoring of the Latin American business growth strategy ; ensure a sustainable new business value proposition(s) is maintained for each market; collaborate with the pricing and risk management functions to ensure effective development of the pricing and risk management framework to support business growth; lead (shared with Country Managers) the reinvigoration of the sales process in successfully connecting market need with risk appetite and insights; own (shared with Country Managers) the Value of New business targets for the business; provide leadership to the Latin America and International team and demonstrate core values daily; work directly with country managers to implement strategies and sales tactics to achieve business plans and maintain/grow key strategic accounts; develop new products and solutions to achieve business plans; ensure we have resources and capabilities to execute on strategies. FSA with 10+ years experience at high level within an insurance/reinsurance organization or a combination of any one of the two with relevant actuarial consulting experience, relevant exposure to the international environment is desirable as well as Life/Health reinsurance experience. Significant experience in the implementation and management of new business strategies within an environment which values transparency on risk and margins. Spanish or Portuguese language skills preferred.  Ability to travel internationally, with extensive travel in first 6 months of the role and thereafter up to 30% in support of strategic development. Salary $open. (PR5614*)

Health Pricing Actuary opening in New York.  Support top-line and bottom-line growth plans by working with Pricing Actuary to improve existing products and develop new products sold through traditional broker and General Agent channels; work with specific distribution, marketing, underwriting and compliance teams.  Specific responsibilities include: Actuarial aspects of new product development,  in coordination with the Pricing Actuary; monthly price recommendations to the Pricing Actuary; update and file manual rates and experience rating factors on a periodic basis or as needed; provide technical support to underwriting on new business and renewal pricing as needed. ASA or near ASA with 5+ years experience in group life & health pricing and product development, small group medical pricing, stop loss pricing experience, Life, Disability, and/or Dental insurance pricing a plus. Experience with voluntary and association products also a plus. Superior analytical skills. Salary $open. (PR5602*)

Commercial Associate Actuary opening in California.  Lead the overall Actuarial management of non-professional liability Casualty lines of business. Identify and communicate the profit and loss implications of underwriting and financial decisions for multiple business segments, all lines within a business, the reserve process across multiple businesses, or overall corporate results; actively participates in the decision making process for areas of responsibility; accountable for the direction and supervision of the techniques, procedures and projects of multiple functional units; use actuarial experience, knowledge of external market forces, and awareness of industry trends, identify new opportunities, influence management's development of business strategies, and identify and/or assist with solving complex business problems; direct, monitor and control the evaluation of pricing adequacy and the interpretation of price monitoring reports for area of responsibility; assess the expected profitability and risk of new and existing company rating programs and products through review, analysis and interpretation of quantitative and qualitative information and trends; communicate conclusions and influence decisions toward appropriate changes; provide appropriate pricing and operating recommendations to improve efficiency and profitability of company programs; review, analyze and make appropriate recommendations relating to reserve adequacy and other aspects of company reserving practices; develop reserve indicators to monitor changes in claims handling practices; implement appropriate and timely controls, methods and procedures to respond to changes in the operating environment; provide recommendations for new and/or enhanced management and statistical reports to facilitate decision making and proper actuarial evaluation of company programs.  Provide counsel and technical support on pricing and operating matters where actuarial expertise would be of use; attract, retain and develop actuarial staff; design and implement training/education programs for business partners on financial impact of various strategies; produce forecasts and analyses reflective of emerging economic/business trends and changes in operational/strategic direction.  Ideal candidate will be an FCAS with ability to develop strategies and goals for unit, considering overall impact to other units, knowledgeable in a number of actuarial areas of responsibility, such as loss reserves, ratemaking, performance analysis and forecasting, regulatory affairs, etc., significant experience with other company functions, especially Finance, Underwriting, Sales, and Claims. Salary $open. (PR5603*)

