Actuary (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 collaborative 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.

The Actuary - Pricing role is critical to supporting the actuarial pricing strategy for the Specialty businesses at Argo. We seek an individual with the ability to provide direction to business partners regarding optimization of the portfolio. Our expectation is this role works independently, problem-solving issues and bringing fresh ideas for improvements to the team.

This role will require you to be onsite, 5 days a week, at one of our office locations – Chicago, IL, New York, NY, San Antonio, TX, Richmond, VA, Omaha, NE.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work in a team environment with underwriting, claims, financial, IT, and marketing professionals supporting our Specialty lines businesses.
• Conduct a full range of actuarial and financial analysis to quantify performance.
• Work closely with business partners and provide direction on ways to improve portfolio performance.
• Evaluate new business opportunities and/or programs and share recommendations with business partners.
• Lead loss ratio planning and reforecasting process quarterly, including rate change, loss trend, mix shift, and non-rate actions.
• Explore new tools to drive efficiencies and refine existing workflows.
• Create and automate datasets and reports for actuarial analysis.
• Manage rate filings, where applicable.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, or Finance related.
• At least ACAS or 5+ exams in current pursuit of ACAS or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of actuarial experience, preferably with commercial lines.
• 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 manage concurrent projects.
• Polished and professional written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be detail-oriented and able to quickly evaluate the accuracy of information.
• Proficient PC skills developed through extensive use of Windows and Microsoft Office Suite (particularly Excel, Outlook, and Word).
• Rate filing experience a plus.
• Creative and flexible mentality.

Travel - up to 10%.

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, denial of family and medical care leave, disability, medical condition, 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.
• Workplace policies that support employee well-being include flex time and floating holidays.
• Comprehensive health, wellness, and financial planning options that employees can tailor to meet their personal and family needs. 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 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.
• An inclusive culture that develops and sponsors diverse teams, encourages cross-functional engagement and collaboration, and builds community through employee resource groups (ERGs).
• Active community outreach and volunteer programs.
• A generous Employee Referral program that results in approximately 25% of all new hires annually.