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, preferable 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.
