Specialist Actuary, AFR

AXA XL; New York (NY); On-site; USD 113,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

AXA XL in the United States seeks a Reserving Actuary to interface with underwriting, pricing, claims, operations, reinsurance, and IT. You will develop forward-looking reserve insights and support strategic initiatives across NAIG, driving reserve adequacy in multiple lines of business.

You will partner with finance, underwriting, and actuarial teams worldwide, delivering reports and models while staying current with market trends and reserving methods.

Qualifications

• Actuarial experience in property/casualty insurance or reinsurance.
• FCAS or seasoned ACAS.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, or related field.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with clients of varying actuarial knowledge.
• Strong time management and ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and collaboration within a team.
• Robust analytical skills and proficiency with business productivity software.
• Advanced Excel and MS Office skills for data extraction and reporting.
• Experience with reserving methods and data modeling.
• Ability to hit the ground running and ask questions to develop solutions.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the development of reserve indications and reviewing reserve performance.
• Performing deep-dive analytics to develop forward-looking recommendations for senior leadership.
• Building relationships with finance and underwriting as a consultative partner.
• Supporting strategic actuarial initiatives with insightful business intelligence.
• Preparing actuarial reports and exhibits on unit results to focus resources on risks.
• Collaborating with actuarial and financial teams globally.
• Staying current with trends in assigned functional areas.

Skills

Actuarial experience

FCAS/ACAS

Communication skills

Excel & Office

Data analysis

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, or related field

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

At AXA XL, our Reserving Actuaries have the unique opportunity to interface globally with varied business teams including underwriting, pricing, claims, operations, reinsurance, and information technology. Using your focused technical knowledge, in direct coordination with our teams of experienced actuaries and underwriters, you will develop a robust understanding of the diverse markets served by the North America Insurance Business Group at AXA XL.

By digging deep into the business and providing forward-looking insights, you will have a direct impact on strategic business initiatives. Using market leading analytical tools, you will ensure that approaches and trends in ratemaking, planning, and forecasting result in reserve adequacy across varied commercial lines of business. While each day and situation bring new challenges, our reserving actuaries effectively develop solutions to complex problems by taking ownership of the reserving process ensuring AXA XL can meet financial obligations.

Through your reserving initiatives in multiple growth segments, you will be task-focused on providing insightful business intelligence, providing oversight on global reserving initiatives to enable AXA XL to react more quickly to emerging trends within the market.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Supporting the development of reserve indications while proactively evaluating and retrospectively reviewing reserve performance.
• Performing deep-dive analytics to develop forward-looking recommendations for senior leadership.
• Building effective relationships with key stakeholders / business partners in finance and underwriting by acting as a consultative business partner in influencing business decisions.
• Supporting strategic actuarial initiatives by providing insightful business intelligence.
• Preparing actuarial reports and exhibits on business unit results to concentrate resources on emerging risk areas.
• Collaborating with actuarial and other financial teams around the globe.
• Staying abreast of current trends and developments in assigned functional areas.

What You Will BRING

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Required Skills And Abilities

• Actuarial work experience within the property and casualty insurance or reinsurance industry.
• FCAS or seasoned ACAS.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, or related field.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate clearly and concisely with internal and external clients who have varying levels of actuarial knowledge.
• Excellent time management skills, including the ability to handle multiple simultaneous tasks.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, especially the ability to work well within our collaborative team environment.
• Robust analytical and research skills with the ability to use a wide variety of business productivity software.
• Outstanding Excel and Microsoft Office skills for data extraction, manipulation, reporting, documentation, and presentations.
• Experience with reserving methods and tools to structure, access, and manage data sets for modeling and managing risk.
• Ability to hit the ground running yet comfortable asking questions to develop business knowledge and effective solutions.

Who WE Are

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.

Learn more at axaxl.com

What We OFFER

Inclusion

At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and enables business growth and is critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most inclusive workforce possible, and create a culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential.

It’s about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.

• Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
• Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
• Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits
• Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
• Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter

Learn more at Inclusion & Diversity at AXA XL | AXA XL. AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Total Rewards

AXA XL’s Reward program is designed to take care of what matters most to you, covering the full picture of your health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial security. It provides enterprising compensation and personalized, inclusive benefits that evolve as you do.

We’re committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.

Sustainability

At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our 2023-26 Sustainability strategy, called “Roots of resilience”, focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.

Our Pillars

• Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society – are essential to our future. We’re committed to protecting and restoring nature – from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard – by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
• Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far-reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We're building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.
• Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. We’re training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.
• AXA Hearts in Action: We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as AXA XL’s “Hearts in Action” programs. These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day – the Global Day of Giving.

For more information, please see Sustainability at AXA XL.

Applicants for this role must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

The U.S. base salary range for this position is USD $112,700 - $177,600.

Actual pay will be determined based upon the individual’s skills, experience and location. We strive for market alignment and internal equity with our colleagues’ pay.

At AXA XL, we know how important physical, mental, and financial health are to our employees, which is why we are proud to offer benefits such as an enterprising retirement savings plan, health and wellness programs, and many other benefits. We also believe in fostering our colleagues' development and offer a wide range of learning opportunities for colleagues to hone their professional skills and to position themselves for the next step of their careers. For more details about AXA XL’s benefits offerings, please visit US Benefits at a Glance 2026.