Director, Actuary; Specialty Lines

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Serve as a Trusted Advisor to CUO and leadership team on product innovation and individual large account pricing/risk assessment. Oversee and establish clear and efficient processes on individual large account pricing with close UW partnership. Lead the development and maintenance of pricing models across all specialty insurance segments, leveraging a deep understanding of the E&S, and admitted insurance marketplace to ensure technical accuracy and commercial competitiveness.

Partner cross-functionally to launch new products with agility and scalability. Analyze both existing and new data sources, including proprietary data and data from third-party providers, to identify trends, assess risk, and develop new product opportunities. Anticipate market trends and emerging risks, strategically identify opportunities to develop new solutions or adjust pricing, products, and underwriting support strategies. Act as the leading actuarial business expert for specialty to establish actuarial methodologies, data analysis, and performance monitoring.

Continuously improve on processes to improve accuracy and efficiency of models in addition to ways of working cross-functionally.

Oversee portfolio performance reviews for all specialty lines, analyzing rate adequacy, loss ratio trends, and segment profitability. Drive segmentation strategies to identify growth and remediation opportunities across geographies, industries, and distribution channels. Advise leadership on underwriting appetite and capital allocation based on actuarial insights and risk‑adjusted returns. Partner closely with Underwriting, Claims and other stakeholders to ensure risks are properly evaluated and managed.

Collaborate with reserving actuaries and finance to ensure adequate and defensible loss reserves. Provide input on quarterly loss ratio projections, planning assumptions, and capital models. Support statutory and GAAP reporting, audit processes, and regulatory inquiries related to actuarial estimates.

Support structuring and evaluation of reinsurance programs in collaboration with Chief Underwriting Officer and Business Unit Leaders. Effectively simulate and model retention levels, layer structures, and catastrophe exposures to inform optimal risk transfer strategies. Analyze historical experience to inform negotiation strategy and reinsurer engagement.

Establish strategic vision, direction, and operating models within the Actuarial department for ICW Specialty. Build a high‑performing team of actuaries supporting pricing, reserving, and modeling functions across all specialty lines. Coach and mentor Actuarial talent to motivate high performance and develop new skills. Foster a culture of analytical rigor, innovation, collaboration, and proactive risk assessment. Drive collaboration with underwriting, claims, finance, and operations to support enterprise decision‑making.