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W.R. Berkley

Commercial insurance underwriting, reinsurance, and investments

Director – Actuarial

Actuarial & Risk ModellingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeJacksonville, FL, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree is required.
  • An FCAS license is required.
  • At least 5 years of experience in property and casualty commercial-lines insurance pricing and quantitative modeling are required.
  • Deep experience in the commercial auto line of business, particularly trucking, is required.
  • Experience building price elasticity models is required.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are required.
  • Strong attention to detail is required.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills are required.
  • Strong time-management and organizational skills are required.

Responsibilities

  • Assist the Actuarial department in carrying out the responsibilities needed to achieve company goals.
  • Organize and perform modeling and actuarial analysis using W. R. Berkley systems and procedures to support pricing, reserving, predictive modeling, and forecasting processes and company growth and profitability objectives.
  • Perform conceptual modeling design tasks using specialized knowledge of the organization's customer needs and data-gathering processes.
  • Build actuarial and other predictive models using proprietary client data and analytics.
  • Perform complex multivariate pricing analysis and build complex models using generalized linear modeling and related techniques; apply theoretical understanding and practical adjustments to extreme-value profitability distributions and use these models in predictive modeling applications.
  • Prepare model data using pricing and general data warehouses and by combining internal-system data with external data sources.
  • Cross-check data using actuarial reports and pricing and reserving data repositories; examine data and model results for consistency with product features and business goals; evaluate, verify, and validate model stability.
  • Prepare data for predictive models and reports involving predictive-model outputs; correlate data with other business reports and evaluate model performance against business expectations.
  • Maintain close contact with internal and external customers and the supervisor to oversee data validity and cleansing and obtain business insight for building predictive models; seek peer-review input from the supervisor, immediate team, and others within W. R. Berkley Corporation and incorporate it into final work products.
  • Perform ad hoc analysis and support special projects as needed.
  • Interact regularly with other departments and senior company and corporate management.

About the Company

W.R. Berkley

Commercial insurance underwriting, reinsurance, and investments

W. R. Berkley Corporation underwrites commercial property and casualty insurance and provides reinsurance globally. It operates two segments: Insurance, with 53 units worldwide and lines such as excess and surplus, commercial auto, and workers’ compensation; and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess, offering reinsurance and excess coverage to other insurers and self-insured entities. It earns money from premiums and from its investment portfolio. The company differentiates itself with a broad multinational underwriting platform and a dual focus on underwriting profitability and investment management, serving clients from small businesses to large corporations across many industries. Its goal is to deliver risk transfer and financial protection to customers while generating steady underwriting results and investment returns for shareholders.

Company size
Not listed
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Greenwich, CT
Founded
1967

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