Full-Time

Director Actuary

Updated on 7/25/2026

Arch Capital Group

Arch Capital Group

Underwrites insurance, reinsurance, and mortgage insurance

Compensation Overview

$130k - $180k/yr

+ Raises up to $75k

Chicago, IL, USA + 3 more

More locations: Hartford, CT, USA | New York, NY, USA | St Paul, MN, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid work model; some on-site days required.

Category
Finance & Banking (1)
Required Skills
Python
SQL
Machine Learning
VBA
Data Analysis

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Requirements
  • P&C Actuarial qualifications: ACAS, FCAS, or similarly qualified professional
  • 6+ years of relevant experience, demonstrated ability in actuarial and quantitative analysis and statistical concepts
  • Business Acumen: In-depth understanding and knowledge of key business drivers and disciplines in underwriting, products, reinsurance, claims, and financials.
  • Software skills: Strong programming skills, such as Python, SQL, VBA for building tools and advanced research
  • Leadership: Thought leader and innovator, strength and experience as a teacher, manager, peer, leader and contributor to a positive culture. Takes ownership of strategic initiatives and ability to influence business outcomes
  • Communication and Partnership: Excellent communication, collaboration, and relationship-building skills
Responsibilities
  • Profitability Reviews/New Submission Analyses: Review products by applying actuarial concepts and techniques to determine portfolio profitability; analyzing and digging into detailed segmentations
  • Monitor and Reporting: Monitor portfolio rate change, pricing adequacy and underwriting mix change on new and renewal business to guide Program Managers and make informed decisions
  • Actuarial Studies: Analyses and research to improve pricing parameters, methodologies and segmentations to better identify profitable opportunities.
  • Large Account Pricing: Provide actuarial premium recommendation on large new and renewal accounts.
  • Tool Building: Design, program, and maintain critical tools used in pricing, and book monitoring
  • Partnering with Strategic Analytics: Our actuaries and predictive modeling teams work closely together to deploy advanced analytics and automation tools to help our businesses underwrite more profitably

Arch Capital Group Ltd. operates globally in three segments: Insurance, Reinsurance, and Mortgage. The Insurance segment covers specialty lines, the Reinsurance segment handles property and casualty risk, and the Mortgage segment provides mortgage insurance and reinsurance products. The company underwrites policies, sets premiums to match risk, and earns investment income from premiums and investments. By focusing on disciplined underwriting, risk management, and capital allocation, Arch Capital aims to maintain financial strength and sustainable profitability while growing through prudent risk transfer.

Company Size

N/A

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Hamilton, Bermuda

Founded

1995

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Specialty lines pricing remains supportive for disciplined underwriters in hard markets.
  • Arch MI offers housing-sector risk management and capital-optimizing products globally.
  • The $2 billion senior notes issue increases flexibility for growth and opportunistic deployment.

What critics are saying

  • Catastrophe and secondary-peril losses can quickly erase quarterly underwriting profit.
  • Mortgage insurance earnings deteriorate fast in a housing slowdown or rising unemployment.
  • The new senior notes increase fixed financing costs and refinancing pressure.

What makes Arch Capital Group unique

  • Arch combines specialty insurance, reinsurance, and mortgage insurance in one global platform.
  • It focuses on difficult specialty risks where disciplined underwriting matters most.
  • Its footprint spans more than 60 offices across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

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