Manager, Actuarial and Analytics Reserving

Travelers • Hartford, CT

17h

About The Position

Travelers Bond & Specialty Insurance (B&SI) is looking for a skilled actuarial practitioner to join our reserving team as a manager responsible for reserving, loss analytics, and related support for our Private Non-Profit business unit. You will also have a leading role in reserving process improvement and innovation across all B&SI lines of business including surety, management and professional liability, and other commercial property and casualty products. This includes being on the cutting edge of reserve analytics with B&SI’s claim level reserve model and additional opportunities for advanced analytics.
In this role, you will develop both your analytical and leadership skills to provide well-reasoned reserving recommendations and influence important business decisions. You will be working closely with the Pricing, Underwriting, and Claims teams to learn the business and communicate your findings and recommendations. Effective communication will be required as you build partnerships with senior management and other business partners throughout B&SI and the enterprise. This position does not manage any direct reports at this time.
Actuarial credentials are not required for candidates with relevant experience and no prior experience with management liability is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• 2 years of experience in quantitative analysis.

Nice To Haves

• College degree in STEM related field.
• Associate Actuarial Credential.
• Strong PC skills (MS Office) and programming skills (eg. SQL, SAS).
• 4+ years of quantitative analysis experience.
• Strong understanding of insurance products and industry.
• Demonstrated ability in actuarial and quantitative analysis and statistical concepts.
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects.
• Leadership: Take ownership of assigned projects and meetings, make recommendations and presents results to business partners. Proficient in Leading Self, exhibiting self-awareness while also effectively managing ambiguity. Initial development of Leading Others, including mentoring/training team members. Initial development of Leading the Business, including actively supporting business goals and being a positive member of the Enterprise culture.
• Business Acumen: Has an in-depth understanding and knowledge of a few basic business drivers and disciplines such as: underwriting, products, reinsurance, distribution, sales, operations, risk control, claim, and financials. Able to effectively utilize this business knowledge in developing analytic solutions. Has a foundational perspective of the primary industry and developing trends such as: technology, analytic methodology, products and performance of competitors. Is familiar with a couple other key business drivers and disciplines.
• Relationship Management: Proactively build and own professional business relationships across the BI&AA community across the Enterprise. Generate and solicit ideas, and begin to build consensus with guidance. Aware of potential conflict and begins to addresses with guidance. Begin to set and manage expectations with business partners for small projects.
• Quantitative Analysis: Evaluate and use appropriate data, tools and methods. Able to perform analytics independently, can effectively plan next steps within analyses with little oversight. May perform technical review of team work product. Able to contribute on more complex analytical work with guidance.

Responsibilities

• Participate in a lead role in the successful execution and completion of assigned strategic initiatives and projects.
• Develop solutions to resolve challenges of an initiative.
• Propose change and innovation in order to improve project team performance and timelines.
• Independently perform actuarial and analytic analyses to solve business problems and apply judgment appropriately.
• Support and drive components of unit initiatives.
• Begin to support broad department initiatives.
• Take accountability for process efficiencies within assignments.
• Begin to make proposals in accordance with department practices.
• Provide support as necessary for initiatives across the Enterprise within the scope of influence.
• Communicates analysis, project results, and other business initiatives to peers and business partners.
• Communicates technical topics to non-technical audience within the primary working group with guidance from manager.
• Actively participates and may lead group discussions at the unit level.
• Creates formal written communication such as memos or presentations with guidance and peer review.
• Networks and collaborates on ideas and challenges.
• Retention and development of assigned staff.
• Execute and communicate talent development processes, including performance and personal development goals.
• Talent assessment recommendations.
• Performance management.
• Mentor less experienced talent across the Enterprise.
• Onboard new employees and interns in unit.
• Support various training and skill development initiatives across assigned Segment and the Enterprise.
• May provide support for recruiting efforts and candidate talent assessment efforts.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health Insurance : Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners, and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
• Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum. If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.
• Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
• Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.
• Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees