Job Description

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 flexible 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 Actuarial Analyst – Pricing role is critical to supporting the actuarial pricing strategy at Argo.  We seek an individual that can support business partners regarding optimization of the portfolio. Our expectation is for continuous development of actuarial skills towards working independently, problem-solving issues and bringing fresh ideas for improvements to the team. The role will work hybrid (no less than three days per week on-site) at one of our following offices: San Antonio, TX, Chicago, IL and New York City, NY.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Work in a team environment with underwriting, claims, financial, IT, digital and marketing professionals.
Data work in R, Python, SQL, Excel and PowerBI including data cleansing/manipulation, EDA and model building.
Support a full range of actuarial and financial analysis to quantify performance including predictive modeling.
Work closely with business partners at managing actuary’s direction to provide ways to improve portfolio performance.
Support evaluation of new business opportunities and/or programs and share recommendations with business partners.
Participate in loss ratio planning and reforecast process on a quarterly basis including rate change, loss trend, mix shift and non-rate actions.
Explore and become proficient in new tools to drive efficiency and refine existing workflows.
Create and automate datasets and reports for actuarial analysis.
Complete rate filings, where applicable.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics, Actuarial Science or Finance related. 3+ exams in current pursuit of ACAS or equivalent experience.
2+ years of actuarial experience, preferably with commercial lines.  Professional Lines experience is viewed as a plus.
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 collaborative product. 
Ability to support concurrent projects.
Polished and professional written and verbal communication skills.
Must be detail-oriented and able to quickly evaluate accuracy of information.
Proficient PC skills developed through extensive use of Windows and Microsoft Office Suite (particularly Excel, Outlook, and Word).
Predictive modeling experience a plus.
Rate filing experience a plus.
Creative and flexible mentality.