Senior Natural Hazard Exposure Leader — Remote UAE

Nexus HR; United Arab Emirates; Remote; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexus HR is seeking a Senior Natural Hazard Exposure Specialist to assess, monitor, and manage natural hazard exposures across insurance and reinsurance portfolios. The role emphasizes earthquakes, floods, windstorms, tropical cyclones, wildfires, and other hazards, with remote work and close collaboration with Catastrophe Modeling, Underwriting, Actuarial, Reinsurance, and Risk Management teams.

The successful candidate will validate data quality, develop exposure datasets, and support

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Geography, Geospatial Science, Environmental Science, Geology, Engineering, Meteorology, Actuarial Science, Statistics, or a related discipline.
• A master's degree in natural hazard risk, climate science, geospatial analytics, disaster management, or a related field is advantageous.
• Significant experience in natural hazard exposure analysis, catastrophe risk management, insurance analytics, geospatial risk assessment, or a related function.
• Strong understanding of natural hazards and their potential impacts on insured properties, infrastructure, and commercial operations.
• Experience analyzing property exposure data, geographic risk concentrations, hazard maps, and portfolio accumulation metrics.
• Proficiency with GIS platforms such as ArcGIS or QGIS and experience working with geospatial datasets.
• Familiarity with catastrophe modeling platforms such as Moody's RMS, Verisk AIR, or comparable systems is desirable.
• Experience with geocoding, location data validation, spatial analysis, and geographic exposure visualization.
• Knowledge of natural hazard datasets, historical event information, vulnerability indicators, and physical climate risk assessment is an advantage.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience with SQL, Python, R, Power BI, or other analytical tools is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with property insurance, reinsurance, underwriting processes, and catastrophe risk management practices.
• Understanding of natural hazard exposures relevant to the UAE, Middle East, and international insurance markets is beneficial.
• Strong analytical, research, and problem‑solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical findings to non‑technical stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, maintain accurate documentation, and work independently in a remote environment.

Responsibilities

• Assess natural hazard exposures across property, commercial, industrial, infrastructure, and other relevant insurance portfolios.
• Analyze exposure to natural perils, including earthquakes, floods, windstorms, tropical cyclones, wildfires, landslides, and other region-specific hazards.
• Review geographic exposure data, insured locations, asset values, construction characteristics, occupancy classifications, and relevant vulnerability indicators.
• Validate geocoding accuracy and identify missing, inconsistent, or unreliable location information that may affect risk assessments.
• Develop and maintain natural hazard exposure databases, geographic risk profiles, and portfolio accumulation reports.
• Analyze concentrations of insured values across geographic areas, hazard zones, and business segments to identify potential accumulation risks.
• Collaborate with catastrophe modeling teams to prepare reliable exposure datasets and improve the quality of model inputs.
• Support underwriting teams by providing hazard assessments, location risk summaries, and exposure insights for new and existing business.
• Conduct geographic information system (GIS) analysis to map insured assets against hazard zones, historical event footprints, and relevant environmental datasets.
• Evaluate historical natural disasters and emerging hazard patterns to identify potential implications for portfolio performance.
• Support scenario analysis and stress testing by assessing the potential impact of severe natural hazard events on insured assets and portfolio concentrations.
• Monitor changes in hazard information, climate-related risk indicators, exposure patterns, and relevant technical data sources.
• Assist in evaluating physical climate risks and their potential implications for property exposure, underwriting strategy, and long‑term portfolio resilience.
• Coordinate with internal teams to resolve exposure data discrepancies and establish consistent data validation standards.
• Prepare technical reports, dashboards, risk maps, and management presentations summarizing natural hazard exposures and key findings.
• Maintain clear documentation of methodologies, data sources, assumptions, validation procedures, and exposure assessment results.
• Support internal audits, model governance reviews, and regulatory information requests relating to natural hazard exposure management.
• Recommend process improvements and automation opportunities to enhance exposure monitoring, reporting accuracy, and analytical efficiency.

Skills

GIS & Spatial Analysis

Excel

SQL

Python

R

Power BI

Geocoding validation

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Geography or related

Master's degree in natural hazard risk or related field

Tools

ArcGIS

QGIS

Moody's RMS / Verisk AIR

Job description

Nexus HR is seeking a Senior Natural Hazard Exposure Specialist to assess, monitor, and manage natural hazard exposures across insurance and reinsurance portfolios. The role emphasizes earthquakes, floods, windstorms, tropical cyclones, wildfires, and other hazards, with remote work and close collaboration with Catastrophe Modeling, Underwriting, Actuarial, Reinsurance, and Risk Management teams.

The successful candidate will validate data quality, develop exposure datasets, and support