COUNTRY Financial®

Actuary

• Lead and manage a diverse team of actuarial and non-actuarial professionals, including fellows, associates, students, and support staff.
• Provide technical oversight and guidance across actuarial functions to ensure accuracy, quality, and compliance.
• Direct actuarial administration functions, including oversight of Illustration systems and policy Administration platforms.
• Manage and coordinate reinsurance strategy and operations, including treaty evaluation and execution.
• Ensure effective project prioritization, resource allocation, and delivery across multiple initiatives.
• Mentor and develop team members, fostering a culture of performance, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Support strategic initiatives and transformation efforts, including system enhancements and process optimization.

Actuarial Manager

Marketing

• Develops strategic options for marketing and business opportunities by understanding consumers (buying habits, preferences), business capabilities market potential.
• Performs root cause analysis and strategic opportunity assessment of ambiguous or complex business and/or market issues.
• Performs complex business process modeling and operating model design to support opportunity assessments and to assist with the identification of growth opportunities.
• Leads the identification and documentation of potential go-to-market strategies and methods, using a range of channels such as email, social media, paid digital and traditional media, partnerships/sponsorships, and events.
• Partners with agency leadership to identify opportunities and messaging that will resonate with the field and secures alignment and buy-in for execution.
• Leads the development or refinement of marketing segmentation strategies, including analyzing existing consumer and client information along with information gathered from consumer research in order to determine or adjust target markets for acquisition, cross-sell, or retention efforts.
• Presents strategic business and market planning information to management at all levels in the organization, including executive leadership, to assist with decision making.
• Assists in the development and maintenance of Strategic Integrated Marketing methodology standards, including business processes and competitive analysis techniques.
• Leads and facilities the work of medium-sized or large project teams as needed to support Strategic Integrated Marketing and target market goals.

Strategic Marketing Specialist

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Handle inbound requests from advisors and clients, providing case management
• Manage new business calls and review paperwork, addressing non-suitability issues
• Assist with account setup, maintenance, and transfers
• Provide information about products, investment options, account setup, taxation, regulatory/compliance questions, and general account information

Investment Services New Business Review Lead

Attorney

• Serves as a key legal advisor supporting casualty claims, focusing on coverage analysis and strategy
• Partners closely with claims professionals and leadership to evaluate policy coverage, assess legal risk, and guide resolution strategies on high-exposure and litigated matters
• Provides expert interpretation of insurance policies, develops defensible coverage positions, and influences outcomes through proactive legal counsel
• Oversees outside counsel on coverage-related litigation, ensuring alignment with company strategy, efficient case management, and effective cost control
• Contributes to training, best practices, and consistency in coverage application across the organization.

Senior Claims Attorney – Coverage Attorney

• Provides wide range of legal service, involving independent planning, research, investigation, development of legal advice and review of corporate materials which are of substantial importance to the status and operation of Illinois Agricultural Association and Affiliated Companies.
• Attorneys may be asked to concentrate in one or more specific areas, with opportunities for cross-practice experience on various projects, including, but not limited to, Agriculture, Banking and Securities, Contracts, Insurance and Regulatory, Corporate Governance, E-Commerce, E-Discovery, Employment and Employee Benefits, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Real Estate and Mortgages, Tax and Transactional.

Attorney 1 – IFB, Transactions

Claims Specialist

• Investigates claims by determining applicable policy coverage, evaluates, negotiates and settles assigned claims
• Initiates contact with insureds, claimants, and all relevant parties to gather basic information, obtain recorded statements (when necessary), and explain the overall claims process
• Completes physical and/or virtual inspections of damaged property (when necessary), evaluates damages, and prepares written estimates according to policy provisions and liability

