Catastrophe Modeler (m/f) 80-100%
Your Role
As a Catastrophe Modelers at Group Reinsurance Analytics, you will manage the CatRisk exercise and build all products derived from this data submission. Being an expert for the physics and special properties of natural catastrophes, you will serve the wider cat community with your knowledge and insight (Zurich own view of risk, exposure management, underwriting support, portfolio optimization, strengthening of community resilience to natural catastrophes).
As a Catastrophe Modeler your main responsibilities will involve:
Reviewing the results of the global nat cat risk data call and modeling process (CatRisk exercise), identifying and communicating drivers of change to all pertinent stakeholders
Preparing data and modeling results for external submissions to the reinsurance market and explaining observed changes
Pricing and benchmarking internal and external cat reinsurance (internal renewals, KPIs, quantitative support to Reinsurance Management)
Maintaining Group Cat Risk Model (cat modeling input and parameter uploads, structural changes)
Quarterly measurement of adherence to the Zurich Risk Policy and related reporting
Quarterly quantification of economic and regulatory nat cat capital and related reporting
Supporting the validation of vendor models and building of Zurich own view of risk
Cat event response to developing catastrophes (loss estimates, support to claims)
User administered systems and software maintenance
Interaction with Group IT in respect of non-user-administered software and systems
Your Skills and Experience
As a Catastrophe Modeler your skills and qualifications will ideally include:
University degree (masters or higher) in quantitative earth-/climate science, physics, mathematics, statistics or structural/environmental engineering
- Solid knowledge of statistics and probability
- Familiarity with Geographic Information Systems
Strong analytical skills and data analysis/mining capabilities
- Flexibility, responsiveness and result-orientation
- Awareness for and openess to intercultural issues
- Strong communication skills and good presentation skills
- Fluent English written and spoken
Applied knowledge of Nat Cat Models and financial modeling tools, preferably RiskLink and ReMetrica, are a plus
Working experience in insurance/reinsurance industry is a plus
SQL knowledge is a strong asset, other programming skills are a plus
Preferred work location is Zurich. If you value an exciting and varied working environment and meet the above requirements, then we are looking forward to receiving your application by clicking on the button "Apply online".
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