Catastrophe Risk Analyst — Insightful Modeling & Analytics

American Family Insurance Agency Staff; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Pension plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

American Family Insurance is seeking a Catastrophe Risk Analyst to transform catastrophe model results and exposure data into actionable insights. You will partner with cross-functional teams to influence portfolio strategy, risk appetite, and business planning, while contributing to analytics, event response, and ongoing improvements.

In this hybrid role, you’ll report to a CAT Risk Senior Manager and work a minimum of 10 days per month from the office, ideally near Madison, WI or Boston, MA.

Qualifications

• Experience with programming languages (R, Python) and strong analytical skills.
• Familiarity with catastrophe risk modeling and catastrophe management software.
• Experience applying natural catastrophe risk concepts to insurance products.

Responsibilities

• Perform catastrophe modeling analyses using catastrophe modeling software for data input, model setup, execution, result extraction and loss analytics.
• Develop analytical tools, reports, and data to understand impacts of natural disasters on the enterprise.
• Monitor catastrophe peril events in the United States daily and assess potential impacts on the Enterprise business.
• Evaluate catastrophe management software and models and explore industry best practices in earth science technologies.
• Manipulate and investigate complex datasets to form data requirements and model specs.
• Contribute ideas and approaches to develop the business.

Skills

R

Python

Analytical skills

Catastrophe risk modeling

Data analysis

Team collaboration

Customer-oriented solutions

Database scripting

Tools

Catastrophe modeling software

Geospatial analysis tools

SQL

Job description

American Family Insurance is seeking a Catastrophe Risk Analyst to transform catastrophe model results and exposure data into actionable insights. You will partner with cross-functional teams to influence portfolio strategy, risk appetite, and business planning, while contributing to analytics, event response, and ongoing improvements.

In this hybrid role, you’ll report to a CAT Risk Senior Manager and work a minimum of 10 days per month from the office, ideally near Madison, WI or Boston, MA.