Actuarial Analyst | Underwriting Assistant
Role Overview
Full-time Actuarial Analyst | Underwriting Assistant role supporting actuarial analysis, risk assessment, underwriting activities, and insurance portfolio management.
Works with actuarial, underwriting, claims, and business teams to evaluate risks, analyze data, and support insurance decisions. The posting describes the level as entry to mid-level.
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Role overview
Full-time Actuarial Analyst | Underwriting Assistant role supporting actuarial analysis, risk assessment, underwriting activities, and insurance portfolio management.
Works with actuarial, underwriting, claims, and business teams to evaluate risks, analyze data, and support insurance decisions. The posting describes the level as entry to mid-level.
Responsibilities
- Analyze insurance data; assist with risk assessment and evaluation of new and existing insurance business.
- Review applications, customer information, claims history, and policy documentation; assist underwriters with risk characteristics, coverage, terms, limits, deductibles, and classifications.
- Collect, clean, validate, and organize data; support data quality and analytical accuracy.
- Perform statistical and financial analysis; support pricing, rate reviews, profitability, forecasting, projections, and scenario analysis.
- Prepare models, spreadsheets, reports, summaries, and dashboards; analyze loss ratios, claims, portfolio performance, exposure, and concentration risk.
- Monitor underwriting results and emerging trends; research markets, industry developments, competitors, and insurance products.
- Support underwriting recommendations, renewals, product development, portfolio optimization, and process improvement or workflow automation.
- Maintain underwriting and analysis records, coordinate missing information, comply with policies and regulations, and collaborate across business functions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Insurance, or a related discipline.
- Prior experience in actuarial analysis, underwriting support, insurance operations, or risk analysis is preferred.
- Strong mathematical, statistical, analytical, numerical, and problem-solving abilities; ability to analyze large datasets and explain business insights.
- Good understanding of insurance principles, risk assessment, and underwriting processes; familiarity with actuarial concepts, pricing, claims analysis, and portfolio performance.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, data analysis, and reporting.
- SQL, R, Python, SAS, or similar analytical tools are an advantage.
- Actuarial exam progress, insurance certifications, and experience with insurance systems, underwriting platforms, or actuarial software are advantageous.
- Strong communication, organization, attention to detail, teamwork, and confidentiality when handling customer, policy, and financial information.
What the employer offers
- Competitive salary and comprehensive employee benefits; no salary amount or pay cadence is specified.
- Training, professional learning, and support for actuarial development and examination progression.
- Exposure to pricing, risk assessment, claims analytics, portfolio management, and data analytics projects.
- Collaborative work with experienced actuaries and underwriters, with career progression opportunities in actuarial, underwriting, risk, and insurance functions.
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