Actuarial Consultant - Personal Lines Auto

Overview

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Position Overview
As an Actuarial Consultant within Nationwide’s Personal Lines Auto Actuarial team
, you’ll play a critical role in shaping pricing strategies and risk assessment for auto insurance products. Our team leverages advanced analytics and telematics data to deliver innovative solutions that enhance profitability and customer experience. This department is integral to Nationwide’s Property & Casualty business, collaborating closely with product, underwriting, and data science teams to drive informed decisions and maintain our competitive edge.

• Perform complex actuarial analyses for personal auto products, incorporating telematics and emerging data sources.
• Provide expert consultation on actuarial methodologies, assumptions, and model performance to senior leadership.
• Prepare and present findings to technical and non-technical audiences, influencing strategic decisions.
• Lead peer reviews, mentor junior team members, and contribute to innovation in pricing and risk modeling.

• Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Professional actuarial credentials (ASA or ACAS) or significant progress toward designation.
• 4+ years of actuarial experience, ideally in personal lines auto pricing and telematics.
• Strong programming and data manipulation skills in Python, R, SQL; experience with Databricks and Snowflake is a plus.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and collaboration skills with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly.

This role does not qualify for employer sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the STEM OPT extension program.

It is our intention to fill this role in Columbus, Ohio. However, applications from internal candidates working remotely or external candidates who bring critical industry skills and relevant experience may be considered.

Internal Compensation Grade: G4

Our Property and Casualty (P&C) Actuarial team members have opportunities to use state-of-the-art tools, are encouraged to innovate and learn to master actuarial methodologies. If this sounds like a place you could thrive, then we want to know more about you!

As an Actuarial Consultant, you’ll need to be adept at actuarial functions and know P&C products to perform complex, quantitative actuarial analyses. In addition, we’ll count on you to provide expertise, including consultation and recommendations, on actuarial models and issues.

This position may have the opportunity to be a part of the P&C Actuarial Rotation Program, which will give you the potential opportunity to work on various actuarial, analytics, and risk management teams to learn and develop across different actuarial functions. Should you choose to participate in the program, you will participate in two to three rotations of two years each.

Full program details will be provided to you upon your start date.

• Has in depth knowledge of actuarial methodologies with the ability to source and manipulate complex data within standard requirements.
• Conducts complex analyses, adhering to actuarial standards, by selecting appropriate data sources, making assumptions, recognizing considerations, and developing recommendations. Resolves unreasonable results/non-optimal solutions using experience and professional judgment.
• Accurately documents assumptions, methods, sources, and considerations in an organized fashion.
• Prepares and presents actuarial findings and documents that are suitable for technical and non-technical audiences at the senior Actuarial leadership level. May professionally represent company position with regulators, auditors, and external vendors.
• Develops work plans and ensures accurate work product is delivered.
• Leads peer reviews…