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Senior Catastrophe Risk Analyst

Senior Catastrophe Risk Analyst

CompanyAmerican International Group
LocationBoston, MA, USA, Chicago, IL, USA, New York, NY, USA, Atlanta, GA, USA
Salary$70000 – $108000
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • 5+ Years of catastrophe portfolio modelling experience, preferably using RMS and/or AIR.
  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
  • A strong understanding of property insurance and reinsurance. Progress towards industry qualifications (e.g. CPCU) would be a bonus.
  • A high degree of attention to detail and an ability to manage multiple global projects with competing priorities
  • Excellent SQL skills and an understanding of data back-end schema is a must. Technical proficiency in and additional programming language such as R or Python would be a bonus.
  • An ability to communicate technical concepts in a non-technical manner, to a wide range of audiences
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

  • Own the relationship between the catastrophe modelling team and the Retail Property Underwriting team, providing advice and data driven insights that will support Underwriting and Portfolio Management.
  • Lead the quarterly portfolio roll-up and reporting operations for select North American Commercial, and Specialty portfolios.
  • Work closely with actuarial, claims, and other functions, integrating catastrophe modelling insights into day-to-day business, and portfolio optimization strategies.
  • Carry out other modelling business activities including event response, business planning, budgeting, profit studies, portfolio optimization, reinsurance purchasing, and other exercises where catastrophe risk inputs are required.
  • Support internal partners as needed to respond to rating agency surveys, regulatory filing, data calls and other ad-hoc reporting, for various U.S. state and national insurance regulatory bodies.
  • Be a best practices expert for Underwriting Teams, the CoE, and operational groups across the company. Proactively review and propose new or changes to, and play a key role in developing our systems, processes, and strategies
  • Continuously engage with the wider Catastrophe Risk Management & Underwriting Analytics teams, supporting ad-hoc analytics projects and contributing to wider analytics initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

  • Progress towards industry qualifications (e.g. CPCU) would be a bonus.
  • Technical proficiency in and additional programming language such as R or Python would be a bonus.