Actuarial Data Scientist: Loss Modeling & Pricing Lead

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techavivSan Jose (CA)

Data Scientists Direct Life Insurance Carriers

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About the role

Hippo is hiring an Actuarial Data Scientist to lead loss cost modeling for our Homeowners program. You will own design, development, and deployment of predictive models for frequency and severity, aligning with pricing strategy and business goals. Build Python-SQL tooling that embeds loss ratios into production workflows and scale capabilities across demand and aggregation models. You will guide the team, work with product, underwriting and engineering, and evangelize rigorous modeling with

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