Full-Time

Actuary

Updated on 3/21/2025

Ryan Specialty

Ryan Specialty

1,001-5,000 employees

Compensation Overview

$140k - $175k/yr

+ Bonus

Senior, Expert

Remote in USA

Category
Risk Management
Finance & Banking
Required Skills
Power BI
SQL
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial, Economics, Statistics, or related field
  • 7+ years of relevant experience
  • FCAS or career ACAS
  • Knowledge of the insurance industry, ideally the specialty, commercial, and/or reinsurance sectors
  • Demonstrated working knowledge of reserving and risk analytics
  • Proficient with data manipulation, modeling, and visualization tools (e.g., SQL, Alteryx, MS Office, Power BI)
  • Strong business attitude, including written/verbal communication and time management skills
  • Detail-oriented, with strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • Proven ability to balance multiple projects, timelines, and stakeholders with support of leader
  • Highly motivated, with the ability to work effectively independently and within a team
  • Willingness to get involved at all levels and aspects of the process as necessary
  • Ability to work collaboratively with non-technical, senior insurance professionals
Responsibilities
  • Lead the profitability analyses using traditional reserving methods for numerous business units, including start-to-finish scheduled analyses, reporting of results to management teams, support during strategy determination, and fulfilment of ad hoc requests & deep-dive analyses
  • Contribute to components of actuarial analytical evolution, which may include but are not limited to range analysis, large loss modeling, portfolio optimization, trend analytics, and industry benchmarking
  • Partner with actuarial pricing and UW management teams on SWOT analysis for business written
  • Create ad hoc reports, analyses, and data sets to identify and solve business problems
  • Be a champion of risk awareness and contribute to a sound risk awareness culture across Ryan Specialty
  • Help guide the actuarial Development & Operations team and the Claims Analytics Lead toward the successful implementation of a claim data process, the expansion of end-user reporting tools and self-serve dashboards, and the establishment of claim product monitoring metrics
  • Regularly communicate with and support insurance partners and their actuarial staff
  • Define compelling business arguments to elicit change on future or existing actuarial issues

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Chicago, Illinois

Founded

2010

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Acquisitions like Castel Underwriting enhance Ryan Specialty's competitive edge in specialty insurance.
  • Financial optimization through loan repricing improves profitability and investment capacity.
  • Expansion in Chicago reflects scaling operations to increase market share.

What critics are saying

  • Integration of multiple acquisitions may pose operational challenges and distract management.
  • Rising interest rates could impact the cost of capital and borrowing.
  • Expansion into new office space may lead to increased operational costs and inefficiencies.

What makes Ryan Specialty unique

  • Ryan Specialty focuses on strategic acquisitions to expand product offerings and geographical reach.
  • The company successfully repriced its term loan, reducing annual cash interest expenses.
  • Ryan Specialty plans to expand into new office space in Chicago, supporting operational growth.

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Benefits

Paid Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Mental Health Support

Company News

Business Wire
Jan 8th, 2025
Ryan Specialty Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Velocity Risk Underwriters

Ryan Specialty (NYSE: RYAN), a leading international specialty insurance firm, is pleased to announce it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire

Coverage
Nov 5th, 2024
Ryan Specialty completes acquisition of Innovisk Capital Partners

Innovisk generated approximately $58 million of operating revenue for the 12 months ended July 31, 2024.

Business Wire
Sep 9th, 2024
Ryan Specialty, LLC Upsizes and Prices $600 Million of Senior Secured Notes

Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: RYAN) (“Ryan Specialty”), a leading international specialty insurance firm, today announced that Ryan Specialty,

Business Wire
Aug 2nd, 2024
Ryan Specialty Signs Definitive Agreement To Acquire US Assure

Ryan Specialty (NYSE: RYAN), a leading international specialty insurance intermediary, is pleased to announce it has signed a definitive agreement to

Stock Titan
May 1st, 2024
Ryan Specialty Acquires Castel Underwriting

Ryan Specialty, an international specialty insurance firm, has completed the acquisition of Castel Underwriting Agencies, a Managing General Underwriting platform. This acquisition brings new products and facilities to Ryan Specialty, expanding its offerings to clients and trading partners. The enhanced leadership team aims to accelerate the formation of new entities in the region. No financial details of the acquisition were disclosed.