R&D Actuary — Mortality & Lapse Analytics Lead (Hybrid)

Swiss Re; Windsor (CT); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Remote work option for exceptional候

Job summary

Swiss Re is seeking an experienced Senior R&D Actuary in the US market to drive mortality and lapse assumption development for life insurance products. You will transform experience data into actionable insights for pricing, product development, and portfolio management across US and Canada.

You will lead cross-functional teams, stay current with industry research, and present findings to clients and stakeholders while maintaining governance standards.

Qualifications

• Fellowship with the Society of Actuaries with 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, or related field.
• Experience in mortality and lapse assumption development for life insurance products.

Responsibilities

• Lead experience analysis to monitor trends across portfolios.
• Develop mortality and lapse assumptions for pricing and valuation.
• Translate analytical findings into clear business recommendations.
• Create tools to enhance monitoring and improve assumption accuracy.
• Collaborate with US and cross-functional teams.
• Present findings to internal stakeholders and at client meetings.
• Document assumption development in governance compliant ways.
• Ensure alignment between assumptions and model implementations.

Skills

SOA Fellowship

Mortality experience

Data interpretation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's in math/stats/actuarial

Tools

Excel

R

Python

SAS

AXIS

Job description

Swiss Re is seeking an experienced Senior R&D Actuary in the US market to drive mortality and lapse assumption development for life insurance products. You will transform experience data into actionable insights for pricing, product development, and portfolio management across US and Canada.

You will lead cross-functional teams, stay current with industry research, and present findings to clients and stakeholders while maintaining governance standards.