Property CAT Analyst - London Market

Gallagher Re – Property CAT Analyst – London Market

The Company: Gallagher Re

• At Gallagher Re we help ensure our clients have the right protection in place so when the unexpected happens it is not catastrophic for their business.
• We think of ourselves as enabling resilience in an uncertain world.
• We look at the world of risk from different perspectives, working with our clients at each stage of the risk identification, risk mitigation and risk transfer process.
• We make sure they have the capacity to react to extreme events and respond in a prepared, disciplined and organized fashion.

The team: Property - UK

• The Catastrophe Analytics team, embedded into the broking unit, assists clients in analysing the risk to their business from all aspects of natural perils and catastrophic events.
• The successful candidate will work closely with our Property team covering Lloyds and Bermuda markets, Global Reinsurers and domestic UK&IE insurers
• For the more experienced candidate(s) there will also be an opportunity to take a leading role in managing/ mentoring junior colleagues.

The role: Property CAT Analyst

Because of our continuous growth we are looking for three new Property CAT professionals to join us, from a fresh grad with a couple of years of experience to the heavier CAT analyst circa 10 years or more of relevant work.

The roles will change based on profiles and responsibilities but the core of the jobs is to participate in our Property CAT effort to deliver solutions within all Specialty and UK&I clients.

All candidates will be expected to:

• Lead and/or contribute to renewal modelling projects on local and global accounts
• Develop and/or deploy service offering to clients, alongside our research teams and external academic partners.
• Quantify the catastrophe risk to Gallagher Re client portfolios using vendor catastrophe models and Gallagher Re proprietary models.
• Engage with clients, reinsurers, brokers & actuaries on topics including model interpretation, portfolio management and bespoke analytical projects.
• Contribute to Gallagher Re’s wider Catastrophe Analytics services, collaborating with other business units on wider projects, as part of our agile team.
• Understand and evaluate the impact of updates and revisions to models and the outputs produced.
• Contribute to reporting and analysis of natural disasters to support clients post-event.
• Work with colleagues in a variety of locations, including our analytics hub in Mumbai.
• Support junior members in the team through training and advice (senior role only).

The requirements:

The successful candidate should have:

• A degree in numerate or hazard-related subjects
• Proven experience in the (re)insurance market and in catastrophe risk analysis using at least one of the main vendor models RMS and Verisk
• Working knowledge of (re)insurance business including understanding reinsurance structures and their application
• Ability to be client facing and lead our analytics relationship with clients.
• Strong problem-solving skills and keen attention to detail
• Excellent IT skills, including working knowledge of SQL
• Excellent communication skills
• The ability to work in a team and highly motivated to learn and grow within a global market leader.
• Eligibility to work in the UK