What are the responsibilities and job description for the Actuary- Reserving position at Argo Group?
Overview: Perform Financial Lines and Specialty reserve analyses and related activities including financial close activities and ad hoc projects.
Accountabilities:
- Perform reserve reviews under the direction of the Head of Reserving - Financial Lines and Specialty.
- Prepare reserving related reports for Financial Lines and Specialty Reserving including quarterly reserve meeting material.
- Work in a team environment with underwriting, claims, financial, and IT professionals.
- Conduct a full range of actuarial and financial analysis to quantify performance.
- Improvement of data and reports to increase the efficiency of the US Operations close process and associated reporting.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in actuarial science, mathematics, or related field of study.
- 5 exams of the Casualty Actuarial Society in pursuit of credentials.
- 5 years of property/casualty experience, preferrable with commercial lines.
- Experience with at least one coding language (SQL, R, Python, VBA, etc.)
- Broad knowledge of property/casualty insurance.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- 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.
- Detail-oriented and able to quickly evaluate the accuracy of information.
- Proficient with Windows and Microsoft Office Suite (particularly Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint).
- Ability to work with various data software such as SQL, VBA, and Power BI.
- Experience with ResQ is a plus.
The base salary range provided below is for hires in those geographic areas only and will be commensurate with candidate experience. Pay ranges for candidates in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location. In addition to base salary, all employees are eligible for an annual bonus based on company and individual performance as well as a generous benefits package.
Chicago 122,400-145,600
New York City 133,600-159,000
