Senior Pricing Actuary

2 months ago

San Antonio, Texas, United States Argo Group Full time
Argo Group is a leader in specialty insurance with a vibrant culture built on respect, equality, wellness and opportunity. We're an innovative organization that's small enough to be agile and big enough to make a difference in our industry.

Our flexible workplace is continuously evolving to ensure all employees feel:
  • Comfortable bringing their whole selves to work.
  • Confident that they will be treated respectfully.
  • Recognized for their performance and provided with equal opportunities to succeed.
At Argo, skill meets opportunity. If you're wired to raise your hand and ask, "Where can I help?", you'll thrive with us.

We are looking for a Senior Pricing Actuary to provide technical leadership on pricing projects and to be the lead actuarial business partner for Liability coverages potentially including Casualty, Construction, and Environmental exposures. This role reports to the VP - Head of Pricing, Casualty and may have responsibility for 1 - 2 actuarial analysts.

This position can be located in our New York, Chicago, or San Antonio office and working hybrid schedule (3 days/week) on-site.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Conduct profitability analyses and evaluate segment and sub-segment performance to continually improve granular pricing of risk.
  • Bring innovative actuarial techniques and approaches to analyzing difficult GL exposures such as low frequency, high severity layers, or construction defect, liquor liability, etc.
  • Work closely with business partners and provide direction on ways to improve portfolio performance; become a trusted advisor who brings actuarial insights to promote data-driven decision making.
  • Be actuarial pricing lead working with Argo Predictive Modeling to develop predictive analytic pricing approaches for Casualty, Construction, and Environmental.
  • Develop reports to assist business in managing key exposures within their portfolios and in monitoring execution of strategic underwriting actions.
  • Lead loss ratio planning and reforecast process for designated business units.
  • Work cooperatively in a team environment with other functions: underwriting, claims, financial, IT, etc.
  • Direct, lead, mentor and develop junior actuarial team members.
QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor's Degree, Mathematics, Actuarial Science or Finance related.
  • At least ACAS, FCAS preferred
  • 7+ years of actuarial pricing experience, 2 or more specific to Commercial GL; Construction, Excess Casualty, or Environmental Pricing experience preferred. Large Account pricing or Reinsurance Pricing experience also preferred.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to management and other functional areas.
  • Strong leadership and project management skills.
  • Proven creative problem-solving abilities.
  • Polished and professional written and verbal communication skills.
TRAVEL: May be some travel; less than 15% of the time.

PLEASE NOTE: At this time, Argo Group will not sponsor an applicant for employment authorization for this position.

If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or a similar law and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at Argo Group, please contact our Benefits Department at

To all recruitment agencies: Unless you have been requested to work on this position, or other positions with Argo Group, please do not forward any resumes to Argo Group employees. Argo Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. is an underwriter of specialty insurance products in the property and casualty market. Argo offers a full line of products and services designed to meet the unique coverage and claims-handling needs of businesses. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brookfield Reinsurance Ltd. Argo and its insurance subsidiaries are rated 'A-' by Standard and Poor's. Argo's insurance subsidiaries are rated 'A-' by A.M. Best. More information about Argo is available at

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin or citizenship (including language use restrictions), denial of family and medical care leave, disability (mental and physical) , including HIV and AIDS, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), race, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, child birth, breastfeeding, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, child birth or breastfeeding), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

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Our Benefits

Developing our employees professionally and personally strengthens our organization.
Argo Group offers an attractive Total Rewards package that includes:
  • A culture that recognizes performance and empowers employees to excel, offering competitive compensation and merit driven profit sharing.
  • Flexible workplace policies that support employee well-being include compressed hours, flex-time, job-sharing, remote work, sabbatical leave, and holiday hours.
  • Comprehensive health, wellness, and financial planning options that employees can tailor to meet their personal and family needs. In addition to traditional health and wellness plans, benefits include dental, disability, life insurance, medical, and vision insurance, matching 401(k) retirement savings, generous paid time off (21 days of PTO, 11 paid company holidays, 3 floating holidays and a paid voluntary day), paid caregiver and parental leave, paid bereavement, jury duty/court appearances, and military (up to 14 days) leave, employee assistance program (EAP), and an array of voluntary benefits.
  • Argo Academy, a digital and instructor-led platform that offers continuous learning and professional development - Training magazine lists Argo among the Training "Top 125" Companies. Argo encourages career mobility and continuing education to pursue and maintain professional and industry designations, in addition to traditional university and higher education programs.
  • An inclusive culture that develops and sponsors diverse teams, encourages cross-functional engagement and collaboration, builds community through employee resource groups (ERGs), and provides an environment that welcomes ongoing dialogue, creative innovation, professional and personal development.
  • Active community outreach and volunteer programs.
  • A generous Employee Referral program that results in approximately 25% of all new hires annually.

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