Actuarial Director, Pricing
About the role
Locations: Chicago, IL | New York, NY | Jersey City, NJ | St. Paul, MN | Hartford, CT
A leading global specialty insurance organisation is looking to appoint two Directors, Actuarial to join its growing Programs Pricing function. This is an opportunity for an experienced P&C actuary to take ownership of a portfolio of specialty insurance programs and play a genuine role in shaping business strategy. You’ll work closely with underwriting, program management, analytics and senior leadership, providing the actuarial insight that helps determine where the business should grow, maintain, reprice or pull back.
Why Consider This Opportunity? You’ll be joining a well-established global specialty insurer with a strong actuarial culture and exposure to some genuinely interesting and complex insurance risks. The actuarial function has a meaningful voice within the business, with senior actuarial professionals involved in commercial and underwriting decisions. This gives actuaries the opportunity to influence strategy rather than simply provide supporting analysis. The Programs environment also offers considerable variety. You’ll work across multiple specialty portfolios and business models, giving you exposure to different risks and challenges rather than repetitive pricing work. You’ll also have the opportunity to work alongside highly experienced actuarial and insurance professionals, develop your commercial expertise and take ownership of significant portfolios.
Responsibilities
- Leading portfolio profitability and pricing analysis across your assigned Programs.
- Monitoring rate, pricing adequacy, underwriting mix and segmentation to understand portfolio performance.
- Advising the business on opportunities to grow, maintain, reprice or exit areas of the portfolio.
- Evaluating new specialty Programs and external partnerships from an actuarial and