[Hiring] Senior Vice President, Chief Actuary @CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer

Role Description

The Senior Vice President, Chief Actuary is the enterprise leader for actuarial strategy, judgment, and execution across pricing, reserving, claims analytics, and pricing design. The role serves as an Appointed Actuary for the organization’s personal and commercial lines businesses and is accountable for providing an independent view of reserve adequacy, advancing rate adequacy and profitable growth, and translating emerging loss, competitive, regulatory, and market dynamics into clear enterprise action.

This executive leads the actuarial function supporting a multibillion-dollar personal lines portfolio across 23 states and the District of Columbia and a national commercial lines portfolio through Mobilitas. The role leads enterprise pricing and reserving governance, regularly engages the Board, CEO, and Executive Leadership Team, and partners closely with various departments.

Success requires a combination of deep actuarial expertise, commercial judgment, enterprise leadership, and the ability to communicate complex analysis in clear business terms.

Key Accountabilities

• Enterprise Actuarial Strategy and Leadership
  • Sets the vision, strategy, and three- to five-year roadmap for the actuarial function.
  • Provides an integrated actuarial perspective across various domains.
  • Leads enterprise pricing and reserving committees.
  • Establishes clear performance measures for actuarial quality.
• Reserving and Appointed Actuary Responsibilities
  • Serves as Appointed Actuary for personal and commercial lines.
  • Owns the reserving strategy, governance, methods, and documentation.
  • Ensures management understands reserve uncertainty and key sensitivities.
  • Partners with various departments to maintain a credible view of liabilities.
• Pricing, Product, and Portfolio Economics
  • Develops the enterprise pricing strategy.
  • Leads the design and development of pricing algorithms.
  • Creates a strong competitive intelligence capability.
  • Ensures in-market pricing plans are actively monitored.
• Claims Analytics, Loss Trends, and Financial Forecasting
  • Builds an integrated view of loss-cost drivers.
  • Leads claims analytics to improve outcomes.
  • Produces credible loss ratio forecasts.
  • Creates mechanisms to detect and communicate emerging trends.
• Commercial Lines Actuarial Leadership
  • Serves as Chief Actuary for Mobilitas.
  • Develops actuarial views for complex commercial exposures.
  • Supports evaluation and management of new products.
  • Builds a scalable commercial actuarial operating model.
• Advancing Actuarial in the Age of AI
  • Defines and executes an actuarial AI strategy.
  • Modernizes the actuarial toolset and operating model.
  • Establishes governance for AI-enabled actuarial models.
  • Redesigns work to allow actuaries to focus on judgment and analysis.
• Governance, Regulatory, and External Leadership
  • Maintains high standards of actuarial governance.
  • Ensures compliance with applicable standards and regulations.
  • Communicates with various stakeholders.
  • Represents the organization on external boards and forums.
• Talent, Organization, and Culture
  • Builds a high-performing actuarial organization.
  • Creates a culture of analytical curiosity and professional integrity.
  • Develops capabilities across the team.
  • Maintains a strong actuarial talent pipeline.

Qualifications

• Mastery of core property and casualty actuarial disciplines.
• Deep understanding of personal and commercial lines economics.
• Strong business judgment and ability to balance various factors.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity.
• Executive presence and exceptional communication skills.
• Strong relationship and collaboration skills.
• Modern data, technology, and AI literacy.
• Proven change leadership capability.
• High professional integrity and commitment to ethical practice.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field.
• Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society (FCAS).
• Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA).
• Meets U.S. Qualification Standards for the Appointed Actuary role.

Experience

• At least 15 years in the property and casualty insurance industry.
• 5+ years of leading teams or enterprise-wide programs.
• Extensive experience in pricing, reserving, and portfolio management.
• Demonstrated success advising executive leadership.
• Proven experience leading high-performing teams.
• Experience modernizing actuarial capabilities.

Benefits

• Total compensation package and annual bonus eligibility.
• 401(k) with a company match.
• Career growth opportunities.
• Flexible workplace culture.
• Commitment to inclusion and belonging.
• Sustainability initiatives.