Assistant VP of Pricing focusing on the development of sophisticated pricing for the Small Business package product.
Leads actuarial analyses to identify and segment risk and maintain and improve pricing, applying quantitative methods to business problems while incorporating business expertise.
Oversees and guides work of analysts to analyze and solve complex problems, incorporating technical, industry, and business knowledge.
Co-founder and Co-Chair of the Women in Actuarial & Analytics group at Travelers, the first Diversity Business Network at Travelers, a group dedicated to the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in analytical roles and winner of the 2011 NALC Above-and-Beyond Award.
Assistant Vice President, Pricing @ Assistant Vice President in the Small Business Pricing group at CNA, leading a team of actuaries focused on the development and maintenance of sophisticated pricing for CNA’s small business package product, a $300M book of business. Leads actuarial analyses to identify and segment risk, applying quantitative methods to business problems while incorporating business expertise. In this role, collaborates with Small Business Underwriting, Predictive Modeling and IT teams to implement data-driven solutions to business problems. From May 2014 to Present (1 year 8 months) Director, Predictive Business Applications @ Led predictive modeling and quantitative analyses for all Commercial Lines at CNA. Led a team of predictive modelers in the development and implementation of a pricing guidance model impacting CNA’s $400M commercial auto book of business across small and middle market segments. Served as the business lead for the build and launch of the first analytical computing environment at CNA, providing powerful computing capabilities to the analytical and actuarial teams to support efficient and effective analysis and collaboration. Additionally, assisted the Risk Control and Underwriting organizations with a telematics pilot program, helping provide internal training on telematics and its usage, as well as working with the telematics vendor to ensure quality data collection and delivery. From August 2011 to May 2014 (2 years 10 months) Greater Chicago AreaAssociate, Personal Insurance Research @ - Led and managed research efforts for personal insurance telematics: oversaw and performed analyses for IntelliDrive program, built collaborative relationships with Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and vendor, and worked to ensure knowledge exchange across enterprise
- Led and managed research and implementation efforts for personal insurance Auto initiative to improve competitive position and penetration into target market of existing auto product
- Performed analyses during pre-launch phase of Travelers Insurance Score model
- Improved usability of bodily injury reserving model: built effective reports highlighting out-of-pattern results and developed confidence intervals around point estimates of reserves to provide guidance for interpreting model results
- Developed and spearheaded tutorials in Unix for colleagues: provided one-on-one training to approximately 30 department members and group training to approximately 20 analysts
- Co-founded and Co-Chaired the Women in Actuarial & Analytics (WIAA) group at Travelers, the first Diversity Business Network at Travelers and winner of the 2011 NALC Above-and-Beyond Award From September 2008 to July 2011 (2 years 11 months) Graduate Student, PhD completed @ - Dissertation research in high-energy particle physics at the DZero experiment at Fermilab, studying B_s mixing in semileptonic decays
- Served as Silicon Microstrip Tracker expert, responsibilities included assisting in electronics readout and testing of new silicon layer, installed Spring 2006
- Served as Chair of the American Physical Society's Forum on Graduate Student Affairs (2007-2009) From September 2003 to April 2008 (4 years 8 months) Teaching Assistant @ - Taught introductory physics labs to science majors, engineers, and pre-med students
- Served as primary teaching assistant for the Integrated Science Program students, Spring 2005
- Tutored undergraduate students privately, for introductory physics courses and MCAT preparation From September 2003 to June 2005 (1 year 10 months) Teaching Assistant @ - Taught introductory physics lab courses to physics majors, pre-meds, and other science majors
- Tutored undergraduate students privately, in introductory physics and MCAT preparation From August 2000 to May 2003 (2 years 10 months)
Ph.D., Physics @ Northwestern University From 2004 to 2008 M.S., Physics @ Northwestern University From 2003 to 2004 B.S., Physics, minors in Math and Music, cum laude @ Loyola University Chicago From 1998 to 2003 Meghan Anzelc is skilled in: SAS, Statistical Modeling, LaTeX, C++, Microsoft Office, Windows, ROOT, Research, Staff Development, Data Analysis, Statistics, Data Mining, Analysis, Mentoring, Leadership, Data Modeling, Property & Casualty Insurance, R, Quantitative Analytics