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Acturion Group · 1 month ago

Chief Actuary

Flowood, MS

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

Acturion Group is seeking a visionary Chief Actuary to lead all actuarial functions and build the actuarial infrastructure for its rapidly growing life and annuity insurance platform. This hands-on leadership role involves overseeing pricing, valuation, modeling, and financial reporting while developing a high-performing actuarial team.

Financial Services

Responsibilities

Establish and lead the actuarial function for the company, building the frameworks, governance, and processes required for a modern life & annuity insurer/reinsurer

Recruit, mentor, and develop an actuarial team spanning pricing, valuation, modeling, risk, and reporting

Serve as a strategic partner to the CEO, CFO, CRO, Head of Reinsurance, and Head of Distribution

Bring an entrepreneurial mindset to improve efficiency, adopt modern modeling tools, and create scalable processes

Lead pricing for all life & annuity products, including MYGA, FIA, fixed-rate annuities, term life, and preneed/other life products

Conduct profitability testing, experience studies, sensitivity analysis, and competitive reviews

Partner closely with distribution and product teams to design products that align with market needs and company risk appetite

Develop pricing governance, documentation, and approval frameworks

Oversee statutory, GAAP, and tax valuation for life and annuity blocks

Lead adoption and ongoing compliance with LDTI and principle-based reserving (PBR)

Ensure high-quality actuarial exhibits for quarterly and annual statements, audit support, and regulatory filings

Provide actuarial analysis for rating agencies, regulators, and internal stakeholders

Build and maintain actuarial projection and valuation models

Lead cash flow testing, scenario analysis, stress testing, and capital projections

Support asset-liability management and investment strategy with actuarial insights

Analyze and structure reinsurance treaties (flow and block)

Support negotiations on ceding commission, collateral, capital relief, and treaty terms

Model the impact of each reinsurance transaction on earnings, reserves, capital, and liquidity

Work closely with the investment and capital teams on surplus notes, RBC strategy, and capital allocation

Develop and maintain actuarial policies, controls, and documentation aligned with regulatory expectations

Support enterprise risk management, including assumptions governance, mortality/lapse studies, and risk appetite frameworks

Provide actuarial input for ORSA, ALM, economic capital, and scenario testing

Serve as the actuarial lead in discussions with state insurance departments, auditors, reinsurers, and rating agencies

Prepare actuarial materials for AM Best, including capital models, stress scenarios, and business plan support

Qualification

FSA designationLife & annuity pricingValuation experienceModeling experienceReinsurance analysisTeam buildingEntrepreneurial mindsetClear communication