Assistant Director & Actuary at Northwestern Mutual

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Northwestern Mutual Logo
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
InsuranceIndustries

Requirements

  • Attainment of Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) designation
  • A minimum of five years proven actuarial experience
  • Strong communication skills
  • A high degree of expertise in one or more areas of Department activities

Responsibilities

  • Provide professional actuarial advice/services critical to development, implementation, and maintenance of the Company's insurance, disability, annuity, and long-term care products
  • Develop appropriate premiums, dividends, reserves, and surplus requirements by analyzing mortality, morbidity, persistency, investment, and expense experience
  • Maintain equity and consistency among all policy owner underwriting classes while safeguarding the Company's long-term financial strength
  • Perform/supervise actuarial work required to advise on matters related to product pricing, dividend setting, reserve levels, mortality/morbidity issues, and field compensation
  • Stay current on actuarial techniques, and on laws and regulations pertinent to area of expertise
  • Provide guidance to others within assigned field of expertise
  • Life Insurance Pricing: Uphold industry-leading life insurance product line, including new product design and pricing, implementation of evolving regulations, and management of inforce policies, ensuring equity across all life insurance policyowners
  • Long-Term Care Insurance Pricing: Implement and maintain products offering long-term care insurance benefit, working with innovations like death benefit acceleration riders and life/long-term care hybrid products
  • Valuation: Perform Principle Based Reserve (PBR) calculations, analysis, and reporting; investigate assumptions; work with model development team on regulatory changes; present results to senior management; develop new processes for products under principle-based framework
  • Modeling: Design enhancements or new features for in-house models used for pricing, cashflow testing, reserving, and corporate projections; work closely with model users

Skills

Actuarial Analysis
Life Insurance Pricing
Long-Term Care Pricing
Principle Based Reserve (PBR)
Mortality Analysis
Morbidity Analysis
Product Pricing
Reserve Valuation
Dividend Setting
Regulatory Compliance

Northwestern Mutual

Provides financial security services, and wealth management

About Northwestern Mutual

Northwestern Mutual offers personalized financial planning, life insurance, and investment services, leveraging leading-edge technology to manage over $125 billion in client assets for more than 4.5 million clients.

Milwaukee, WisconsinHeadquarters
1856Year Founded
N/ACompany Stage
Consulting, Fintech, Financial ServicesIndustries
10,001+Employees

Benefits

Growing your Career
Compensation & Time Off
Insurance plans
Health Savings Account
Wellness programs & resources
401(k) plan and cash balance contributions

Risks

Fintech platforms like Carefull challenge traditional financial advisory services.
Internal competition may arise from Wellthi's focus on the Black community.
Customer dissatisfaction may grow due to increased retirement age expectations.

Differentiation

Northwestern Mutual maintains the highest financial strength ratings in the industry.
The company launched 'The Great Realization' campaign to refocus customer priorities.
Northwestern Mutual offers a unique Long-Term Advantage product with life insurance benefits.

Upsides

The aging population increases demand for retirement planning and long-term care solutions.
Partnerships with tech firms enhance Northwestern Mutual's data analytics capabilities.
Digital transformation in insurance leads to more personalized customer experiences.

Land your dream remote job 3x faster with AI