JOB DESCRIPTION

GI Pricing oversees the overall pricing strategy of general insurance products that aligns with TD Insurance’s business objectives in compliance with jurisdictional premium regulations. Pricing is a determining component of our home and auto insurance products that cater to direct and affinity markets.
Reporting to the Pricing Manager, the Actuarial Analyst plays a key role in the end-to-end development of pricing strategies and rate changes. The Actuarial Analyst contributes to the on-going and future success of the company may it be through the establishment of pricing strategies for all products and all insurers for a given region, the development of models, methodologies and tools, the monitoring and measurement of rate levels and effectiveness though rate-indication activities, and/or the execution of planned pricing and business initiatives utilizing best governance practices.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Three years and above of actuarial experience in Property & Casualty
• Bachelor degree in Actuarial Sciences or related field
• Pursuing Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society (ACAS) or Associate of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (ACIA) designations
• Excellent knowledge of Excel
• Proficiency and interest for programming, notably Python, SQL and R
• Predictive modeling is a large asset
• Leadership and strong aptitude for team work
• Customer-centric
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing. French is an asset
• Ability to work effectively during demanding periods and take difficult decisions
• Autonomous and perseverant; shows initiative and creativity
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
• Recognized for their thoroughness and the quality of their work

WHO WE ARE:

As part of TD Bank Group, one of Canada’s largest financial institutions, at TD Insurance, we care for Canadian families, making it easy to get the best advice, protection, and support in their moments of need, always.
TD Insurance offers a wide range of products, including General Insurance and Life and Health. More than four million customers count on us.
As the largest direct to consumer insurer in Canada, we are always innovating and providing exciting and rewarding career opportunities for our Canada-wide workforce.

• Develop pricing strategies by market and product to reach growth and profitability objectives:
• Supervise analysis performed by analysts to develop detailed pricing strategies for each market and product based on actual claim experience and the organization’s competitive positioning.
• Generate ideas in the development of strategies to accelerate profitable growth and supervise and execute their implementation:
• Optimization of our cession strategies to the Risk Sharing Pools;
• Pricing strategies that will create a competitive advantage;
• Initiatives to improve our customer segmentation in order to reach objectives, taking into consideration competitive and regulatory constraints;
• Identify above-average profitability customer segments for the purpose of targeted marketing efforts;
• Development of models for evaluation and measurement of customers’ price elasticity and behaviors.
• Provide support to obtain necessary approvals from regulatory boards;
• Prepare rate change documents according to mandated standards as required by rating boards for pricing changes ;
• Answer questions received from regulators during the revision process;
• Support negotiations with regulatory instances to obtain rate change approvals.
• Implement and upkeep best practices and controls to mitigate risk in addition to applying and updating existing processes, policies and procedures;
• Support the implementation of approved rate changes;
• Ensure that appropriate measures are in place to confirm the accurate pricing of all issued policies (compliance and reputational risks).
• Support and supervise analysts within the team
• Establish and maintain relationships with our partners and liaise with internal and external stakeholders
• Support our business partners for pricing related issues