Actuarial Resume Examples

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Three actuarial resumes: an Actuarial Analyst I in health insurance, an Actuarial Analyst in property and casualty insurance, and a Senior Actuarial Analyst in life insurance. Each one is tailored to one job posting. Read them here, or download any of them as a PDF.

All three follow the same layout. Key qualifications come first, so a recruiter can tick them off against the posting, then the work history, with the most detail on the latest job. In our blind test with 20 recruiters, this layout was shortlisted in 12 of 13 sessions, against 3 for a two-column template. Why this format works explains the reasoning. The people and their results are invented.

Entry-level Actuarial resume

You may not have much full time experience yet, so give your actuarial projects space. For each project, name the line of business, the data you used, the model or analysis you built, the toolset, and what decision it supported.

Janelle Owens

Milwaukee, WI · janelle.owens@example.com · (414) 555-0129 · linkedin.com/in/example-janelle-owens

My Key Qualifications

  • Current Actuarial Analyst I at Network Health, a regional health insurer, supporting monthly reporting, data validation, and pricing model maintenance for commercial and Medicare lines.
  • SQL, Excel, and SAS used daily to prepare and validate claims, enrollment, and provider data extracts, mirroring this role's core toolkit.
  • Exam FM passed (Society of Actuaries, 2025) with a BS in Actuarial Science from UW-Madison and ongoing exam progression.
  • Built a recurring loss ratio and PMPM reporting pack in Excel and Power BI, cutting monthly trend-report prep from 6 hours to 3.
  • Strengthened IBNR reserve support by adding reconciliation checks across claims, membership, and finance files, cutting unresolved variances from 9 to 2 per quarter.
  • Hands-on Medicare Advantage and Medicaid exposure through a utilization forecasting capstone (forecast error within 4.8%) and a county-level enrollment dashboard.

Experience

Actuarial Analyst I — Network Health, regional health insurer serving commercial and Medicare members

Aug 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Built a recurring loss ratio and PMPM reporting pack for monthly trend review, cutting report preparation time from 6 hours to 3 hours per cycle by linking SQL extracts to standardized Excel and Power BI outputs with documented refresh steps.
  • Improved claims and enrollment reconciliation for quarterly reserve support, reducing unresolved data variances from 9 to 2 per quarter by adding validation checks across claims, membership, and finance source files before actuarial review.
  • Updated utilization and membership inputs for pricing and forecasting models, delivering 12 monthly model refreshes on schedule while maintaining experience study inputs, membership projections, and assumption documentation in Excel.
  • Prepare and validate data extracts from claims, enrollment, and provider files using SQL, Excel, and SAS for monthly actuarial reporting on commercial and Medicare lines under senior actuarial guidance.

Education

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison — Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science · 2021 – 2025 · Relevant coursework: Loss Models, Regression Analysis, Forecasting, Database Management, Health Economics

Projects

  • Medicare Advantage Utilization Forecasting Capstone

    Built a utilization and PMPM forecasting model for a simulated Medicare Advantage block in a faculty-sponsored actuarial capstone, using historical claims and membership data. Forecast landed within 4.8% of the held-out term.

    Tech: Excel, SAS, SQL

  • Medicaid Enrollment Dashboard Project

    Designed a Power BI dashboard for a campus research client to track county-level Medicaid enrollment movement and monthly trend changes across demographic segments, cutting the client team's manual chart preparation by 5 hours per monthly update.

    Tech: Power BI, Excel, SQL

Skills

  • Analytics Tools: Excel, SQL, SAS, Power BI
  • Actuarial & Health Insurance: Health Insurance Pricing, IBNR Support, Trend Analysis, Data Validation

Certifications

  • Exam FM – Society of Actuaries (2025)

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Mid-level Actuarial resume

Lead with what you own in pricing, valuation, or reserving, and tie it to filed work, monitoring, studies, and cycle deadlines. Drop school projects, and keep education to a single line unless it adds exam progress.

Caleb Hollis

Cleveland, OH · caleb.hollis@example.com · (216) 555-0146 · linkedin.com/in/example-caleb-hollis

My Key Qualifications

  • Rate indications for personal auto across 6 states, with filed changes affecting $84M in written premium.
  • GLM-driven segmentation on a homeowners book identified 3 segments more than 8 points above combined-ratio target.
  • Built a Python and SQL monitoring workflow that cut monthly rate-change reviews from 10 hours to 6 hours.
  • SQL, Python, R, Excel, and Power BI across personal lines pricing, trending, and performance monitoring.
  • Delivered 14 filing exhibits by regulatory deadlines for a multi-state rate update, coordinating with product and compliance.
  • Post-implementation monitoring for direct and agency channels, flagging 2 state-level retention issues in the first quarter after rollout.

Experience

Actuarial Analyst — Westfield, a regional property and casualty insurer focused on personal and commercial lines

Feb 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • Completed personal auto rate indications across 6 states, supporting filed changes affecting $84M in written premium by analyzing earned premium, loss trends, frequency, severity, and indicated need in SQL and Excel.
  • Expanded a homeowners segmentation review using GLM outputs and profitability analysis by territory, tenure, and channel, identifying 3 segments with combined ratio more than 8 points above target.
  • Built a Python-based monitoring workflow for recent rate changes, automating state and channel exhibits for loss ratio, retention, and written premium tracking and cutting monthly review time from 10 hours to 6.
  • Supported a multi-state rate update by coordinating assumptions, impact summaries, and implementation details with product and compliance teams, delivering 14 filing exhibits by agreed regulatory deadlines.
  • Reviewed post-implementation auto performance for direct and agency channels against pricing assumptions using SQL-based monitoring datasets, flagging 2 state-level retention issues within the first quarter after rollout.
  • Perform rate indications, segmentation studies, and profitability reviews by state, product, and distribution channel, and maintain pricing and book monitoring models for personal auto and homeowners books.

