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About the role
Area(s) of responsibility Guidewire Rating Testing Specialist with strong P&C insurance domain knowledge and hands-on experience validating rating logic, rate tables, and pricing calculations within Guidewire PolicyCenter. The role focuses on ensuring accuracy, regulatory compliance, and consistency of premium calculations across products and lines of business.
Key Responsibilities
Perform functional and regression testing of Guidewire Rating Engine configurations within PolicyCenter
Validate rate tables, modifiers, tiering, underwriting factors, and pricing algorithms
Test rating scenarios across new business, renewals, endorsements, cancellations, and rewrites
Ensure compliance with state/regional rating rules , bureau rates, and carrier-specific pricing logic
Collaborate with business analysts, underwriters, actuaries, and developers to clarify rating requirements
Execute end-to-end quote-to-bind testing involving rating, underwriting, and integrations
Identify, log, and track rating defects using ALM / JIRA / Azure DevOps
Support UAT and production validation for rate changes and regulatory updates
Participate in release cycles, upgrades, and cloud migration testing for Guidewire
Required Skills & Experience
6+ years of experience in Guidewire testing , with strong focus on Rating / Pricing
Hands-on experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter Rating Engine, test data management, bulk testing, issue triage and Guidewire based testing tools e.g. GT: API
Strong understanding of P&C insurance products (Commercial and Personal Lines) and Canadian P&C Insurance market.
Experience testing rate tables, modifiers, rules, coverages, and underwriting factors
Knowledge of ISO / NCCI / bureau-based rating concepts
Proficiency in test case design, execution, and defect management
Experience with Agile / Scrum delivery models
Nice to Have
Exposure to Guidewire Cloud (GWCP) implementations
Guidewire Analyst Suite Certification.
Automation experience using GW testing accelerators, UFT, Selenium, or custom frameworks
Understanding of actuarial pricing inputs and loss cost calculations
Experience supporting multi-state or multi-LOB rating programs
SQL (basic validation of rating data)
Test automation tools (optional)
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