Actuarial Specialist, E&S Brokerage

Nationwide•Columbus, OH

2d•$88,000 - $164,000•Remote

About The Position

The Excess & Surplus (E&S) Brokerage team provides specialized insurance solutions for complex, hard‑to‑place risks that fall outside the standard market. This segment is unique, serving wholesale brokers and focusing on tailored coverage for larger, more complex primary and excess accounts across various industries. Our pricing team is a strategic partner to Underwriting and Finance, helping transform E&S Brokerage into a more disciplined, data‑driven planning unit known for its consistent appetite, thoughtful use of capacity, and strong portfolio performance over time. Our Property and Casualty (P&C) Actuarial team members have opportunities to use state-of-the-art tools, are encouraged to innovate and learn to master actuarial methodologies. As an Actuarial Specialist, you’ll gain a more thorough knowledge of our actuarial functions for our P&C products. You’ll also perform increasingly complex mathematical and quantitative actuarial analyses that are crucial to the success of Nationwide and the protection we provide to our customers. This position has the opportunity to be a part of the P&C Actuarial Rotation Program, which will give you the potential opportunity to work on various actuarial, analytics, and risk management teams to learn and develop across different actuarial functions. Should you choose to participate in the program, you will participate in two to three rotations of two years each. Full program details will be provided to you upon your start date.

Requirements

Property & casualty actuarial experience (generally 3+ years) in pricing function
ACAS credential, with demonstrated commitment to continued credential advancement.
Technical proficiency with Excel and at least one programming or statistical tool commonly used in actuarial work (e.g., SQL, R, Python, or similar)
Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, data science or similar background requiring modeling, programming or quantitative analysis.
Generally, has passed four or more actuarial exams and is actively enrolled into the Actuarial Student Program.
Generally, three or more years of actuarial experience.
General knowledge of actuarial business functions, statistical methods of analysis, actuarial models, actuarial software and databases.
Proficient in Microsoft Office products, analytical software and programming languages.
Should have basic competencies including business understanding, problem solving, customer focus, dealing with ambiguity, drive for results and learning ability.

Nice To Haves

experience with E&S, wholesale brokerage, individual loss rating, construction, or casualty/liability is a plus.
experience building or maintaining pricing tools, dashboards, Databricks jobs, or models is highly valued.
Strong business partnering skills: comfortable working directly with underwriters, finance, and leadership; asking insightful questions and constructively challenging assumptions as needed.

Responsibilities

Develop, enhance, and maintain pricing tools and portfolio views used by underwriters to evaluate complex individual‑risk brokerage submissions and larger account deals.
Perform rate and profitability analyses by segment (e.g., construction, casualty, property), identifying trends in loss experience, rate adequacy, and mix of business to inform underwriting strategy and capital allocation.
Work hands‑on with E&S data, combining actuarial rigor with judgment to propose pricing recommendations that balance our annual growth and profitability goals.
Serve as a go‑to resource for ad‑hoc pricing and portfolio questions on the E&S Brokerage book, helping leadership respond quickly to market changes and broker feedback.
Collaborating with various business partners (e.g., Underwriting, Finance, Product, etc.)
Continues to develop deeper knowledge of actuarial methodologies, allowing the ability to source and manipulate more complex data within standard requirements.
Conducts analyses that adhere to actuarial standards by selecting appropriate data sources and making assumptions to develop recommendations.
Notes and suggests potential resolution to any unreasonable results and reports to leader.
Accurately documents assumptions, methods, sources, and considerations in an organized fashion.
Prepares and presents actuarial findings and documents that are suitable for technical and non-technical audiences.
Adheres to assigned work schedule to ensure timely completion of individual tasks and group projects.
Notifies leadership anticipating of any possible missed deadlines and possible impact.
Performs peer reviews to increase collaboration, ensure quality work, and drive innovation.
Continues to develop business relationships across PC multi-channel finance.
Begin developing relationships in other areas of finance to gain business acumen
Assists with onboarding and training new associates on standard work processes.
Uses data mining techniques to identify new relationships in data.
Gains understanding and the ability to build models in different software packages.
Explores the use of new software packages.
Has basic knowledge of predictive modeling.
May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Benefits

medical/dental/vision
life insurance
short and long term disability coverage
paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date
nine paid holidays
8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
401(k) with company match
company-paid pension plan
business casual attire