Senior Actuarial Specialist (Specialty)

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Position Summary

The Senior Actuarial Specialist is a subject-matter expert supporting the launch, growth, and profitability of a fast-growing E&S insurance portfolio. This is a high-impact individual contributor role responsible for complex pricing analyses, pricing tool development, and portfolio analytics in an environment where products, processes, and systems continue to evolve.  The role operates with a high degree of independence and judgment, partnering closely with Underwriting, Product, Claims, and Technology to support data-driven pricing decisions and scalable growth for ICW’s new Specialty business. 

This role is critical to enabling disciplined, profitable growth of the company’s E&S portfolio. The Senior Actuarial Specialist provides the analytical foundation for pricing decisions, product development, and portfolio management while helping establish scalable pricing processes in a rapidly evolving environment.

Key Responsibilities

Pricing & Product Development

• Support development and enhancement and maintenance of pricing tools and methodologies for E&S product lines.

• Perform pricing reviews for large, complex individual accounts in close partnership with E&S underwriters.

• Evaluate and refine pricing assumptions based on industry benchmark data and competitive analysis.

• Serve as a subject-matter expert on third party data products, conducting analysis to inform pricing and underwriting decisions.

• Prioritize and independently execute actuarial projects based on evolving business needs.

Portfolio Analytics & Performance Monitoring

• Build and maintain business reports to monitor rate change, loss ratios, and portfolio profitability.

• Analyze portfolio performance across geographies, industries, and segments to identify growth and remediation opportunities.

• Support quarterly planning efforts, including loss ratio projections and portfolio monitoring.

• Partner with Finance, Reserving, and Reinsurance to support capital modeling and strategic decision-making.

Cross-Functional Partnership & Influence

• Act as a trusted actuarial partner to Product, Underwriting, and Claims teams to shape strategies and ensure profitability targets are achieved.

• Translate complex actuarial findings into clear, actionable recommendations for stakeholders.

• Provide actuarial input and technical leadership in cross-functional initiatives impacting pricing, profitability and growth.

Process, Model and Tool Development

• Design, build, and document actuarial pricing models, tools, and processes to improve accuracy, scalability, and efficiency.

• Collaborate with developers and analysts to automate workflows and improve access to actuarial data.

• Provide business requirements for system integration and set up data export functions for data reporting.

• Contribute to the enhancement of data infrastructure and visualization platforms (e.g., SQL, Power BI).

Qualifications

Education & Credentials

• Bachelor’s degree required in Actuarial Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or