Actuarial Pricing Director opening in California.  Responsible for managing the pricing analytics function which provides predictive modeling and statistical support for the development and measurement of pricing structures and other price guidance activities. Specific responsibilities: direct, monitor and control the evaluation of pricing adequacy and the interpretation of price monitoring reports for a major line of business, business segment or region; assess the expected profitability and risk of new and existing rating programs, products, etc.  Communicate conclusions and influence decisions toward appropriate changes; review, analyze and make appropriate recommendations relating to reserve adequacy and other aspects of company reserving practices.  Develop reserve indicators to monitor changes in claims handling practices; provide recommendations for new and/or enhanced management and statistical reports to facilitate decision making and proper actuarial evaluation of company programs.  Provide counsel and technical support on pricing and operating matters where Actuarial expertise would be of use; manage employee development and performance for assigned staff; implement training/education programs for business partners on financial impact of various strategies; produce forecasts and analyses reflective of emerging economic/business trends and changes in operational/strategic direction; participate in negotiations with external parties. Ideal candidate is ACAS or FCAS with ability to communicate output of highly complex modeling processes to all levels of decision makers, and provide detailed statistical and predictive modeling guidance to a highly skilled team of 2 to 4 people. Experience in modeling software such as Emblem, Pretium, Igloo is strongly preferred, as well as proficiency in SAS. Salary $open. (PR5604*)

Corporate Underwriting Pricing Actuary opening in New York/New Jersey.  Support the underwriting audit function with a focus on proper use of the pricing models in the underwriting process. Responsibilities include the US, Canada and UK insurance operations; support individual account pricing for large account business with a particular focus on National Accounts, Construction, Alternative Markets, High Excess Workers Compensation and Health Care business; work closely with other pricing actuaries and with the underwriters supporting those business units.  Ideal candidate will be FCAS or near FCAS with a minimum of 5 years of actuarial experience including large account pricing in Workers Compensation, General Liability and Commercial Auto; with strong understanding of the insurance marketplace and awareness of the state of the industry. Strong Excel skills are a must.  Salary $open. (PR5606*)

Life Actuary opening in Pennsylvania.  Run actuarial models of existing and/or potential portfolios of life insurance assets; develop models and reporting tools using SQL, Visual Basic, and Excel; perform ad-hoc reporting and analysis of financial values, demographics, and emerging experience; support the new business pricing function and related valuation algorithms; develop and review production reports and experience results. Ideal candidate is a ASA/near ASA with a minimum of 2 years experience in a life insurance role and at least 2 actuarial exams. Financial modeling experience and experience in life insurance products, particularly Universal Life, is a definite asset and an understanding of capital market concepts and financial assets is also valuable. Salary $open. (PR5594*)

P&C Senior Actuarial Analyst opening in Midwest. Develop rates, rating plans, pricing strategies, reserve programs, reinsurance and financial forecasts; coordinate, prepare and perform actuarial analyses. Ideal candidate will have 6-8 CAS exams with 5+ years of related experience, thorough knowledge of actuarial statistics and assumptions used for modeling cost, risk and revenue trends. Salary $open. (PR5584*)

Actuarial Manager opening in Illinois.  Work with large datasets including internal and external data, preliminary data analysis, and multivariate model building including advanced statistical techniques (GLMs, regression, clustering, trees, etc.); work in collaboration with other team members, data specialists, business units, and others.  Ideal candidate will have 6-8 exams and 5+ years of related experience, knowledge of actuarial statistics and assumptions used for modeling cost, risk and revenue trends and familiarity with the development of rates, rating plans, pricing strategies, reserve programs, and financial forecasts. Salary $open. (PR5593*)

P&C Actuarial Student opening in New England. Build actuarial valuations for new and developing lines of business, support the budget process and implement the transition of financial reporting functions currently carried out in other locations;  deal with US GAAP, Statutory Financial reporting and will support SEC financial requirements;  help support the quarterly reserving process, including performance of reserve reviews and claims liabilities’ recommendations; present and discuss the results of work to pricing actuaries, underwriting business unit managers, auditors and consultants; support the preparations of Reports of the Actuary and Actuarial Memoranda to various levels of management; exercise analytical skills for different types of reserving analysis and for various lines of business; support accounting and finance teams throughout the US and on a worldwide basis. Ideal candidate will have 0-2 years of actuarial  work experience within the P&C insurance industry and familiarity with ReservePro Enterprise Edition’s approaches and methodologies; and industry databases, regulatory information and financial reporting. Salary $open. (PR5583*)

