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Ryan Specialty · 1 month ago

Senior Actuarial Manager

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$122K/yr - $153K/yr

7+ years exp

Ryan Specialty is a fast-moving specialty property insurer seeking a Senior Actuarial Manager to lead a growing team of actuaries. The role involves owning pricing sophistication, predictive analytics, and data-driven decision-making, while collaborating closely with finance and reinsurance stakeholders.

Financial ServicesInsuranceRisk Management

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end pricing strategy across our property portfolio, ensuring rates align with risk, growth, and profitability goals

Design, build, and maintain advanced pricing models using GLMs, GAMs, and GBMs, including model governance, validation, and monitoring

Own reserving strategy and delivery, including IBNR, loss ratio analysis, and reserve adequacy reviews in partnership with Finance

Upgrade, modernize, and maintain rating tools/raters so that underwriters and distribution partners have fast, intuitive, and accurate pricing

Partner with underwriting, product, finance, and reinsurance to translate analytics into portfolio, product, and reinsurance decisions

Develop, coach, and grow a high-performing actuarial team; set clear expectations, provide feedback, and build actuarial bench strength

Drive automation and process improvement for pricing and reserving, reducing manual work and improving speed to insight

Communicate complex actuarial and data science concepts in clear, business-friendly language to executives and non-technical stakeholders

Qualification

P&C actuarial experiencePricing models GLMsPricing models GAMsPricing models GBMsReserving strategyPythonR programmingActuarial software experienceData-driven decision-makingTeam managementCommunication skills

Required

7+ years of P&C actuarial experience, with a focus on property lines

Direct experience leading both pricing and reserving workstreams, including indications, portfolio profitability reviews, and reserve analyses

Proven track record building, validating, and deploying pricing models using GLMs, GAMs, and GBMs, ideally into production raters

Experience upgrading and maintaining rating tools/raters for underwriters and distribution partners, including testing and change management

Prior responsibility for reserve studies (including IBNR), loss ratio monitoring, and partnering with Finance on reserve reviews and planning

Experience collaborating with underwriting, product, reinsurance, and finance to steer portfolio strategy and improve profitability

Minimum 2–3 years managing, mentoring, or leading actuarial staff, with demonstrated success developing junior talent

Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, or a related quantitative field

ACAS required

Advanced modeling skills using GLMs, GAMs, and GBMs for pricing, segmentation, and profitability analysis

Strong programming skills in Python or R, with working knowledge of SQL and Excel for data extraction, transformation, and analysis

Preferred

CAT/E&S or specialty property experience strongly preferred

Background in a fast-paced environment (e.g., high-growth insurer, MGA, or insurtech) is a plus

FCAS preferred (or within a few exams of Fellowship)

Experience with actuarial and modeling software (e.g., Emblem, Radar, or similar) is a plus

Benefits

Paid parental leave

Mental health services

Paid time off for company holidays

Vacation

Sick and personal days

Company

Ryan Specialty

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Ryan Specialty is an insurance firm that provides solutions for brokers, agents, and insurance carriers.

Founded in 2010

Chicago, Illinois, USA

5001-10000 employees

https://ryanspecialty.com

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