A leading P&C insurance carrier is seeking an Actuary to join their team. In this role you will support all product lines of insurance by accessing data, performing rate reviews, reserve analysis and other actuarial studies; preparing rate filings and responding to inquiries from regulatory departments; and working with accounting, external actuaries, consultants and auditors.

Requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Oversee and manage projects related to Pricing.
• Lead the ratemaking process and develop pricing indications so as to attain an underwriting profit.
• Perform various Pricing projects, including but not limited to quarterly rate adequacy reviews, internal rate indications, and analysis of internal and external data
• Support and develop Pricing tools, and advance Pricing methodology in terms of data capture and analysis.
• Lead the review of new product strategies, design, pricing, and implementation of rate changes.
• Price alternative structures as needed.
• Interact as needed with relevant regulatory authorities on filings. Testify as required in support of rate filings.
• Lead the review of new product strategies, design, pricing, and implementation of rate changes.
• Drive process improvements and provide insight to leadership from an actuarial perspective.
• Oversee the Reserving process and projects related to Reserving, including but not limited to quarterly reserve reviews and monthly IBNR roll forwards. 
• Lead the development of new Reserving tools, advance reserving methodology in terms of data capture and analysis and lead the design and implementation of new processes.
• Work with accounting, external actuaries, and auditors to provide accurate data, provide reconciliations and assist with calculations, resolve discrepancies and assist in any way necessary to assist in the completion of accurate financial statements with the Statement of Actuarial Opinion.
• Manage competing internal interests and workload with respect to data requirements, ratemaking, rate filings and product development.
• Provide data in support of actuarial, product and underwriting, and reserving initiatives.
• Perform data manipulation, analysis, and automation, including but not limited to data cleansing and automated reporting.
• Perform proper data validation and reconciliation exercises.
• Present results and conclusions of analysis to other departments and senior management.
• Keep up to date on the insurance environment, regulatory changes, social influences, and new actuarial and data methods. 
• Provide leadership on special projects related to ratemaking, reserving and financial analysis projects.

Education and/or Experience: 

• A Bachelor’s degree in actuarial science, mathematics, risk management or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of actuarial experience, with homeowners and commercial lines experience preferred
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Access, Excel, Work and Power Point.
• Strong data and programming experience in an insurance environment is desired.
• Proficient knowledge of SQL, MySQL, Oracle, or similar database languages is desired.
• Proficient knowledge of R, Python, VBA, or similar programming languages is desired.
• Advanced presentation skills.
• Project management skills.  Lead project teams.

Licenses and / or Certifications:

• Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society (ACAS) highly desired.
• Commitment to attain Fellowship in the Casualty Actuarial Society (FCAS) desired but not required.

Salary/Benefits

• $115K-$125K/year (based on experience)
• Annual Bonus
• PTO 
• Full Health Benefits 
• Location: Sarasota, FL

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A leading P&C insurance carrier is seeking a Director of Software Development to join their team. Responsible for closely working with business stakeholders across the company to understand, prioritize and assist in the production support of mission critical systems. In this role you will oversee a team of developers who architect, analyze, design, develop, integrate, test, implement and maintain a comprehensive system of applications critical to the daily operations.  The Director is accountable for the successful delivery of software deliverables and support for the organization.  This position is also responsible for the strategic development of the software architecture vision and leadership and all aspects of the development of the software.

Requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Develop and deliver a strategic technological vision and direction for the company’s system platform.
• Oversee the management of daily operations tasks necessary to maintain a high quality, reliable portfolio of applications.
• Oversee the vendor relationships for systems development and software that is maintained and/or developed by third parties.
• Oversee assigned software architectures ensuring long term maintainability, reliability, and extensibility.
• Research and approve new and existing technologies, evaluation of solutions alternatives, development of prototypes and generation of detailed technical requirements. 
• Develop and implement agile software development methodologies, best practices, and standards to achieve the highest product quality while continuously improving performance and the productivity of the organization.
• Define, deploy, and drive sustainable and repeatable process improvements through the entire life cycle.  Prioritize and manage resource allocation for the products based on changing business priorities and budget constraints.
• Participate in the prioritization and coordination of systems enhancements, including the coordination of enhancements affecting multiple systems with the organization.
• Manage the maintenance and presentation of the systems development roadmap, which provides the long-term vision for the Universal IT platforms.

Education and/or Experience: 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or similar. Masters Degree a plus
• 9+ years of experience in Software, Information Technology, Information Services or Similar
• 9+ years of experience in people management, leading teams, etc
• 6+ years of experience in programming languages such as C#, .NET, Java, SQL
• Advanced knowledge of SDLC including programming, design, servers, databases, problem solving, technical documentation, research required
• Experience with Insurance preferred
• Strong understanding of modern web development technologies in both front-end and back-end architectures using Javascript, .NET Visual Studio, Jquery, SQL Server, SSRS, SSIS
• Experience with code structure, design patterns, continuous integration, object-oriented development using MVC, Gitlabs
• Experience in web integration using Restful APIs, HTTP, JSON, SOAP, XML
• Expertise of Guidewire products- Policy Center, Claim Center, Billing Center 
• Experience integrating insurance policy administration systems such as Guidewire a plus
• Ability to manage and provide mentorship to developers, managers, data and business analysts 
• Experience architecting complex software solutions with a deep understanding of all application layers
• Strong understanding of software development life cycle and project management concepts
• Experience working both independently and in a team environment, preferably as part of an agile team
• Experience working under tight deadlines efficiently and with high quality

Salary/Benefits

• $150K-$175K/year (based on experience)
• Annual Bonus
• PTO 
• Full Health Benefits 
• Location: Sarasota, FL, Miami, FL, or Orlando, FL

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