International Actuarial opening in Southeast. Responsible for support of actuaries at different international sites.  This will include, but not be limited to, product development, reserve development, financial reporting and regulatory filings. Ideal candidate will  be ASA, ACAS, FSA, or FCAS with 3 to 10 years of actuarial experience. International insurance experience and/or foreign language(s) are a plus.  Some international travel will be required. Salary $open. (PR5592*)

P&C Actuarial opening in Southeast. Primary duties will involve GAAP and STAT financial reporting, asset/liability analysis, equity allocation and ROE analysis, investment income allocation and analysis, preparing and using rating agency information (AM Best BCAR, S&P, Moodys), and reserving for catastrophes and A&E exposure. Supervise one to two actuarial assistants; use advanced actuarial concepts to develop procedures, conduct research, and make recommendations to management. The ideal candidate will be an ACAS or near ACAS with strong financial reporting and/or reserving background along with 5+ years actuarial experience, supervisory experience a plus.  Strong verbal and written communication skills are a must.

Salary $open. (PR5591*) 

Exciting opportunity for FSA or near-FSA in scenic Bermuda. Work on Life and LTC reinsurance transactions. Salary $open + FREE HOUSING! (PR5590*)

Lead Actuarial Analyst opening in Mid-Atlantic Region. Perform analysis of key cost drivers to facilitate product development and rating. Maintain rates within Corporate parameters. Provide accurate projection of future financial development. Support product development efforts. ASA with 4-5 years actuarial experience in healthcare with an insurance company or consulting firm. Salary $open. (PR5581*)

Lead Pricing Actuary opening in Midwest. Responsible for supporting D&O, EPL, and Fiduciary Liability coverages.  Ideal candidate will be FCAS with relevant experience. Salary $open. (PR5574*)

Actuarial Loss Analytics Workers Compensation Actuary opening in Midwest. Responsible for developing unbiased estimates of loss content and delivering leading indicators and business intelligence; provide range of analytics and insights for the selection of plan loss roll-forward estimates, including: basic, excess, cat, latent losses and loss trend; provide loss content estimates, ultimately at the account/line/coverage level, to be utilized in profitability analyses. Ideal candidate will be FCAS with 7+ years of commercial lines product, analytic, or reserving experience in a Commercial Lines Property Casualty actuarial organization.  Salary $open. (PR5573*)

Commercial Lines Regional Pricing Actuary opening in Northeast. Review existing program business and new business prospects. Specific responsibilities include: rate indications at the program, program/line, and program/segment level; help develop and price new programs; review agent compensation; work with Claims, Finance, and Underwriting staffs to understand various trends impacting specific programs; work with senior management to develop and monitor financial plans and specific business tactics in support of these plans at the program level; assist in determining goals and setting direction and priorities. Ideal candidate will be an ACAS or FCAS. Salary $open. (PR 5569*)

Actuarial Consultant, Research & Modeling opening in Upper Midwest. Provide technical and quantitative support for predictive modeling group;  bring business and insurance knowledge to mathematical problems; assist in statistical data mining and other actuarial research by applying advanced statistical concepts with guidance from senior predictive modeling staff; use computer technology, computer modeling, spreadsheet applications, software tools and programming languages; model and analyze statistical data and develop reports, spreadsheets and databases; design, write and test computer programs in model building. Ideal candidate will have 1 to 3 years insurance experience or advanced statistical (or related) degree with basic understanding of database principles; and experience in quantitative analysis. Salary $open. (PR5575*)

