Position Summary
The Consulting Actuary – Healthcare Risk & Insurance Strategy partners with executive leadership, Risk
Management, Finance, and Legal to provide actuarial analysis and strategic advice related to professional
liability, general liability, workers’ compensation, property, cyber, and other enterprise risks. This role
supports insurance program design, captive and self-insured structures, reserve adequacy, reinsurance
strategy, and loss forecasting for a complex hospital and healthcare delivery organization.
The Consulting Actuary plays a critical role in translating historical loss experience and emerging risk
trends into actionable financial, insurance, and enterprise risk decisions.
Key Responsibilities
Actuarial Analysis & Reserving
● Perform actuarial analyses for medical professional liability, general liability, workers’
compensation, and other self-insured or partially insured programs
● Estimate ultimate losses, IBNR, and loss development factors using accepted actuarial methods
● Support annual and quarterly reserve reviews in coordination with Finance and external actuaries
and auditors
Insurance & Captive Strategy
● Advise on insurance program structure, retentions, limits, deductibles, and reinsurance placement
● Support captive insurance company analysis, funding strategies, and long-term sustainability
● Evaluate alternative risk transfer mechanisms and emerging risk financing approaches
Enterprise Risk & Forecasting
● Model the financial impact of catastrophic events, systemic losses, and tail-risk scenarios
● Support stress testing and scenario modeling for enterprise risk and business continuity planning
● Partner with Risk Management and Enterprise Resilience leadership on loss trend interpretation
tied to operational risks (e.g., EHR outages, clinical events, natural disasters)
Stakeholder & Governance Support
● Prepare actuarial reports and executive-level summaries for senior leadership and the Board
● Support insurance renewals, underwriting submissions, and broker strategy discussions
● Serve as an expert resource for Legal, Compliance, and Claims leadership on loss trends and
exposure analysis
Qualifications
*Required
● Fellow or Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society (FCAS or ACAS)
● 5+ years of actuarial experience, with significant healthcare exposure
● Deep experience with medical malpractice and healthcare liability programs
● Strong analytical, modeling, and communication skills
*Preferred
● Experience supporting large hospital systems, physician enterprises, or managed care
organizations
● Captive insurance or self-insurance program experience
● Familiarity with enterprise risk management and business continuity concepts
Skills Required
- Fellow or Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society (FCAS or ACAS)
- 5+ years of actuarial experience with significant healthcare exposure
- Deep experience with medical malpractice and healthcare liability programs
- Strong analytical, modeling, and communication skills
- Experience supporting large hospital systems, physician enterprises, or managed care organizations
- Captive insurance or self-insurance program experience
- Familiarity with enterprise risk management and business continuity concepts
What We Do
Community Health Systems, Inc. is one of the nation’s leading operators of general acute care hospitals. The organization’s affiliates own, operate or lease more than 80 hospitals in 16 states with approximately 15,000 licensed beds. Affiliated hospitals are dedicated to providing quality healthcare for local residents and contribute to the economic development of their communities. Based on the unique needs of each community served, these hospitals offer a wide range of diagnostic, medical and surgical services in inpatient and outpatient settings.
