Assistant Actuary (Health)

The world isn’t standing still, and neither is Allstate. We’re moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking bold steps to better serve customers’ evolving needs. That’s why now is an exciting time to join our team. You’ll have opportunities to take risks, challenge the status quo and shape the future for the greater good.

You’ll do all this in an environment of excellence and the highest ethical standards – a place where values such as integrity, inclusive diversity and accountability are paramount. We empower every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live. Our people are our greatest strength, and we work as one team in service of our customers and communities.

Everything we do at Allstate is driven by a shared purpose: to protect people from life’s uncertainties so they can realize their hopes and dreams. For more than 89 years we’ve thrived by staying a step ahead of whatever’s coming next – to give customers peace of mind no matter what changes they face. We acted with conviction to advocate for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws. We help give survivors of domestic violence a voice through financial empowerment. We’ve been an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, digital photo claims and, more recently, device and identity protection.

We are the Good Hands. We don’t follow the trends. We set them.

Job Summary:

The Voluntary Health Assistant Actuary is responsible for executing and/or managing projects in support of pricing insurance business utilizing accepted actuarial and statistical standards, methodologies and knowledge. This role works closely with management and key business partners to develop and execute appropriate pricing, modeling and product strategies of moderate to high complexity to support business goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Uses best practices to lead/perform highly complex, high impact analyses, using creative actuarial, statistical and/or predictive modeling techniques, including proper documentation and evaluation, as appropriate to inform business decisions
• Provides thought and/or technical leadership, including contributions to improvement, development and innovation, and often serves as a subject matter expert
• Plans, implements, manages, and/or contributes on projects that are moderate to high complexity and are of moderate scale using accepted project management standards, with no guidance
• Reviews, evaluates and communicates appropriateness of actuarial/modeling techniques and results to team and leadership that are well understood and influence business decisions
• Responsible for selecting, reviewing, using and ensuring quality of data used to perform moderate to highly complex actuarial and statistical services and determination of appropriate tool utilization; ensures compliance with SOA Standards of Practice and Statement of Principles
• Leverages understanding of insurance business, products, markets and regulatory environment to influence pricing/reserving/modeling strategies and business decisions
• Mentor and/or supervise less experienced talent

Education and Experience:

• 4 year Bachelors Degree (Preferred)
• 5 or more years of experience (Preferred)
• In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• ASA Designation (Preferred)
• CERA (Preferred)

Functional Skills:

• Advanced knowledge in the use and ability to learn a wide variety of tools, data sources and computer applications
• Advanced communication skills, including the ability to present written and verbal interpretations of highly specialized terms and data
• Experience in leading the development/application of predictive models as well as evaluating models
• Ability to code in one or more programming languages and manipulate large, complex data sets
• Advanced product, price, risk management and insurance regulation knowledge, including professional standards of actuarial/statistical techniques
• Advanced project management skills to independently handle multiple project of high complexity, including managing the project work of others
• Manage people/projects in a team environment, including ability to train, develop and mentor analysts

Notes:

The preceding description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities. May be required to perform other related duties as assigned. Regular, predictable attendance is an essential function of this job.

Compensation offered for this role is $118,000.00-$161,500.00 per year and is based on experience and qualifications.

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.

Good Work. Good Life. Good Hands®.

As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide a competitive salary – but that’s just the beginning. Our Total Rewards package also offers benefits like tuition assistance, medical and dental insurance, as well as a robust pension and 401(k). Plus, you’ll have access to a wide variety of programs to help you balance your work and personal life — including a generous paid time off policy.

Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.