Actuary, Strategic Pricing and Catastrophe Management opening in New England. Develop rates, rating plans, pricing strategies, pricing and catastrophe metrics, and financial forecasts to achieve company objectives for profitability and growth.  Assist in the evaluation of existing rate levels and rate structures, individual accounts pricing, design of rating plans and dividend plans; forecasting and interpretation of underwriting results; and the maintenance of a database uniquely suited to the analysis of pricing issues. Mentor less experienced staff. Ideal candidate will be FCAS with strong PC skills; have strong understanding of databases and data extraction; strong understanding of actuarial and other insurance related models (i.e., property CAT, ROE and RBC models); solid understanding of financial reporting, both GAAP and Stat; sound understanding of income statements and balance sheets; experience with financial modeling and forecasting; strong understanding of insurance products and marketplace conditions and how they impact financial models and results and strong understanding of regulatory environment. Salary $open. (PR5576*)

Chief Actuary opening for P&C carrier in Southeast. Manage staff of 3. Responsibilities include pricing, reserving and filings for transportation lines. Ideal candidate will be ACAS or FCAS with commercial automobile or other transportation experience. (PR5571*)

Associate Actuary opening in Midwest. Technical position to work closely with the Claims department to create and monitor claims statistics as well as communicate to the actuarial community the impact that changes in the statistics will have on actuarial analyses; initiate, organize, direct and analyze actuarial research and develop actuarial assumptions. Ideal candidate will have advanced knowledge of ratemaking, reserving and forecasting; advanced knowledge of actuarial statistics/assumptions used for ratemaking, loss reserving and forecasting; familiarity with internal and external statistical plans and sources of data, and the use of spreadsheet applications. ACAS or FCAS with 8+ years of related experience. Salary $open. (PR5553*)

Employee Analytics Senior Project Manager opening in New York/Connecticut for top ranked financial institution.  Be a key member of the Employee Analytics group; deliver an outstanding analytical product to the organization around understanding employees and serve the HR Department with strategic insights into how to develop the area's capabilities;  be a strategic thinker who will independently tackle process improvement, system implementation, and data analysis assignments. Communicate with senior managers throughout the organization to understand their needs and pain points; analytically dissect a problem into its components and use a logical approach to identify and evaluate the potential solutions to the problem; map processes and identify breakage points in the process; create innovative solutions to tackle difficult problems; drive projects from beginning to end with limited supervision; define system requirements for new technology projects. Salary $open. (CL/PR5556)

P&C Actuarial opening in Midwest. As technical expert, develop and recommend actuarial pricing and/or reserve strategies of a complex nature for a product line or business unit; become involved with a number of different products in multiple business units;  interact with underwriters on each of the different products, with exposure to the business side of the actuarial function as well as an opportunity to manage. Specific responsibilities include: individual account pricing for Risk Management Casualty as well as book monitoring through various metric reports; own the Group Captive pricing process, including development of expenses, target pricing for individual members, and collateral adjustments;  contact with underwriting for program of $1B+ in premium and related products; develop and support actuarial pricing models for Risk Management Casualty and Umbrella; perform financial planning, forecasting and various other actuarial projects; perform actuarial calculations and complex actuarial studies, and develop rates for existing and/or new business; determine pricing and/or reserve strategy for an assigned area and analyzes existing pricing tools, modifying or creating new pricing tools, as needed; monitor the profitability and trends for a product line or business unit; ensure accuracy of all financial reports and statements, which may include the financial close process; review and submit rate filings and contacts regulatory and state agencies as necessary; prepare and present standard and other reports to management; manage project teams and may be responsible for special projects and presentations; facilitate communication and provide technical guidance to underwriting regarding the pricing of new and/or existing business and work with others (e.g., claims, finance) on actuarial issues. Ideal candidate will be ACAS or FCAS with 5+ years of related work experience. Salary $open. (PR5557*)

P&C Actuarial opening in Midwest. Responsible for the pricing of large self-rated medical malpractice accounts. Analyze individual account loss experience, apply actuarial models to develop indicated pricing and provide recommendations on preferred insurance program structure; set collateral requirements for fronted programs; interact very closely with Underwriting, Risk Control, Claim and Reserving as well as with brokers/clients.  Near or recent ACAS is preferred with  4 to 6 years experience, preferably in long tail casualty lines. Salary $open. (PR5558*)

