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About the Role
Akur8 is seeking a Pricing Actuary to influence the usage of advanced machine learning technology in the insurance industry and impact the product roadmap. This role acts as a subject matter expert, translating between various internal teams (Sales, Product, R&D, Marketing, Engineering, Leadership) and external client contacts (Heads of Pricing, Heads of Product, CTOs, Actuaries, Data Scientists). The position requires teaching, creativity, problem-solving, and visionary thinking to drive product development and client success.
Responsibilities
- Lead proof of concepts with potential clients, communicating complex actuarial concepts to diverse audiences.
- Identify creative approaches to use Akur8 features for ad hoc actuarial questions.
- Assist clients by diagnosing misalignments between software usage and underlying assumptions.
- Identify potential features or offerings beneficial to the software and industry, working with the product team to define problems and evaluate solutions.
- Contribute to white papers and present at conferences or webinars.
- Travel for approximately 5 working days per month for teambuilding, conferences, and client meetings.
Requirements
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in a P&C / General insurance pricing role, as a Pricing Actuary, Actuarial Consultant, or equivalent.
- Prior exposure to commercial and specialty lines is an advantage.
- Broad insurance industry knowledge, including ISO products / ISO ERC.
- Demonstrated experience recommending and filing rates, including developing rate indications, applying measurement methods and state-specific adjustments, and introducing or updating rating variables and factors.
- Experience across the rate filing and approval lifecycle, including responding to objections from state Departments of Insurance and avoiding common issues that can delay approval.
- Hands-on experience in actuarial ratemaking and rate deployment within a P&C or general insurance pricing environment.
- Ability to understand insurance business imperatives and translate them into practical, software-driven solutions.
- Curiosity and the ability to quickly understand prospects’ and clients’ ratemaking processes, identify their key requirements, and map them to functionality within the Akur8 platform.
- Ability to present ratemaking analyses and recommendations clearly to stakeholders with varying levels of technical expertise.
- A basic understanding of Data Science and Machine Learning techniques for predictive modeling.
- Willingness and ability to travel for approximately one week per month.
- Native or near-native fluency in English.
Skills
- Advanced machine learning technology
- Actuarial concepts
- Ratemaking
- Rate deployment
- Data Science
- Machine Learning techniques
- Predictive modeling
- Python (familiarity is a strength)
- R (familiarity is a strength)
Location
- New York
- Remote (Eastern or Central time zones)
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
- Remote
Experience Level
- 5+ years of experience in P&C / General insurance pricing
Education Level
- ACAS or FCAS credentials (or equivalent fellowship in a recognized actuarial body) - Bonus
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary + annual bonus
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental and Vision coverage (including spouse and family coverage)
- 401K Company match
- Life insurance
- Cell Phone & Internet reimbursement
- 25 days of PTO/year
- Commuter benefit
- Gym membership via ClassPass
- IT equipment allowance
- Professional development & trainings
- Team fun: regular company gatherings and team events
About the Company
- Akur8 is a fast-growing InsurTech scale-up redefining insurance pricing and reserving through transparent, high-performance modeling technology.
- Our SaaS platform uses transparent machine learning and predictive analytics to improve the speed, accuracy, and reliability of actuarial pricing and reserving.
- Akur8’s proprietary algorithms enable insurers to generate insights up to 10x faster than traditional methods, while maintaining full explainability and regulatory confidence.
- We provide next-generation reserving capabilities, supporting an end-to-end approach to risk assessment and future claims anticipation.
- Recognized globally, Akur8 has been featured in CB Insights’ Insurtech 50, CNBC’s World Top 150 Insurtech Companies, and InsurTech100 Global.
- We have a Professional Equality Index score of 97/100 (2025).
- With 50+ nationalities across 8 global offices, we serve 400+ insurance clients on 4 continents, partnering with insurers in mature and highly regulated markets.
- We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Equal Opportunity
- We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we evaluate all candidates fairly based on skills, experience, and professional merit.
- Background checks may be carried out in line with applicable laws and regulations.
- Artificial intelligence (AI) tools may be used to assist with recruitment stages, but final hiring decisions are made by people.