Exposure Analyst - Political Violence

Westfield Specialty; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading specialty insurance firm in London seeks a candidate with insurance experience and strong programming skills. The role involves maintaining Power BI dashboards, conducting portfolio analyses, and supporting underwriting teams. Candidates should possess a degree in a related field and have experience with programming languages, particularly Python. Interested individuals are encouraged to apply for this opportunity in a collaborative work environment.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years’ experience in Insurance, ideally Political Violence.
• Experience using programming languages, preferably Python.
• Proficient in Excel.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop Power BI reporting dashboards.
• Assist with regular portfolio analysis and roll up reporting.
• Support Specialty Exposure Manager in conducting research.

Skills

Good knowledge of coding languages

Ability to work in a team

Ability to communicate technical ideas

Interest in Geo-Politics

Education

Degree with numerical or computer science focus

Tools

Python

Power BI

SQL

Excel

Job description

Job Info

• Job Identification: 11318
• Posting Date: 08/08/2025, 12:34 PM
• Locations: Floor 36, London, London, EC2N 4BQ, GB (On-site)
• Job Schedule: Full time

About Us

Founded in 1848, Westfield is a global leader in property and casualty insurance, delivering superior risk insights and innovative solutions to customers through a diverse portfolio of insurance products. Westfield underwrites commercial, personal, surety, and specialty lines of coverage through a network of leading independent agents and brokers in the United States and specialty products through Lloyd’s of London Syndicate 1200. As a mutual insurance company with more than 3,000 employees, Westfield has revenues in excess of $4 billion and more than $10 billion in assets.

Key Accountabilities

• Assist with quality checks of exposures cleansed via AI platform for open market Political Violence business.
• Ensure delegated PV exposures are kept up to date using Python scripts to automate the conversion of structured original data into modelling format
• Assist with the migration of exposures to the new aircraft tracking platform for AW class and configuration of the platform reporting zones, regions and alerts
• Assist with regular portfolio analysis and roll up reporting for PV and AW classes
• Maintain and develop Power BI reporting dashboards
• Assist Underwriting teams in risk selection by performing marginal impact, tolerance management and portfolio optimisation
• Support Specialty Exposure Manager in production of committee pack & exhibits, conducting research and scenario stress testing
• Assist in production of Event Response analysis
• Assist in completion of regulatory returns relating to Political Violence & Aviation War
• Maintain up-to-date process and methodology documentation

Role Requirements

Skills/Competencies:

• Good knowledge of coding languages
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Desire to focus on both business and technical issues
• Ability to apply independent thought to coming up with solutions to business problems
• Able to communicate technical ideas to non-practitioners in a clear and concise manner
• Ability to prioritise workloads and deliverables
• Interest in Geo-Politics & current affairs

Qualifications

• Degree with numerical or programming or computer science focus desirable

Experience

• 1-2 years’ experience in Insurance, ideally Political Violence
• Experience using programming languages, preferably Python
• Experience using modelling software desirable (e.g. Touchstone)
• SQL & Power BI experience desirable
• Proficient in Excel

This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

Westfield Specialty International Culture

Our culture is centred around three core values: Excellence, focused on high performance, agility and embracing change; Ambition, where inquisitiveness, challenge and a bold approach is encouraged; and Collaboration, delivering shared goals through collective expertise, diversity of thought and transparency. All three are underpinned by Reward & Recognition, where people are supported & respected, and success is celebrated.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

United States: All applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

United Kingdom: Westfield is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.