Actuarial Assistant — Grange Insurance, a Midwestern property and casualty insurer

Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 · 2 yrs

  • Prepared quarterly profitability exhibits for personal auto and homeowners, cutting exhibit turnaround by 2 business days by standardizing SQL pulls and Excel templates for recurring loss ratio and premium analyses.
  • Supported a new business auto segmentation study, testing 11 rating variables for management review by cleaning policy and claim data and summarizing frequency and severity patterns in R and Excel.
  • Assisted with homeowners rate filing support, delivering 8 exhibits for the filing package and reconciling premium and loss results to product and finance reports.
  • Built datasets for pricing studies and quarterly performance reviews, and maintained documentation for assumptions, data sources, and filing support.

Education

  • Temple University — Bachelor of Business Administration in Actuarial Science · 2016 – 2020

Skills

  • Actuarial Techniques: Rate Indications, GLMs, Personal Auto Pricing, Homeowners Pricing, Combined Ratio Analysis, Loss Ratio Analysis
  • Tools & Analysis: SQL, Python, R, Excel, Power BI

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Senior Actuarial resume

Lead with the reporting or pricing workstreams you run, the controls you set, and how you coach reviewers and analysts. Keep the most detail on your latest roles, and compress older jobs to a line or two.

Monique Larsen

Philadelphia, PA · monique.larsen@example.com · (215) 555-0103 · linkedin.com/in/example-monique-larsen

My Key Qualifications

  • 11 years in actuarial work across retirement, pension consulting, and annuity valuation, from Lincoln Financial in 2015 through Brighthouse Financial today.
  • ASA designated (Society of Actuaries, 2021), with a BS in Mathematics from Drexel.
  • Leads quarterly reserve analysis for a fixed and indexed annuity block at Brighthouse, delivering 14 consecutive on-schedule quarter-end reporting cycles across GAAP, STAT, and IFRS.
  • Prophet model governance in practice: redesigned control documentation for a key annuity reporting workflow, cutting review exceptions from 7 to 2 per quarter.
  • Assumption setting backed by an experience study across 1.2 million policy records, testing lapse and annuitization alternatives and their reserve and profitability impacts.
  • Automation with SQL and VBA: built a reserve movement and attribution package that saves finance leadership 9 hours each quarter.
  • Mentored 3 junior analysts through reporting and model review procedures, lifting first-pass review acceptance from 68% to 87% in two quarters.

Experience

Senior Actuarial Analyst — Brighthouse Financial, US life insurer focused on annuities and life products

Apr 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 7 mos

  • Led quarterly reserve analysis for a fixed and indexed annuity block, delivering 14 consecutive quarter-end reporting cycles on schedule by coordinating valuation inputs, reviewing Prophet outputs, and reconciling results with finance and controllership teams.
  • Own quarterly and annual reporting workstreams supporting GAAP, STAT, and IFRS deliverables for annuity liabilities, reserve movements, and cash flow projections.
  • Redesigned model control documentation for a key annuity reporting workflow, cutting review exceptions from 7 to 2 per quarter by adding standardized checks, assumption logs, and reconciliation points across Prophet and Excel models.
  • Automated a reserve movement and attribution package used by finance leadership using SQL and VBA, reducing quarterly cycle time by 9 hours.
  • Completed an experience study on lapse and annuitization behavior across 1.2 million policy records, testing assumption alternatives and summarizing reserve and profitability impacts.
  • Mentored 3 junior analysts on reporting and model review procedures, improving first-pass review acceptance from 68% to 87% within 2 quarters through checklists, workpaper reviews, and documentation coaching.

Actuarial Analyst — Milliman, global actuarial and consulting firm

Jan 2018 – Mar 2022 · 4 yrs 2 mos

  • Managed annual valuation work for a portfolio of pension clients, completing 22 client valuations in the 2021 cycle, coordinating census data validation, assumption updates, and reporting exhibit preparation in Excel and SQL.
  • Built a standardized cash flow projection template with reusable Excel logic, assumption tabs, and validation checks for benefit payment forecasts, cutting model setup time by 30% across 6 recurring engagements.
  • Supported year-end accounting and audit requests for pension clients, delivering 18 audit support packages with no reissued exhibits by reconciling valuation outputs, documenting methods, and fielding auditor follow-up questions.
  • Prepared pension valuation results, funding projections, and experience study analyses, and presented findings to corporate retirement clients in annual reporting cycles.

Actuarial Associate — Lincoln Financial Group, retirement, insurance, and investment services provider

Jan 2015 – Dec 2017 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Prepared recurring valuation and reporting exhibits for retirement products, supporting in-force business analyses for the retirement product line.
  • Streamlined recurring valuation exhibit preparation by consolidating Excel workbooks and adding VBA checks for common data issues, saving 4 hours per monthly reporting cycle.
  • Improved assumption documentation for an in-force reporting process by standardizing source references, methodology notes, and change logs, cutting reviewer clarification requests from 5 to 1 per cycle.

Education

  • Drexel University — Bachelor of Science in Mathematics · 2010 – 2014

Skills

  • Actuarial Modeling & Tools: Prophet, Excel, SQL, VBA, Power BI
  • Valuation & Reserving: Valuation, Reserve Analysis, Pension Valuation, Assumption Setting
  • Financial Reporting Frameworks: GAAP Reporting, STAT Reporting, IFRS Reporting

Certifications

  • ASA (Associate of the Society of Actuaries) – Society of Actuaries (2021)

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Make one for your own posting

Each resume here was written for one posting, and yours should be too. The checklist from our blind test covers what to check before you send it.

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