Senior Catastrophe Modelling Analyst

Role Summary and Purpose

Arch is made up of 2 Lloyd’s syndicates (2012 and 1955) and a Company portfolio. This role is responsible for the management and modelling of the Political Violence and Political Risk Non-Natural Catastrophe portfolio, including Terrorism, War, and associated perils. It includes a direct Terrorism class of business and political violence exposures included in other portfolios. The analyst will produce monthly classes of business reports for the Terrorism class and assist with the monthly roll-ups for internal and external reporting.

Other key deliverables include responding to underwriting requests for additional information, developing and enhancing analytics for the division, ensuring timely and accurate capture of data by our third-party outsourcer, communicating with underwriters to keep exposure management reporting running smoothly, presenting outputs, explaining movements, and seeking sign-off for internal and external reporting metrics. The role also involves making improvements to the data and analytics for Political Violence, communicating with stakeholders on key metrics and completeness of the portfolio, and driving forward the development of the Non-Natural Catastrophe Exposure Management framework within Arch.

Ad-hoc projects such as tool and model validation and process automation are also part of the role.

• Lead analyst for Political Violence and Political Risk reporting across key classes of business.
• Manage all aspects of these portfolios for exposure management and catastrophe analytics purposes.
• Analyse monthly variances and ensure good data governance within Arch portfolios.
• Prepare data for key stakeholders, including Group reporting and outward reinsurance purchasing for multiple Arch entities.
• Provide internal and external reporting support during event response.
• Complete ad-hoc requests from underwriters to assist with pricing and monitoring of risk.
• Address ad-hoc requests from the Catastrophe Managers and Head of Department.

• Good understanding of Exposure Management and modelling.
• Strong understanding of Insurance gained in a relevant industry role; practical knowledge of insurance policies.
• Experience with in non-natural catastrophe classes advantageous, particularly Terrorism.
• Ability to communicate complex Exposure Management concepts to a non-technical audience.
• Proven organisational and workload management skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills and keen attention to detail.
• Excellent IT skills, including programming skills (Excel, VBA and SQL).
• Analytical/technical mindset.
• Strong drive to develop Exposure Management practices and processes.

• 5+ years experience in Insurance.
• Experience working in a similar role, in a Lloyd’s syndicate or similar.
• Experience with Exposure Management approaches, including modelling and scenario calculation.