Actuarial Analyst Resume Example
Quantitative layout: exam progress track, model log with impact figures and a compact technical stack.
Use this example Template: Actuarial Analyst
Ethan Brooks
Summary
Actuarial analyst and ACAS candidate (6 CAS exams passed) with 5 years in commercial property and casualty pricing. I build GLM and gradient-boosting rating models in Python and R, and my workers' compensation rate plan added 2.4 points of loss-ratio improvement on a $780m book.
Experience
- Rebuilt the class-plan GLM (Tweedie, 41 variables) and filed it in 23 states; adopted with no regulator objections
- Added a LightGBM-based scoring overlay with SHAP explanations that underwriters can read
- Automated quarterly rate monitoring in Python and Snowflake, cutting the cycle from 9 days to 2
- Ran quarterly chain-ladder, Bornhuetter-Ferguson and Cape Cod analyses on $1.6bn of commercial auto reserves
- Spotted a social-inflation trend in severe claims two quarters before it hit the booked reserves
- Built an R Shiny loss-triangle viewer that consultants still use for client workshops
Selected projects
Tweedie GLM · 23 states · −2.4 pts loss ratioPython + Snowflake · quarterly · 9 → 2 daysR Shiny · used in client workshopsTechnical stack
Actuarial: GLM rating plans · Reserving (CL, BF, Cape Cod) · Rate filings · Credibility theory
Technical: Python · R · SQL / Snowflake · LightGBM · Emblem · Tableau
Certifications
- CAS Exams 1, 2, 3F, 5, 6U and MAS-I passedCasualty Actuarial Society · May 2025
- VEE — Economics, Accounting & Finance, Mathematical StatisticsCasualty Actuarial Society · Jan 2020
- Course on ProfessionalismCasualty Actuarial Society · Apr 2023
Education
Languages
English (Native) · Spanish (Conversational (B1))
Summary example
Actuarial analyst and ACAS candidate ([N] CAS exams passed) with [N] years in commercial property and casualty pricing. I build GLM and gradient-boosting rating models in Python and R, and my workers' compensation rate plan added [N] points of loss-ratio improvement on a [$X] book.
Example bullet points for an Actuarial Analyst
- Rebuilt the class-plan GLM (Tweedie, [N] variables) and filed it in [N] states; adopted with no regulator objections
- Added a LightGBM-based scoring overlay with SHAP explanations that underwriters can read
- Automated quarterly rate monitoring in Python and Snowflake, cutting the cycle from [N] days to [N]
- Ran quarterly chain-ladder, Bornhuetter-Ferguson and Cape Cod analyses on [$X] of commercial auto reserves
- Spotted a social-inflation trend in severe claims two quarters before it hit the booked reserves
- Built an R Shiny loss-triangle viewer that consultants still use for client workshops
Replace the [brackets] with your own numbers and facts. Never claim results you didn't achieve.
Skills to include
- GLM rating plans
- Reserving (CL, BF, Cape Cod)
- Rate filings
- Credibility theory
- Python
- R
- SQL / Snowflake
- LightGBM
- Emblem
- Tableau
Tips for an Actuarial Analyst resume
- Put the hard requirements recruiters screen for in the top third: GLM rating plans, Reserving (CL, BF, Cape Cod), Rate filings.
- List current credentials with the issuing body, e.g. CAS Exams 1, 2, 3F, 5, 6U and MAS-I passed, VEE — Economics, Accounting & Finance, Mathematical Statistics.
- Give every recent role at least one measured result — for example premium book.
- Match the job title in your headline to the posting where it is honest to do so.
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