What are the responsibilities and job description for the Actuary - Pricing position at Argo Group?
The Actuary - Pricing role is critical to supporting the actuarial pricing strategy for the Specialty businesses at Argo. We seek an individual with the ability to provide direction to business partners regarding optimization of the portfolio. Our expectation is this role works independently, problem-solving issues and bringing fresh ideas for improvements to the team.
This role will require you to be onsite, 5 days a week, at one of our office locations – Chicago, IL, New York, NY, San Antonio, TX, Richmond, VA, Omaha, NE.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Work in a team environment with underwriting, claims, financial, IT, and marketing professionals supporting our Specialty lines businesses.
- Conduct a full range of actuarial and financial analysis to quantify performance.
- Work closely with business partners and provide direction on ways to improve portfolio performance.
- Evaluate new business opportunities and/or programs and share recommendations with business partners.
- Lead loss ratio planning and reforecasting process quarterly, including rate change, loss trend, mix shift, and non-rate actions.
- Explore new tools to drive efficiencies and refine existing workflows.
- Create and automate datasets and reports for actuarial analysis.
- Manage rate filings, where applicable.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics, Actuarial Science, or Finance related.
- At least ACAS or 5 exams in current pursuit of ACAS or equivalent experience.
- 5 years of actuarial experience, preferably with commercial lines.
- Experience with at least one coding language (SQL, R, Python, SAS, VBA, etc.).
- Broad overall knowledge of insurance.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to management and other functional areas.
- Ability to interact and work within a team environment and approach actuarial work as a collaborative product.
- Ability to manage concurrent projects.
- Polished and professional written and verbal communication skills.
- Must be detail-oriented and able to quickly evaluate the accuracy of information.
- Proficient PC skills developed through extensive use of Windows and Microsoft Office Suite (particularly Excel, Outlook, and Word).
- Rate filing experience a plus.
- Creative and flexible mentality.
Travel - up to 10%.
