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Head of Actuary

MGT Insurance

P&C/Insurer/VP Level

Head of Actuary

MGT Insurance

San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid · 3d ago

Salary
$190k - $300k
Experience
10+ Years

Role Summary

Role type

Senior generalist in a build-from-scratch team

Closer to a lean-team generalist than a big-carrier specialist: the senior seat is hands-on and build-from-scratch rather than narrowly specialized.

Executive P&C actuarial leadership role in San Francisco, with hybrid attendance of at least three days weekly. You will own pricing and reserving for a commercial insurance carrier, including rate filings, reserve estimates, actuarial infrastructure, and AI-enabled underwriting support. The role reports to the Head of Insurance and requires 10+ years of commercial P&C experience.

Requirements

Must have

  • 10+ years of actuarial experience in commercial P&C insurance
  • Direct experience in both pricing and reserving
  • Demonstrated independent ownership of rate filings and reserve estimates
  • Experience with state insurance department rate filing requirements and processes

Strongly preferred

  • Strong technical foundation in GLMs, loss development triangles, rate indication methodology, and reserve adequacy testing
  • Ability to translate complex actuarial analysis into clear recommendations for executives
  • Comfortable operating as a build-from-scratch or small-team actuarial function
  • FCAS or ACAS designation strongly preferred
  • Proficiency in R, Python, or similar tools for actuarial modeling and analysis

Nice to have

  • Experience in small commercial or BOP lines
  • Experience integrating actuarial models into real-time underwriting or quoting systems (API-driven or AI agent environments)
  • Experience with reinsurance treaty structuring and loss pick development

Skills & Domain

DomainCommercial P&C pricingCommercial P&C reservingState rate filing proceduresGLM-based pricing modelsSmall commercial or BOP lines