Jobs:Job-00524
Apply before: 5 November 2021
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Posting:
Position: Natural Hazard Specialist
Apply before: 5 November 2021
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You can find more details below and apply here (https://careers.swissre.com/job/Zurich-Natural-Hazard-Specialist-%2880-100%29-Zuri/727722201/) until next week. If you have questions feel free to contact me (federica_remondi@swissre.com).
About Swiss Re
Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.
Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work.
About the Role
Are you striving to engage with your science background to advance natural hazard resilience with the help of insurance solutions?
We offer a position focusing on the junction of science and its application in re/insurance. You will advance our natural catastrophe (Nat Cat) risk view, collaborate with teams across a wide spectrum and develop novel insurance solutions to increase resilience against natural catastrophes.
We enable Swiss Re ambition to grow in natural perils (re)insurance in close collaboration with underwriters and clients. The projects associated to this position will be focusing on flood related hazards, hence we are looking for a peer with the corresponding background.
Let us specify on the responsibilities:
- You will be accountable to build and commercialize the next generation of Nat Cat products and services for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
- You contribute the advancement of our priority projects with a business mind set and ask the right questions to make sure we develop, advance and maintain Nat Cat models and service in the most meaningful way for the company.
- You lead internal and external trainings and workshops on Natural Catastrophe risk assessment.
- You contribute and eventually lead virtual and local projects and project teams.
- You establish yourself as a point of contact for natural catastrophe expertise questions particularly on the flood peril, coming from the EMEA region.
About the Team
We are looking for a new team member to be part of the EMEA catastrophe perils team which belongs to the global the Natural Catastrophe, Cyber and Geo department. We are responsible for Swiss Re’s global Natural Catastrophe and Cyber risk assessment as well as all Geo capabilities, and related client services. On the Natural Catastrophe side we advance innovative probabilistic and proprietary modelling technology for earthquakes, windstorm and flood hazards.
Do you bring with you the following traits? Then we are sure you are the addition to our team we are looking for!
About You
- Successfully completed university degree or equivalent in quantitative natural sciences, data science, computer science, or equivalent (Flood/hydrology/weather related background preferred)
- You bring along strong overall digital literacy. You have experience in programming (e.g. Python, Matlab, R) and have a record in developing numerical and/or data analysis application
- Analytical skills are your traits, while you don't lose track of the big picture
- You have strong presentation skills and excel in oral and written communication in English. We value the additional knowledge of languages as a plus.
- High interest to become an insurance/reinsurance expert
- While you approach problems with curiosity and flexibility you are a fast learner and eager to take ownership
- High degree of own initiative and interest for interdisciplinary work
- Demonstrate high-level of curiosity and eagerness to scout for new insights and transforming them into commercial value
- Project management experience and top partner management are a plus and you are willing to excel in this area
There are some other traits we would see as benefits:
- Experience in natural hazard assessment, natural catastrophe model development or re/insurance
- Knowing we win a self-confident, reflected while proactive personality which is able to work with clients, partners or senior colleagues
- Experience with analytical/ML tools and the development of numerical models is an advantage; a PhD a plus
- Skills to express yourself successfully to non-experts
- A professional network within the academic community or/and the Nat Cat modelling community
- We would see your experience in primary insurance business as an excellent plus
