Senior R&D Actuary - Mortality & Lapse Analytics Lead

Swiss Re; Kansas City (MO); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 244,000; Full time

Job summary

Swiss Re is seeking a Senior Research & Development (R&D) Actuary to lead the development of mortality and lapse assumptions for life insurance products, influencing pricing, product development, and portfolio management across US and Canada markets.

You will translate complex experience data into actionable insights, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure governance-compliant documentation of methods.

Qualifications

• Fellowship with the Society of Actuaries and 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.
• Ability to translate complex analytical findings into clear business recommendations.
• Strong communication skills to present to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead experience analysis initiatives to monitor population and insured life trends across direct insurance and reinsurance portfolios.
• Develop key assumptions for mortality and lapse rates used in new business costing, in-force management opportunities, and business valuation.
• Analyze complex data sets to identify underlying drivers of mortality and lapse, including policyholder behavior, product characteristics, and underwriting methods.
• Create innovative tools and analytics to enhance monitoring methods and improve assumption accuracy.
• Stay current with industry research and publications to continuously refine our methodologies.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with US market units, Risk Management, In-force Optimization, and Portfolio Steering & Monitoring teams.
• Present findings internally to educate colleagues and externally to clients, potentially at industry events and special client meetings.
• Document thoroughly all assumption development processes in compliance with corporate governance standards.
• Ensure alignment between developed assumptions and their implementation in models to prevent unexpected errors.

Education

Fellowship with the Society of Actuaries

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 is seeking a Senior Research & Development (R&D) Actuary to lead the development of mortality and lapse assumptions for life insurance products, influencing pricing, product development, and portfolio management across US and Canada markets.

You will translate complex experience data into actionable insights, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure governance-compliant documentation of methods.