Senior Property Field Claims Adjuster

• Leads fixed income research efforts, such as making sector and industry allocation decisions and international versus domestic fixed income decisions.
• Controls all processes around fixed income decision making and ensures portfolios adhere to relevant policies.
• Directs commercial mortgage/real estate activities to ensure they align with other income-oriented assets in the portfolios.
• Leads the selection of public fixed income investments and prepares reports to gain approval for inclusion in portfolios.
• Serves as a member of the Staff Investment Committee, responsible for approving all real estate, mortgage, credit tenant loan, private equity, private debt and other alternative assets for the COUNTRY Insurance and pension portfolios.
• Serves as the lead portfolio manager for all fixed income activity for insurance and pension portfolios.
• Manages relationships tied to the external bond brokers used for trading in bond portfolios.
• Serves as one of the primary decision makers on the Asset Allocation Committee.
• Manages processes tied to COUNTRY’s Spread Investing Program where loans are provided by the Federal Home Loan Bank and fixed income assets are purchased with those funds.
• Oversees external fixed income relationships, except those tied directly to the alternative assets group.
• Manages the implementation and maintenance of disaster recovery plans and activities in assigned areas.

Director, Fixed Income Investments

Manager

• Collaborates and coordinates to establish and achieve goals for assigned areas
• Monitors and measures metrics to improve results, efficiencies and adherence to claims goals, policies and procedures
• Assures consistency across claims operations for assigned areas
• Provides guidance and counsel to claims personnel with respect to the investigation, evaluation, negotiation and settlement of all liability claims
• Supervises the development of assigned Liability Adjusters, including succession planning and administering and monitoring employee development

Liability Claims Manager

• Investigates, adjusts and maintains liability claims
• Reviews coverages, obtains necessary investigatory information and determines liability
• Initiates contact with insureds, claimants, and all relevant parties to gather basic information, obtain recorded statements (when necessary), and explain the overall claims process
• Evaluates damages and prepares written estimates according to policy provisions and liability

Senior Liability Claims Representative

Project Manager

• Join COUNTRY's Documents & Forms technology team as a Sr. Project Manager.
• Coordinate project/agile teams and provide overall direction for technical projects from initiation through to completion.
• Collaborate across project teams, stakeholders, and leadership to ensure project success within established scope, budget and timeline.
• Create, manage and execute project/program plans, including project requirements, estimates, scope, timeline, milestones and deliverables.
• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders, including team members, vendors/contractors, business and ITS partners.
• Ensure the establishment of scope and priorities and identify/manage risks, issues and dependencies to achieve project objectives.
• Manage and track budget and budget variance as well as project progress against project milestones and budget.
• Monitor project progress and milestones and provide regular updates to stakeholders, including status reports and presentations.
• May primarily manage projects using Agile/Scrum framework.

Senior Technology Project Manager

• Investigates claims by determining applicable policy coverage
• Evaluates, negotiates and settles assigned claims with a focus on Bodily Injury and Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin statutes and laws
• Initiates contact with insureds, claimants, and all relevant parties to gather basic information
• Obtains recorded statements (when necessary)
• Explains the overall claims process
• Evaluates damages and prepares written estimates according to policy provisions and liability

Senior Claims Representative – Liability

Public Relations

• Protects and enhances the reputation of COUNTRY Financial through external communications.
• Supports corporate vision, mission, objectives and values through external message planning, development and delivery.
• Ensures the right messages get to the right external audiences.
• Works closely with client advocacy, marketing, and legal stakeholders to support effective external audience messaging.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with executive leadership and works closely with business leaders.

Senior Public Relations Specialist

• Complete annual, quarterly, and monthly tasks to support reserve valuations and financial reporting requirements
• Utilizes actuarial models and knowledge to consult and influence management towards courses of action that impact products/pricing, valuation, modeling, profitability, underwriting, administration, risk management, and markets
• Builds actuarial assumptions and models using a variety of tools, including actuarial modeling software, data visualization applications, programming languages and Microsoft Office applications
• Communicates results to direct management, verbally, in writing or in presentation form
• Documents work according to actuarial standards of practice
• Works towards actuarial designation from the Society of Actuaries.