Catastrophe Risk Analyst - Treaty

Canopius; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

The Role

An exciting opportunity for a Catastrophe Risk Analyst to join a leading exposure management team at one of Lloyd's largest syndicates. The successful candidate will be delivering cutting edge analytics to stakeholders across the business for the Treaty Property class, which is the largest Nat Cat class within Canopius.

You will be using leading proprietary tools, providing technical support and exposure management to underwriters as part of the Reinsurance Exposure Management team. As an analyst, you will enjoy a close working relationship with underwriting teams and have a real ability to meaningfully influence the risk selection process. The successful candidate will look to work collaboratively with various internal stakeholders to ensure timely modelling analytics to support risk pricing and wider Catastrophe Management goals.

Responsibilities:

• Active involvement in maintaining relationships with underwriters with the aim of integrating underwriting and exposure management frameworks and goals - this involves confident and timely delivery of analytics and the ability to explain how these analytics can help drive risk selection.
• Use Moody's RMS and various other tools to deliver market leading analysis both on individual account and portfolio basis.
• Working closely with underwriters to drive decision making for complex risks that fall outside of scope of vendor models including non-modelled risks.

Skills and Experience:

• Cat Modelling Experience is preferred, Reinsurance experience is highly desirable and RMS experience is advantageous.
• Intermediate/Advanced Experience with MS SQL is a strong advantage. Ability to build/design and manipulate queries to improve process.
• Highly numerate and logical - strong mathematical/statistical knowledge is advantageous.
• Excellent business communication skills - ability to influence, negotiate, and listen.
• Ability to manipulate large data sets with strong Excel and SQL skills.
• Experience using Microsoft Power BI for analytic is desirable.
• Familiarity with another programming language such as VBA, .NET, R, Python is an advantage.

About Us

Our benefits

We offer all employees a comprehensive benefits package that focuses on their whole wellbeing. This includes hybrid working, a competitive base salary, non-contributory pension, discretionary bonus, insurances including health (family) and dental cover, and many other benefits to enhance financial, physical, social and psychological health.

About Canopius

Canopius is a global specialty lines (re)insurer. We are one of the leading insurers in the Lloyd's of London insurance market with offices in the UK, US, Singapore, Australia and Bermuda.

At Canopius we foster a distinctive, positive culture which enables us to bring our whole selves to work to flourish as people, and build a business which delivers profitable, sustainable results.

Based in incredible new offices in the heart of the City of London, Canopius operates a flexible, hybrid working model and is committed to providing an environment that challenges employees to be their best and where everyone's unique contributions are recognised, valued and respected.

We are fully committed to equal employment opportunities for all applicants and providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are made regardless of age, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, religion or beliefs, marital or caring status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We encourage and welcome applicants from all diverse backgrounds.

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