AVP Corporate Actuarial (Hybrid)

Grange Insurance Company; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Grange Insurance Company in Columbus, OH, seeks a senior actuarial leader to evolve the Corporate Actuarial function. You will oversee Loss Reserving and Claims Actuarial, collaborate with Capital Management, and provide strategic recommendations to executives.

The role emphasizes staff development, governance, and cross‑functional partnership, with flexibility for hybrid/remote work and a strong emphasis on actuarial standards and performance.

Qualifications

• ACAS is required; FCAS is preferred.
• Minimum of ten years of actuarial experience.
• Three or more years of managerial leadership experience.
• Pricing experience in Personal and/or Commercial Lines; E&S and reinsurance exposure preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish and evolve the strategic direction of the Corporate Actuarial function.
• Oversee Loss Reserving, Claims Actuarial, and related actuarial activities; coordinate with Capital Management.
• Ensure reserve analysis adheres to Actuarial Standards of Practice and provide executive insights.
• Develop staff through coaching, performance feedback, and development plans.

Skills

ACAS

Leadership

Analytical

Communication

Pricing experience

Education

ACAS

FCAS preferred

Job description

Summary:

This role is responsible for evolving the Corporate Actuarial function. Oversees Loss Reserving and Claims Actuarial functions, while also overseeing other cross-departmental functions such as Actuarial Studies Team and Capital Management. Serves as the Actuarial liaison to various functional areas. Presents recommendations to management. Ensures that work adheres to actuarial principles and internal policies/standards. Train, coach and develop staff.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Responsible for establishing and evolving the strategic direction of the Corporate Actuarial function.
• Oversee and lead various non-pricing functions within Actuarial. This includes Loss Reserving and Claims Actuarial and may include other functions such as Actuarial Studies and Capital Management.
• Ensure the reserve analysis adheres to Actuarial Standards of Practice.
• Partner with Claims leaders to provide analytical support and interpret Claims-related initiatives or trends, including being a part of the Claims Extended Leadership Team.
• Manage and/or consult on various capital and reinsurance related topics, such as capital adequacy models and analysis to support evaluation of capital position, risk transfer programs to align with risk appetite statements and capital constructs (economic, rating agency, regulatory), evaluation of business development opportunities including impact to economic capital and impact to financial statements, and development of enterprise risk appetite and tolerances.
• Manage and/or consult on other topics Actuarial in nature, such as accident year performance, loss planning support, actuarial best practices and modernization, and data coordination.
• Prepares presentations and may present technical topics and analysis to executive and Board audiences.
• Clearly communicates positioning on issues and interacts professionally with a diverse group, including executives, managers, subject matter experts and vendors.
• Collaborate with business partners and peers to ensure analyses, insights and results are effectively leveraged.
• Employ continuous improvement, automation, and innovation to increase efficiency of the Corporate Actuarial function.
• Develop staff through training, coaching, performance feedback, performance assessments and establishing development plans.
• Establish, communicate, and implement team plans, objectives, and strategies.
• Maintain actuarial continuing education requirements.

What You’ll Bring To The Company:

College degree with significant course work in a quantitative field such as math, statistics or actuarial science experience is required. ACAS is required, FCAS is preferred. Minimum of ten years of varied actuarial experience is preferred. Three or more years of managerial experience with proven leadership skills is required. Excellent analytical and organizational skills with the ability to balance strategic and tactical situations. Ability to use independent judgment to plan, prioritize and organize a diversified workload and manage competing priorities. Candidate must have an aptitude for critical thinking and problem resolution. Strong written and oral communication skills with ability to effectively explain complex ideas. Pricing experience in Personal and/or Commercial Lines is strongly desired. Commercial Lines experience is also desired especially in Commercial Specialty (E & S, Programs, etc.) as well as experience in Assumed Reinsurance.

About Us:

Grange Insurance Company, with $3.4 billion in assets and more than $1.61 billion in annual revenue, is an insurance provider founded in 1935 and based in Columbus, Ohio. Through its network of independent agents, Grange offers auto, home and business insurance protection. Grange Insurance Company and its affiliates serve policyholders in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin and holds an A.M. Best rating of "A" (Excellent).

Grange understands that life requires flexibility. We promote geographical diversity, allowing hybrid and remote options and flexibility in work hours (role dependent). In addition to competitive traditional benefits, Grange has also created unique benefits based on associate feedback, including a cultural appreciation holiday, family formation benefits, compassionate care leave and expanded categories of bereavement leave.

Who We Are:

Grange values all the things that make us unique as human beings. We are committed to creating and supporting a workforce that reflects the richness of our differences by welcoming all backgrounds, viewpoints and lived experiences. To foster an inclusive environment, we are intentional in bringing those differences together for the good of our enterprise, associates, agents, customers and community.

Our Associate Resource Groups help cultivate an inclusive workplace while providing professional and personal growth opportunities. Open to all associates, these voluntary groups celebrate shared experiences and perspectives across ethnicity and race, nationality, generation, gender identity and sexual orientation. Our groups include the Multicultural Professional Network, Pride Partnership & Allies, Women's Group and Young Professionals.

Established in 2016, our Inclusive Culture Council advances professional development, networking, business value and community outreach.Together, we create opportunities to learn from one another, encourage innovation and build a culture where everyone can contribute and grow.

Our commitment to inclusion is grounded in our core values: Be One Team, Deliver Excellence, Communicate Openly, Do the Right Thing and Solve Creatively for Tomorrow.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to maintaining a discrimination-free workplace in all aspects, terms and conditions of employment and welcome the unique contributions that you bring from education, opinions, culture, beliefs, race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, handicap, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, pregnancy, veteran status, and citizenship.

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