Actuarial Research Intern: Catastrophe & Geopolitical Risk

Time Seventeen; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Time Seventeen is seeking an early-career researcher to evaluate event-linked risk prices for catastrophe and geopolitical exposures in Hong Kong. You will work with actuarial and market colleagues to analyze exposure, policy triggers, dependence, and data limitations, bridging research and practical insurance questions.

The role emphasizes transparent analysis, reproducible research materials, and collaboration across research, markets, and risk teams in a focused environment.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in probability and statistics with interest in tail-risk modeling.
• Proficient using Excel, Python, or R for analysis.
• Actuarial exam progress or insurance coursework is helpful but not required.

Responsibilities

• Research insurance, reinsurance, catastrophe-bond, and parametric risk-transfer structures.
• Support frequency, severity, exposure, and scenario analysis using available datasets.
• Examine policy triggers and event-resolution rules, including exclusions and potential ambiguity.
• Analyze basis risk and sensitivity when mapping an index to an insured exposure.
• Document data provenance, modeling assumptions, dependence, and uncertainty.
• Prepare clear research notes for actuarial, commercial, and product discussions.

Skills

Excel

Python

R

Probability

Statistics

Education

Actuarial science

Statistics

Finance

Actuarial exam progress

Job description

Time Seventeen is seeking an early-career researcher to evaluate event-linked risk prices for catastrophe and geopolitical exposures in Hong Kong. You will work with actuarial and market colleagues to analyze exposure, policy triggers, dependence, and data limitations, bridging research and practical insurance questions.

The role emphasizes transparent analysis, reproducible research materials, and collaboration across research, markets, and risk teams in a focused environment.