AVP/VP, Catastrophe Risk Analyst

About the role

The Catastrophe Risk Advisory unit within Guy Carpenter seeks an Assistant Vice President or Vice President, Catastrophe Risk Analyst, to advise clients on reinsurance evaluation, decision-making, and placement while leveraging state-of-the-art tools and supporting internal initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Manage catastrophe modeling projects from beginning to end.
• Contribute to impactful and insightful discussions with clients on their reinsurance strategy, underwriting support, pricing adequacy, and portfolio management; act as the catastrophe risk expert as part of our account teams.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with brokers/clients/reinsurers/colleagues and assist in promptly responding to client queries and concerns.
• Develop knowledge in certain region-based or peril-based areas of catastrophe risk management services through research or experience.
• Take part in or lead internal initiatives, offering ideas and feedback to improve outcomes as well as to help develop Guy Carpenter’s thought leadership and industry expertise.

Requirements

• 2 - 12 years of experience with various catastrophe models.
• Robust data management skills, including ability to manipulate, interpret, and extrapolate complex data; familiarity with data storage and manipulation tools such as Data Bricks, MS SQL, Python, R, etc.
• Superior communication and presentation skills, including an ability to translate complex technical analysis and concepts into easily understandable terms for brokers and clients.
• Fundamental knowledge of the reinsurance industry, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Qualifications

• Reinsurance experience.
• Experience at a reinsurance broker.
• Practical experience applying AI techniques (including machine learning and modern large-language models) to automate processes.

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Benefits

We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders. We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.

Pay

The applicable base salary range for this role is $79,500 to $145,800. The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Schedule

This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.