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Senr Actuary Life

Grade 19

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Career Ladder

A listing of titles that are most commonly used as steps for upward mobility for this title series. The salary schedule for this career ladder is also available.

  1. Senr Actuary Life

    Grade 19

  2. Assoc Actuary Life

    Grade 24

  3. Prin Actuary Life

    Grade 28

  4. Supvg Actuary Life

    Grade 64

  5. Chief Life Actuary 3

    Grade 65

  6. Chief Life Actuary 2

    Grade 66

  7. Chief Life Actuary 1

    Grade 67

Summary of Job Description

As a Senior Actuary (Life) in the NYS Department of Financial Services, you may assist higher-level actuaries in the review of premium rate submissions, experience rating formulae and loss ratio reports of Health Maintenance Organizations or Credit Insurance Plans. You may assist in checking actuarial reserve formulae and calculations of net premiums and reserves for life insurance, retirement benefits, annuities, and health insurance. You may assist higher-level actuaries in evaluating submissions related to agent compensation, separate accounts, investment income allocation, policy forms and rates, and actuarial projections supporting company plans of operation. You may participate in on-site examinations of insurance companies, fraternal benefit societies, and retirement systems.

As a Senior Actuary (Life) in the NYS Office of the State Comptroller, you would assist higher-level actuaries in preparing new actuarial tables, such as tables of annuity values, option factors, and rates of contributions; and in computing retirement allowances and valuation reserve factors.

As a Senior Actuary (Life) in the NYS Teachers' Retirement System, you would participate in the annual valuation of the System's liabilities, prepare fiscal notes for proposed legislation affecting the System, compute annuity values and option factors based on mortality and interest assumptions adopted by the Board, calculate option factors as required by a Domestic Relations Order (DRO), perform studies of actual experience in relation to expected experience based on the valuation assumptions, generate statistics based on the System's membership, and prepare the actuarial and statistical portions of the annual reports to members.

View the classification standard for this title, on the Classification and Compensation webpage.

The NYS Title and Salary Plan provides additional information regarding other titles. If there is a classification standard available there will be a link under the column labeled STD. NO. If no link is available there is no classification standard available at this time for that title.

Summary of Minimum Qualifications

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.

You must take and pass a Civil Service examination in order to be considered for this position.

Candidates must have all of the following:
-A bachelor's degree or higher including or supplemented by 24 semester credit hours in mathematics, statistics, and/or actuarial science;
AND
-Successful completion of one examination of the Society of Actuaries;
AND
-One year of actuarial experience.

For informational purposes only, click on the examination number(s) listed below to see the current or previous examination(s) that are used to fill this title.

20-110

How to Apply

When this examination is scheduled to be held, the announcement can be found on the Department of Civil Service, Examination Announcements web page. If you do not see an examination currently scheduled please check back on a monthly basis or sign up for announcement notification by email so that you will automatically be notified when new examinations are being offered.

Career Mobility

Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the Career Ladder, above. Additional movement may be achieved through other examinations, additional education and/or work experience or transfer opportunities. For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office. Visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists. If you are not a current New York State employee, see Employment Opportunities with New York State and find out how to become a New York State employee.

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