Jacob Brickner Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, MN, US

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Identify inconsistencies with earnings targets utilized to price new business and those needed to achieve overall division goals via Pricing Strategy analysis
• Guide the process of modeling $2.6 Billion block of business in the Prophet Modeling system to facilitate more effective scenario planning and achieve annual earnings targets of over $100 Million
• Summarize and dissect financial results and earnings drivers to deliver 5-year goal projection inputs
• Translate earnings metrics to enable competitor analysis and ensure division maintains its place as the 3rd largest group life insurance provider in the nation
• Oversee summer actuarial intern projects and provide constructive reviews in an effort to develop the next generation of Securian Financial actuarial associates
• Communicate complex business decisions and accounting results to satisfy auditor requests

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Published professional Quarterly Earnings and Goals and Plans documents for executive management meetings with Chief Financial Officer
• Managed enhancements of actuarial records and 14 quarterly product line analysis files to streamline and adapt to quicker reporting requirements
• Created models for management that portrayed ROE objectives and enterprise assessment scenarios
• Calculated and summarized risk based capital formulas for the Group Life Insurance Division

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Published professional Quarterly Earnings and Goals and Plans documents for executive management meetings with Chief Financial Officer
• Managed enhancements of actuarial records and 14 quarterly product line analysis files to streamline and adapt to quicker reporting requirements
• Created models for management that portrayed ROE objectives and enterprise assessment scenarios
• Calculated and summarized risk based capital formulas for the Group Life Insurance Division

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Collaborated with cross-functional agile team of analysts and programmers to develop and implement a state of the art Reinsurance System that saved the division $4.7 Million
• Led the process to compute and approve factors used to calculate reinsurance premium on approximately 1,000 policies
• Trained team members on the functionalities of the Reinsurance System to efficiently and accurately administer the commercial reinsurance program’s monthly excess and quota share reinsurance
• Established credible estimations for reserve liability amounts on quarterly mortality report
• Prepared and approved quarterly settlements for over 20 minority, captive, and expatriate reinsurers
• Performed reinsurance risk monitoring reports to track the Group Life Insurance Division’s reinsurers and their corresponding ceded and retained business and reinsurer financial strength ratings

Graduate, Mba

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics

Business Management, Minor