P&C Actuary – Portfolio Risk Manager

Weekday (YC W21)

. Design realistic scenarios involving loss costs, rate indications, trend, development, credibility, segmentation, reserving, profitability, capital, catastrophe exposure, and portfolio concentration .

Posted 9/17/2026contractRemote • United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, GermanyJuniorMid-Level💰 $80 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in P&C actuarial work, including pricing, reserving, and catastrophe modeling, with strong quantitative analysis skills and the ability to communicate complex concepts effectively to diverse audiences.

Highest-signal resume keywords

P&C Actuarial WorkCatastrophe ModelingQuantitative AnalysisSQL ProficiencyACAS/FCAS Credentials

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Hard Skills

Pricing AnalysisReserve ReviewsPortfolio DiagnosticsSensitivity AnalysisPredictive ModelingCapital ModelingRate-Filing ExperienceStatistical AnalysisData InterpretationMathematical Accuracy

Soft Skills

Excellent Written CommunicationStrong Quantitative ReasoningHigh Attention to Detail

Tools & Technologies

SpreadsheetsRPythonSASActuarial Modeling Platforms

Certifications & Qualifications

ACASFCASCAS Credentials Progress

Industry Keywords

Insurance PricingPortfolio Risk ManagementUnderwriting JudgmentClaim DataLoss Data

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design realistic scenarios involving loss costs, rate indications, trend, development, credibility, segmentation, reserving, profitability, capital, catastrophe exposure, and portfolio concentration
Create pricing analyses, reserve reviews, portfolio diagnostics, assumption critiques, sensitivity analyses, and management recommendations
Write “golden” reference responses at experienced actuarial and portfolio-risk quality
Grade AI-generated responses against structured rubrics for mathematical accuracy, assumption quality, methodology, interpretation, and communication
Identify calculation errors, unsupported assumptions, misuse of actuarial methods, confusion of correlation with causation, and recommendations not supported by data
Provide written feedback used by the research team to improve model behavior
Participate in onboarding office hours and calibration sessions

Requirements

What you’ll need

2+ years of professional experience in P&C actuarial work, insurance pricing, reserving, catastrophe modeling, or portfolio risk management
Experience performing quantitative analysis using insurance premium, exposure, claim, loss, or reserve data
Understanding of the difference between account-level underwriting judgment and portfolio-level actuarial analysis
Ability to explain methods, assumptions, limitations, and business implications clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences
Strong quantitative reasoning
Excellent written communication
High attention to detail
Proficiency with spreadsheets and at least one analytical or statistical tool
ACAS, FCAS, or active progress toward CAS credentials
Experience with personal, commercial, specialty, or reinsurance portfolios
Catastrophe modeling, capital modeling, predictive modeling, or rate-filing experience
Proficiency with SQL, R, Python, SAS, or actuarial modeling platforms
Experience presenting results to underwriting, finance, claims, or executive stakeholders

Benefits

Comp & perks

Minimum 20 hours per week (ideally 40+)
Role starts immediately
Reasonable accommodations upon request