Life Actuary - Military Veterans
at Verisk Analytics
Job Description
Verisk Analytics is a multinational data and analytics risk assessment company and a leading source of information about insurance risk. To serve our clients, we draw upon our vast experience in data management and predictive modelling to offer decision analytics to the insurance industry through underwriting to claims management in life and health insurance, personal and commercial lines, and the London market.
In underwriting we create sophisticated risk models to assist insurers with risk selection and accurate pricing. Our range of models is broad spanning life, health and travel insurance as well as many classes of general insurance. To feed our risk models we source many diverse datasets covering mortality and morbidity risk combined with lifestyle and family history details, disease patterns in countries across the globe as well as many GI related data including weather data, property attributes, business activities, aerial imagery and geodemographic data.
In claims solutions we support end-to-end claims handling with analytics and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management and support better customer experiences. We also provide a fraud detection service across multiple perils and lines of business. Using intel processing, real-time fraud analysis and image forensics we help detect fraud at every stage of the claim and manage cases more effectively.
Role Purpose
Verisk is looking for an experienced life actuary to support the development of life, health and critical illness insurance products worldwide. The successful candidate will have experience in survival modelling and product development, with coding experience in Python and/or R.
The successful candidate will also have a wider role in the development of a data strategy for a rapidly expanding business unit. They will also be partly responsible for the execution of the strategy which will include analysing a variety of datasets to assess the level of insight provided and how they could be used to enhance our products or validate underlying assumptions, assessing potential blue sky opportunities for new types of data and analytics and generally participating in the development of ideas to solve the business problems for insurers offering medical related lines of business.
This is an exciting and varied role with great potential for career development. We are looking for a motivated and dynamic individual who will enjoy following the process of product development from concept development to execution to customer delivery. Excellent communication skills and commercial awareness are essential. You will have an entrepreneurial mindset, strong technical skills, the ability to operate independently in a matrixed organization, work with staff in multiple geographic locations, and own/drive projects to their successful completion. Excellent communication skills and a strong belief in teamwork are essential.
Responsibilities
- Support the development of new products for life, health and critical illness underwriting.
- Work closely with a team of medical experts to combine analytical modelling with medical expert judgement in the production of new products.
- Execute exploratory data analysis e.g. processing of and cleaning of data, merging/joining disparate data sources, performing analyses, project design and communicating results.
- Carry out modelling of mortality and morbidity for the development of excess mortality and morbidity factors based on pre-existing medical conditions, family history and lifestyle factors. Identify which factors are relevant and predictive and should be included in the model.
- Execute a range of survival modelling techniques.
- Document processes, code, implement version control, and create functions/template code so that your successes can be applied to new data with minimal effort
- Create clear and easy to understand reports. Verbally present analysis ideas, progress and results to colleagues.
- Support a high-performance collaborative culture. Participate in peer-review with colleagues where appropriate to learn, teach, and ultimately, produce high quality results.
Qualifications
- An actuarial qualification (FIA or equivalent) in life insurance
- Solid survival modelling experience ideally with Python and/or R
- Expertise in statistical modelling and data analysis
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Detail-oriented technical aptitude with strong logical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Ability to work in the London office two days per week
About Us
For over 50 years, Verisk has been the leading data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry by delivering value to our clients through expertise and scale. We empower communities and businesses to make better decisions on risk, faster.
At Verisk, you'll have the chance to use your voice and build a rewarding career that's as unique as you are, with work flexibility and the support, coaching, and training you need to succeed.
For the eighth consecutive year, Verisk is proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work® for outstanding workplace culture in the US, fourth consecutive year in the UK, Spain, and India, and second consecutive year in Poland. We value learning, caring and results and make inclusivity and diversity a top priority. In addition to our Great Place to Work® Certification, we've been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the Best-Managed Companies and by Forbes as a World's Best Employer and Best Employer for Women, testaments to the value we place on workplace culture.
We're 7,000 people strong. We relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation. And we are looking for people like you to help us translate big data into big ideas. Join us and create an exceptional experience for yourself and a better tomorrow for future generations.
Verisk Businesses
Underwriting Solutions - provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision
Claims Solutions - supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences
Property Estimating Solutions - offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day-to-day workflows the most efficient
Extreme Event Solutions - provides risk modeling solutions to help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to extreme events.
