Nat Cat Modeler

Job Summary

Support the Cat Manager with ensuring smooth operations, by ensure pricing and accumulation are timely, accurate and compliant with guidelines and with the catastrophe risk management of SCOR’s portfolio.

Key duties and responsibilities

Support Cat Modelling, Pricing and Accumulation:

• Provide treaty reinsurance catastrophe modelling support to underwriters. Analyse cedant exposure/modelled results received from clients/brokers and import into vendor risk modelling environment for in-house modelling
• Support the delivery of catastrophe risk pricing of treaty reinsurance using those vendor models, experience and/or internally developed tools as per SCOR process and guidelines
• Support the monitoring and validate used capacity using specific tools
• Contribute to the development and implementation of consistent process and procedures for pricing, and best practices for modelling, including tool development
• Be a reference for one or more markets
• Mentoring of interns

Analytics:

• Support projects and follow-up questions / modelling assumptions brought up by underwriters and/or analysts
• Collaborate in transverse initiatives (Cat Systems, Analytics and Governance, wider Reinsurance or Specialty Insurance units)
• Contribute to the AvE Analysis
• Lead of smaller projects

Project / Research:

• Support business as required with appropriate projects on Nat Cat topics
• Collaborate in projects to answer underwriter-specific queries on hazard, vulnerability and model behaviour
• Learn to understand and interrogate vendor models to develop appropriate risk-views for pricing and accumulation
• Collaborate in research related to better understanding of natural perils
• Support business as required with client visits

Experience

• At least two years’ work experience in the financial services industry, preferably in reinsurance/insurance with a focus on analytical and/or actuarial work, for instance the development and structuring of reinsurance products, financial instruments, and pricing tools
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office (Proficiency in Excel). SQL, GIS. Programming skills ideally in R or Python
• Expertise in using RMS RiskLink/RiskModeller and/or AIR Touchstone user interface platforms
• Strong analytical skills. Pro-active, hands-on mentality and can-do attitude. Self-starter and solution oriented. Flexible, can adapt according to priorities.
• Clear communicator, able to structure an argument and ability to explain complex issues in a simple way. Team player, interested in sharing knowledge and helping to develop the team.

Personal Competences

• Highly motivated and driven individual who has the maturity to work with a diverse group of personalities

• Strong work ethics and ability to work in a rapidly changing and complex environment

• Strong organizational and time management skills

• Effective communication and collaboration skills with effective interpersonal verbal and written skills to communicate with non-technical colleagues

• Good analytical and problem-solving skills

• Good business acumen – synthesizes analytical skill with business insight

• Self-starter who finds creative solutions and brings positive attitude to address challenges

• Willingness to travel in the region