About Kinetic
We’re transforming workers’ comp with technology-driven solutions for injury
prediction, prevention, and management—helping employers create safer, healthier
workplaces. We also work directly with enterprise clients.
Our platform is built for labor intensive industries including parcel delivery,
manufacturing, and wholesale/warehousing operations. From wearable tech that
reduces strain and sprain injuries by over 60% to a tech-driven program that
speeds up return-to-work and generative AI for claims management, we're
redefining what workers' comp can do.
We’re a remote-first team headquartered in New York City, growing fast—10x in
the past two years—and driven by accountability, continuous improvement, and
collaboration. If you're excited to build a career with impact, we’d love to
meet you.
Kinetic has been named to: Business Insurance's Best Place to Work in Insurance
2025.
The Role
You will own pricing analysis, portfolio monitoring, and indications work within
Kinetic’s Actuarial & Analytics team. This is a high-visibility role on a small,
fast-moving team where your analysis goes directly into carrier conversations
and underwriting decisions. We are looking for a credentialed actuary (ACAS
required) who can operate independently, bring actuarial rigor to a data-rich
environment, and help build the analytical infrastructure as Kinetic scales.
This role has also absorbed model ownership previously held by our Quantitative
Modeler contract, which was eliminated in 2026. You'll take on end-to-end
ownership of Kinetic's express-quote and renewal-tiering models — not just
consuming model output, but validating, refreshing, and documenting them —
alongside the pricing and portfolio work below.
A note on reserving: as an MGA, reserving currently sits with our carrier
partners, so this role focuses on pricing-side analytics and portfolio
monitoring which includes emergence and development patterns from a pricing
perspective. This role may take on reserving responsibilities in the future if
we move forward with capacity alternatives.
What You'll Do
Pricing Analysis
Lead pricing analysis for new and renewal business: exposure rating, loss
development, and rate adequacy reviews.
Conduct and document actuarial indications; translate findings into
actionable pricing recommendations for underwriting leadership.
Partner with the Data Scientists on pricing model outputs, Tableau dashboard
views, target market research, impact analyses, etc.
Benchmark rates against industry data and flag emerging trends to leadership.
Portfolio Monitoring
Own quarterly portfolio monitoring end-to-end: pull, analyze, and present
loss ratio, claim frequency, and severity trends by segment.
Lead carrier-facing reporting deliverables, including Carrier slides and
bordereaux.
Identify deteriorating segments early and surface them with analysis and
recommended action.
Data & Tooling
Write and maintain SQL queries in Athena for data pulls, QA, and ad hoc
analyses.
Build and document actuarial models in Excel and/or Python.
Collaborate with the data team on gold-table structures; flag data-quality
issues proactively.
Model Stewardship
Own the express-quote and renewal-tiering models: maintain, refresh, and
validate against loss outcomes; build new GLM/GBM models as scoped. Validate
models against holdout data before production; produce quarterly
predicted-vs-actual monitoring and flag drift. Maintain complete model
documentation so any model can be audited or handed off without your direct
involvement
What We're Looking For
Credentials
ACAS (Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society) required, or
near-credential with the final exams in progress; FCAS welcome.
Active exam and/or continuing-education progress expected.
Experience
5–10 years of actuarial experience in P&C insurance.
Workers’ compensation or commercial lines experience strongly preferred.
Prior experience in an MGA, insurtech, or specialty carrier environment a
plus.
Proven ability to present actuarial findings to underwriting, finance, or
carrier partners.
Technical Skills
SQL proficiency required; comfortable writing/modifying production-quality
queries in Athena or similar.
Strong Excel and actuarial modeling skills.
Familiarity with GLM/GBM model development and validation (holdout testing,
drift monitoring) a strong plus, given this role's ownership of Kinetic's
pricing models.
Python or R experience preferred.
Comfort with ambiguous, evolving data environments.
How You Work
High-ownership mentality; able to hold a deliverable end-to-end.
Clear communicator who can translate actuarial findings for non-technical
stakeholders.
Comfortable in a fast-moving startup environment where processes are still
being built.
Note
Candidates must reside within the US with existing authorization to work in the
United States. This role requires domestic travel for company offsites and team
alignment. Verification of government-issued identity and employment eligibility
will be conducted in person prior to employment.
Security Notice: Kinetic is committed to a secure hiring process. All offers of
employment are contingent upon successful completion of a comprehensive identity
and background verification process. We will never ask for financial information
or payment during the application process.