Senior Catastrophe Analyst

Join us and play your part in something special! 

The opportunity: 

The Catastrophe Management team provides support to Markel International in the following areas: pre-underwriting analytics, class and entity level reporting and ad-hoc analysis to support underwriting decisions. The mission of the department is to assist Markel International in achieving consistent underwriting profit and outstanding financial results by providing a high-quality service. 

The role may be required to work over a number of lines of business but will be focused on supporting the Non-Natural Catastrophe team. The candidate will use modelling tools to facilitate the pricing and underwriting of business and the monitoring of aggregate accumulations. They will also lead the production of quarterly divisional reporting.  

What you’ll be doing: 

• Use third party catastrophe models and in-house tools to lead the production of quarterly divisional reports  

• Use third party catastrophe models and in-house tools for pre-underwriting analysis 

• Build and maintain a strong relationship with divisional underwriters 

• Provide ad hoc reports for underwriting portfolio analysis and reporting for senior executives 

• Present results and ideas to senior stakeholders and underwriting teams 

• Collaborate closely with colleagues in other Markel offices and outsourcing functions 

• Assist Catastrophe Manager on ad-hoc projects 

Our must-haves: 

• Proven catastrophe modelling or aggregation management experience in the London market 

• Excellent IT skills with knowledge of SQL 

• Proven experience with catastrophe management best practices 

• Proven experience with regulator reporting 

• Proven experience of portfolio level aggregation techniques 

• Experience of building and maintaining successful relationships with internal and external contacts 

• The ability to manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines 

• Completed a numerical degree with a classification of 2:1 or above, or equivalent 

Who we are: 

Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory, and investment operations around the world. 

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