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Jordan Patel
Chicago, IL | jordan.patel@email.com | (312) 555-0184 | linkedin.com/in/jordanpatel
Resume Example - Actuary (Intentionally Imperfect)
- Pricing Analyst (Actuarial), Midwest Mutual Insurance, Chicago, IL | 2022 - Present: Built rate indications for personal auto using GLMs in R and Excel, supporting annual filing updates across multiple states.
- Partnered with underwriting and product teams to review loss trends and recommend pricing actions, contributing to improved profitability.
- Maintained and enhanced reserving triangles for quarterly close; prepared exhibits for management and assisted with audit requests.
- Actuarial Intern, Horizon Life & Annuity, Remote | Summer 2021: Created experience study summaries for mortality and lapse; shared findings with the valuation team and documented methodology.
- Education: B.S. Mathematics and Statistics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 2022 | Actuarial Exams: Passed P and FM; sitting for IFM (planned). Skills: R, SQL (basic), Excel/VBA (intermediate), Python (exposure).
Overview
- Add specific business impact (rate level, loss ratio, premium) and scope (states, book size) to key bullets.
- Clarify actuarial ownership and methods (GLM inputs, validation, reserving method, governance) to show depth.
- Tighten exam/skills section to remove ambiguous phrasing and align with current CAS/SOA expectations.
Suggestions
Rewrite to quantify scope and outcomes and name the filing cycle. Example: "Developed 2024 personal auto rate indication using Poisson/Gamma GLMs in R for 8 states (~$120M written premium), informing a +4.2% overall rate level change and DOI filing support."
Your current bullet shows tools but not the size of the book, number of states, or measurable impact. Quantifying premium, indicated change, and timing signals actuarial rigor and business relevance.
Referenced resume text
"Built rate indications for personal auto using GLMs in R and Excel, supporting annual filing updates across multiple states."
Replace generic profitability claim with concrete metrics and what you owned. Example: "Led monthly loss trend review (frequency/severity by territory/coverage), recommending +1.5 pt SRM adjustment and underwriting actions that reduced 6-month loss ratio from 72% to 69%."
"Improved profitability" is hard to evaluate without a baseline, timeframe, and the levers you changed. Specific metrics make the contribution credible.
Referenced resume text
"Partnered with underwriting and product teams to review loss trends and recommend pricing actions, contributing to improved profitability."
Specify reserving method, lines covered, and deliverables. Example: "Produced quarterly reserve picks for personal auto BI/PD using chain ladder and BF methods; reconciled triangles to data warehouse and delivered booked vs. indicated commentary for CFO package."
Reserving bullets are stronger when they state methodology, lines of business, and decision artifacts (reserve picks, commentary, variance drivers). This differentiates support work from actuarial ownership.
Referenced resume text
"Maintained and enhanced reserving triangles for quarterly close; prepared exhibits for management and assisted with audit requests."
Update exam plan language and tighten skills to proficiency levels relevant to actuarial work. Example: "Exams: P, FM (passed); MAS-I (scheduled May 2026). Technical: R (advanced: GLMs, data wrangling), SQL (intermediate), Excel/VBA (advanced)."
"Sitting for IFM (planned)" reads uncertain, and IFM has been retired in many pathways. Clear scheduling and aligned exam targets improve credibility; focused skill levels reduce ambiguity.
Referenced resume text
"Actuarial Exams: Passed P and FM; sitting for IFM (planned). Skills: R, SQL (basic), Excel/VBA (intermediate), Python (exposure)."
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