Senior R&D Actuary - Mortality & Lapse Analytics

Swiss Re; Alpharetta (GA); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Swiss Re in North America seeks a Senior Research & Development (R&D) Actuary to develop mortality and lapse assumptions, translating experience data into actionable insights for product development, pricing, and portfolio management across US and Canada.

The role blends traditional actuarial science with advanced analytics, requiring SOA fellowship, 7+ years of experience, strong communication, and the ability to present findings to stakeholders and clients.

Qualifications

• Fellowship with the Society of Actuaries with 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, or related field with demonstrated mathematical and analytical abilities.
• Experience in mortality and lapse assumption development for life insurance products.
• Proven ability to translate complex analytical findings into clear business recommendations.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present effectively to various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead experience analysis initiatives across direct insurance and reinsurance portfolios.
• Develop key mortality and lapse rate assumptions for costing and valuation.
• Analyze data to identify drivers of mortality and lapse.
• Create tools to enhance monitoring and improve assumption accuracy.
• Stay current with industry research and publications.
• Collaborate with US market units, Risk Management, In-force Optimization, Portfolio Steering and Monitoring teams.
• Present findings to colleagues and clients, potentially at industry events.
• Document assumption development processes in governance standards.
• Ensure alignment between developed assumptions and their implementation in models.

Skills

Strong communication

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Presentation skills

Education

SOA Fellowship

Bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, or related field

Tools

Excel

Visual Basic

R

Python

SAS

AXIS

ICE

Stargate

Job description

Swiss Re in North America seeks a Senior Research & Development (R&D) Actuary to develop mortality and lapse assumptions, translating experience data into actionable insights for product development, pricing, and portfolio management across US and Canada.

The role blends traditional actuarial science with advanced analytics, requiring SOA fellowship, 7+ years of experience, strong communication, and the ability to present findings to stakeholders and clients.