Actuarial Analyst (Pricing)

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 have a current opening for an Actuarial Analyst – Pricing in our Chicago office. This role is critical to supporting the actuarial pricing strategy at Argo.

We seek an individual that can support business partners regarding optimization of the portfolio. Our expectation is for continuous development of actuarial skills towards working independently, problem-solving issues, and bringing fresh ideas for improvements to the team.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work in a team environment with underwriting, claims, financial, IT, digital, and marketing professionals.
• Data work in R, Python, SQL, Excel, and PowerBI including data cleansing/manipulation.
• Support a full range of actuarial and financial analysis to quantify performance including predictive modeling.
• Work closely with business partners at managing actuary’s direction to provide ways to improve portfolio performance.
• Support evaluation of new business opportunities and/or programs and share recommendations with business partners.
• Participate in loss ratio planning and reforecast process on a quarterly basis including rate change, loss trend, mix shift, and non-rate actions.
• Explore and become proficient in new tools to drive efficiency and refine existing workflows.
• Create and automate datasets and reports for actuarial analysis.
• Complete rate filings, where applicable.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, or Finance related. 3+ exams in current pursuit of ACAS or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of actuarial experience, preferably with commercial GL or AL lines. Casualty, Construction, or Environmental lines experience is viewed as a plus.
• Experience with at least one coding language (SQL, R, Python, SAS, VBA, etc.).
• Broad overall knowledge of insurance.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to management and other functional areas.
• Ability to interact and work within a team environment and approach actuarial work as a collaborative product.
• Ability to support concurrent projects.
• Polished and professional written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be detail-oriented and able to quickly evaluate accuracy of information.
• Proficient PC skills developed through extensive use of Windows and Microsoft Office Suite (particularly Excel, Outlook, and Word).
• Predictive modeling experience a plus.
• Rate filing experience a plus.
• Creative and flexible mentality.

TRAVEL: Must be able to travel up to 15% of the time.

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

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, disability, race, religious creed, sex, 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.

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.
• Argo Academy, a digital and instructor-led platform that offers continuous learning and professional development.
• An inclusive culture that develops and sponsors diverse teams, encourages cross-functional engagement and collaboration, and provides an environment that welcomes ongoing dialogue and creative innovation.
• Active community outreach and volunteer programs.
• A generous Employee Referral program that results in approximately 25% of all new hires annually.