Actuarial Director opening in Midwest.  Consult internally on complex or specialty actuarial issues for assigned client groups and business units. May have company-wide scope of responsibility in a specialty area, and may lead large projects. May participate in identification, development and implementation of corporate-wide initiatives in areas which may include but would not be limited to pricing and/or reserve strategy for a product line or business unit. Responsibilities: work with senior management in the development and implementation of pricing and/or reserve strategy for a product line or business unit; direct large business-specific actuarial projects, ensuring adherence to strategic goals, and consistent application of corporate policies and procedures; act as account manager on key broker/client engagements and may deliver account and pricing presentations to senior management; participate in the development and preparation of financial reports and statements, as well as, budgets and forecasts; report business progress to senior management, and propose recommendations as required; facilitate communication and provides technical guidance to underwriting regarding the pricing of new and existing business and work with others (e.g., claims, finance) on actuarial issues; stay up-to-date in functional area of expertise, on industry trends and developments, and assure knowledge transfer within the organization. Career ACAS or FCAS preferred with a minimum of 10 years of related work experience. Salary $open. (PR5560*)

Actuarial Workers Compensation and Property Director opening in Midwest. Evaluate the unpaid claim liabilities of their assigned products; assigned products for this position include small and middle markets Workers' Compensation, Package Property, Monoline Property, and Inland Marine as well as Large Property and Boiler & Machinery; supervise data assembly and reconciliation; train and supervise analyst-level actuarial staff during the data and initial-analysis phases of the reserve review process in a manner that both ensures the overall quality of the analysis as well as furthers the development of that analyst-level staff member; proactively meet with business partners in pricing, claims, underwriting, and corporate finance throughout the course of the analysis both to understand the nature of the businesses insured within their assigned products as well as the specific drivers of the results of those products; perform and complete initial analyses; present results of the initial analyses to appropriate actuarial managers in a manner that clearly illustrates both the recommendations from the analysis as well as the reasons why those recommendations are appropriate; modify analyses based on feedback from appropriate actuarial managers and officers; complete and maintain all analysis documentation, including such documentation necessary to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements; assist and actively participate in the presentation of preliminary results to appropriate business partners from pricing, claims, underwriting, and corporate finance; assist and actively participate in the preparation of the presentation of results to senior management. Career ACAS or FCAS preferred with a minimum of 10 years of related work experience, including prior management experience. Salary $open. (PR5561*)

Actuarial Field Director opening in Midwest. Responsible for the actuarial support for a given set of branches. The responsibility is enterprise-wide, but primarily focuses on Business Insurance and Middle Markets business. Work closely with the Field (including Branch Vice Presidents, Branch Underwriting Directors and Regional Presidents), Home Office Underwriting, Line of Business and Segments Actuarial, and Finance. Specific responsibilities: monitor profitability and pricing for the branches, including metrics such as rate, new business pricing, production, retention, non-rate effects, loss experience, and trends; complete regular pricing reviews and analyses of the branches and their distribution partners. FCAS/near FCAS with 5+ years of actuarial work experience.  Salary $open. (PR5562/5563*)

AVP & Pricing Actuary opening in Midwest. Lead the actuarial support for the Architects & Engineers, Real Estate, and other programs which primarily provide E&O coverage for architects, engineers, and real estate professionals.  Specific responsibilities: lead a team of three actuaries and completion of pricing reviews, maintenance and refinement of rating models, rate filing support, results monitoring, and strategic and financial planning support; implement strategic objectives with substantial impact on the short-term success for actuarial pricing for assigned product line or segment; establish and manage pricing initiatives that have significant impact on the short-term success of assigned product line or segment. Review individual account pricing and ensure proper underwriting authority levels are followed; present product line or segment analyses to senior management and make recommendations on pricing and pricing-related issues; oversee preparation and accuracy of reports used for rate filings and internal actuarial analysis; lead, direct and have full management accountability for staff in area of responsibility with an emphasis on talent management and succession planning in accordance with corporate strategic direction. ACAS or FCAS with a minimum 10 years related work experience and 5 years of management experience. Salary $open. (PR5564/55