Specialty Business Solutions - provides an integrated suite of software for full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business, helping companies manage their businesses through efficiency, flexibility, and data governance
Marketing Solutions - delivers data and insights to improve the reach, timing, relevance, and compliance of every consumer engagement
Life Insurance Solutions - offers end-to-end, data insight-driven core capabilities for carriers, distribution, and direct customers across the entire policy lifecycle of life and annuities for both individual and group.
Verisk Maplecroft - provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger
Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.
All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability. Verisk's minimum hiring age is 18 except in countries with a higher age limit subject to applicable law.
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About Us
We’ve been making the future more certain for half a century. In 1971, we opened our doors as an insurance rating bureau, focusing on risk analytics and insights. Since then, we’ve grown to become a valued source of insights that can drive recovery and transform industries, and even governments, worldwide.
Each and every day, we’re enabling better tomorrows. Verisk works in collaboration with our customers and at the intersection of people, data, and advanced technologies. Through proprietary platformed analytics, advanced modeling, and interpretation, we deliver immediate and sustained value to our customers and through them, to the individuals and societies they serve, with greater speed, precision, and scale.
We believe in the potential of business to change the world for the better. At Verisk, we take our responsibility toward our people, products, processes, communities, and the planet seriously. And we ethically and relentlessly pursue innovation to help move our customers and the world forward.
Our company is a great place to work. And to do work that matters. Verisk received U.S. certification from Great Place to Work®. Globally, we’re more than 6,000 people strong, all of us on a mission to achieve both profitable outcomes and positive societal impact.
Careers
We value your drive to succeed and share your commitment to the world. Search jobs now by location, keyword, category, and expertise. Or you can choose to join our Talent Network so we can notify you of opportunities that match your interests. Verisk is an equal opportunity employer.
The company’s policies for recruitment, advancement, and retention of employees forbid discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran’s status, age, or disability and any other criteria prohibited by law.
Our Culture
Great People Make Great Workplaces Verisk received U.S certification from Great Place to Work® for its outstanding workplace culture, as well as third-time certification in the UK, Spain, and India. To achieve our certification, we surveyed our employees on their workplace experience and met Great Place to Work’s research-backed benchmark, considering factors such as innovation, inclusivity, company values, and the effectiveness of our leaders.
We’re a Great Place to Work® Best Workplace Employees have spoken! Verisk is one of the 38 companies on the 2022 UK’s Best Workplaces™ list (for Super Large Organizations) and one of 18 companies on Spain’s Best Workplaces™ list (for companies from 101 to 250 employees)—highlighting our culture of trust, pride, and camaraderie.
Diverse and Global Join over 6,000 colleagues—including business and technical specialists, analysts, certified professionals, and marketing and sales experts—who do work that matters in more than 30 countries.
Positive Employee Experience We support a culture of engagement through education and development, team collaboration, and open communication that connects us all.
We use an annual survey to achieve a continuous loop of engagement, feedback, action, and change.
We provide a socially rich environment of activities and events.
Core Values
Purpose
Working together to build global resilience for individuals, communities and businesses.
Vision To be the leading strategic data, analytics, and technology partner to the global insurance industry by delivering value to our clients through knowledge, expertise and scale.
Values
• Learning - Remain open, curious and inventive
• Caring - Be aware, sincere and connected in your work
• Results – Achievement-driven, goal focused and resilient
How We Serve Our Customers Every day, Verisk works to create value for our customers by innovating to meet their ever-changing needs to help our clients make better decisions, improve productivity and profitability. We use artificial intelligence, machine learning, automation, and other emerging technologies to collect and analyze billions of records.
Benefits
Comprehensive Financial Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, annual merit salary reviews, and the opportunity for advancement.
Verisk’s Disaster Relief policy provides interest-free loans to assist employees who suffer a financial loss from a natural disaster.
We offer best-in-class healthcare coverage options.
Group and Individual Wellness Programs
Depending on business location, we offer on-site health and wellness programs such as flu shots, weight management, yoga classes, the Verisk Global Walking Challenge, running clubs, and team sports.
Employee assistance programs help with the everyday challenges of life that may affect health, family life, and ability to excel at work.
We offer a wide selection of programs to help you achieve optimal health and wellness.
Work/Life Balance Programs
The Hours to Give program allows voluntary donations of accrued paid-time-off hours between colleagues when a medical emergency or major disaster occurs.
Verisk’s Parental Leave policy provides paid leave for new biological or adoptive parents.