Position can be based in any AIG location to include New York, Berkeley Heights, NJ and Woodland Hills, CA
This position will report to the VP of Group Retirement (GR) Finance Actuarial and will be the lead actuary responsible for coordinating actuarial judgements for all pricing and in-force modeling needs for the GR business.
Key responsibilities of this position include:
* Define scope of analyses to be performed by both GR and Individual Retirement (IR) experience studies teams and prioritize in conjunction with pricing team and other model owners. Liaise with the experience studies team to ensure timely and relevant delivery of experience results to the model stakeholders
* Work with BU-specific resources across various actuarial functions (pricing, valuation, cash flow testing, experience studies) to identify considerations for setting assumptions, to develop the rationale for differences between models, and to recommend assumption changes for annual and ad hoc unlocking exercises and pricing model updates
* Enforce adherence to assumption setting standards, including the AIG Playbook and relevant actuarial standards of practice.
* Prepare actuarial memorandums documenting model assumptions to be used during the review and challenge process, and summaries for executive review
* Review implementation of assumption recommendations for consistency and reasonableness
* Maintain assumption inventory and promote consistency of assumptions by function and model type (DAC, Reserves / Hedging, ALM / IC, CFT, LDTI, etc.)
* Coordinate review and challenge with ERM, internal and external audit
* Perform role of Secretary, GR Pricing Committee
* Support the VP, GR Finance Actuarial on other projects as needed
Candidate Profile:
* Bachelors Degree and FSA with 3+ years of experience post FSA; or ASA with 7+ years of experience post ASA
* 5+ years of progressively more responsible actuarial experience
* 3+ years of actuarial modeling experience with specific experience in setting assumptions for annuity pricing and / or valuation models preferred
* Excellent analytical skills as well as written and oral communication skills
* Highly motivated, pragmatic and results-oriented
* Collaborative working style a must
It has been and will continue to be the policy of American International Group, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, age, gender, gender expression, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected categories.
At AIG, we believe that diversity and inclusion are critical to our future and our mission creating a foundation for a creative workplace that leads to innovation, growth, and profitability. Through a wide variety of programs and initiatives, we invest in each employee, seeking to ensure that our people are not only respected as individuals, but also truly valued for their unique perspectives.
Functional Area:
AC - Actuarial
Estimated Travel Percentage (%): Up to 25%
Relocation Provided: Yes
American General Life Insurance Company
New York, New York
American International Group, Inc. provides insurance products for commercial, institutional, and individual customers in North America and internationally. The company’s General Insurance segment offers general liability, environmental, commercial automobile liability, workers’ compensation, excess casualty, and crisis management insurance products, as well as various risk-sharing and other customized structured programs; commercial, industrial, and energy-related property insurance; and aerospace, political risk, trade credit, portfolio solutions, surety, crop, and marine insurance.
It also provides professional liability insurance products for a range of businesses and risks, including directors and officer’s liability, mergers and acquisitions, fidelity, employment practices, fiduciary liability, cyber risk, kidnap and ransom, and errors and omissions insurance. In addition, this segment offers personal auto and property insurance, voluntary and sponsor-paid personal accident, and supplemental health products; extended warranty insurance products; and travel insurance products.
Its Life and Retirement segment offers variable annuities, fixed index and fixed annuities, and retail mutual funds; group mutual funds, fixed annuities, and variable annuities, as well as individual annuity and investment products, and financial planning and advisory services; and term life and universal life insurance. This segment also provides stable value wrap products, and structured settlement and pension risk transfer annuities; and corporate- and bank-owned life insurance and guaranteed investment contracts. This segment sells its products through independent marketing organizations, independent insurance agents, financial advisors, direct marketing, banks, wirehouses, and broker-dealers. The company’s Legacy Portfolio segment offers legacy insurance products. American International Group, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in New York, New York.