Lead Analyst, CAT Management

Description

• The Lead Analyst, Catastrophe Management supports property exposure management, catastrophe modeling, and portfolio analytics across Global reinsurance portfolios. The role is responsible for performing detailed risk

• analysis, maintaining portfolio analytics tools, and delivering insights that inform underwriting, portfolio steering, and risk appetite decisions.

• This position partners closely with underwriting, exposure management, and data teams to enhance risk visibility, improve data quality, and support timely decision-making.

• Key Responsibilities

• Catastrophe Modeling & Exposure Analysis:

• Perform catastrophe modeling and exposure analysis across property and specialty portfolios using vendor and internal modeling platforms

• Analyze event losses, return period metrics, and scenario-based outputs (e.g., RDS, stress scenarios)

• Calculate and validate aggregate and occurrence exposures across portfolios and events

• Support event response and portfolio roll-ups, including loss estimation and impact assessments

• Portfolio Analytics & Risk Monitoring:

• Produce portfolio-level analytics including risk limit utilization, accumulation reporting, and peril/region breakdowns

• Monitor risk against established limits and support identification of concentration risks

• Provide analysis on portfolio changes and material movements between reporting periods

• Contribute to reporting deliverables for internal stakeholders and leadership

• Data Management & Tool Development:

• Maintain and enhance catastrophe analytics tools and workflows (e.g., SQL-based processes, portfolio tools)

• Support ingestion, transformation, and validation of exposure and loss data across systems

• Investigate and reconcile discrepancies across datasets, models, and reporting outputs

• Drive automation and efficiency improvements in data processes and reporting

• Underwriting & Stakeholder Support:

• Partner with underwriters to support risk selection, pricing, and portfolio management decisions

• Provide exposure insights and modeling outputs to support underwriting submissions and reviews

• Collaborate with global teams to align methodologies and ensure consistency across regions

• Support ad hoc analysis requests for underwriting, portfolio management, and leadership

• Process Improvement & Innovation:

• Identify opportunities to improve modeling workflows, data quality, and operational efficiency

• Contribute to development of new tools and approaches for portfolio analytics (e.g., automation, data integration)

• Support adoption of new technologies and processes aligned to broader Exposure Management and GEM initiatives

• Qualifications

• Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics, Finance, or related quantitative field

• 2–5+ years of experience in catastrophe modeling, exposure management, or related analytics role

• Working knowledge of catastrophe modeling platforms (e.g., AIR/Verisk Touchstone or equivalent)

• Strong data analysis skills with experience in SQL, Excel, and/or similar tools

• Analytical mindset with ability to interpret complex datasets and modeling outputs

• Preferred:

• Experience with portfolio analytics tools and scripting (e.g., SQL-based pipelines, Python)

• Familiarity with insurance/reinsurance portfolios, including property and specialty lines

• Exposure to risk limit frameworks, RDS analysis, and portfolio steering concepts

• Experience working with large datasets (e.g., SOVs, loss files, exposure databases)

• Key Competencies:

• Quantitative and analytical problem-solving

• Attention to detail and data accuracy

• Ability to translate technical outputs into business insights

• Strong collaboration with underwriting and cross-functional teams

• Ownership and execution in a fast-paced environment

• Impact & Scope:

• Supports portfolio-level risk visibility and decision-making

• Contributes directly to underwriting discipline and risk selection

• Drives improvements in data quality, analytics, and process efficiency

• Enhances the organization’s ability to respond to catastrophe events and manage accumulations

Qualifications

• College degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Finance/General Business or Engineering or equivalent education and/or experience

• 5-7 years of catastrophic modeling and management reporting experience

• 2-3 years of experience and demonstrated mastery of CAT management software employed by CAT unit

• Superb data mining skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Expert level Excel, Access, PowerPoint and SQL knowledge

• Insurance and/or reinsurance background preferred

Travel

10%