Securian Financial
Securian Financial
1,001 – 5,000 Employees
ConsultingFinanceHealthcare
Securian Financial is a financial services company focused on helping individuals, employers, financial professionals, and affinity groups plan for greater financial security. Its offerings include life insurance, annuities, loan protection, long-term care coverage, supplemental health products, and retirement solutions. With more than 140 years of experience, the company serves over 22 million customers across the United States and Canada.

Senior Group Disability and Leave Actuary

Build Securian Financial’s Group Disability and Leave pricing capability. Develop assumptions, reserves, tools, filings, and analysis that inform business decisions.

Description

  • Own pricing assumptions, methods, tools, documentation, and controls for Group Disability and Leave products.
  • Build disability experience-rating tools, including reserves and assumptions for evaluating individual cases.
  • Contribute actuarial analysis to new-business pricing and renewal strategies.
  • Direct actuarial support for product filings and regulatory responses.
  • Work with external consultants to strengthen disability pricing knowledge and capabilities.
  • Advise Case Underwriting on plan design and pricing for complex and large cases.
  • Create and maintain quoting tools that support accurate, efficient case pricing.
  • Track claims experience, spot developing trends, and recommend changes to pricing assumptions or methods.
  • Stay connected to the industry and draw insights from studies and surveys.
  • Apply data and analytics to generate actuarial insights.
  • Lead quarterly reviews of Disability and Leave morbidity results, key drivers, and outlook.
  • Contribute to Goals and Plans projections.
  • Turn actuarial and financial analysis into recommendations for business leaders.
  • As the business grows, potentially build and lead a Disability and Leave actuarial team.

Requirements

  • Know Group Disability and Leave products, including PFML, statutory and fully insured STD, ASO STD, and LTD.
  • Bring substantial product pricing and rate filing experience.
  • Have developed actuarial assumptions, pricing methods, tools, and supporting analysis for Disability and Leave products.
  • Have experience developing and testing Disability reserves.
  • Have connected pricing work with financial modeling, valuation, and financial results.
  • Be proficient in Prophet, R, Excel, or VBA.
  • Hold FSA and MAAA actuarial designations.
  • Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
  • Communicate effectively in writing, verbally, and interpersonally.
  • Work effectively with management, actuaries, technology partners, and other Employee Benefits Solutions teams.
  • Show curiosity and initiative when addressing ambiguous topics.
  • Adapt well to a rapidly changing environment.
  • Work independently and collaboratively.
  • Bring strong documentation and organizational habits, with close attention to detail.
  • Preferred: At least 10 years of industry experience with Disability products.
  • Preferred: Experience in the national or large-case Group market.
  • Preferred: Experience establishing a new pricing capability or supporting a product launch.
  • Preferred: Experience working with actuarial consultants or other external partners.
  • Preferred: Experience hiring, developing, and leading high-performing teams.

Benefits

  • Flexible paid time off, with additional days based on tenure.
  • Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave.
  • Nine paid company holidays.
  • Company-funded pension plan.
  • 401(k) plan with company contributions of up to 10% of eligible earnings and a 5% target.
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage for associates and eligible family members starting on the first day of employment.
  • Paid time off for volunteering.
  • Dollar-for-dollar matching gift program.
  • Associate Resource Groups.
  • Hybrid flexibility to work remotely and from the office.

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