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Canopius Group · 2 months ago

Catastrophe Risk Analyst

Canopius Group is seeking a Catastrophe Risk Analyst to join their market-leading Catastrophe Management team. The role involves contributing to catastrophe modeling and exposure management, working closely with underwriters to enhance risk selection processes and developing methodologies for effective workflow.

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Responsibilities

Contributing to the catastrophe modelling and exposure management for business written out of the US platforms. Initial focus will be on D&F with potential to expand into other natural and non-natural lines
Working closely with the Natural Catastrophe Management team, across different regions, to ensure close communication across the Catastrophe Management team, consistent application of view of risk and contribute to cross-region analytics
Building a strong relationship with underwriters in order to provide analytics that can drive underwriter decision making and risk selection
Translating functionality of the US peril models to underwriters including their strengths/weaknesses, data quality considerations and how this impacts the modelled losses
Creating a narrative based on the modelling data and other sources to effectively provide a valuable summary of a certain risk and give advice to UW on the strengths and weaknesses of both the data and the model’s ability to provide meaningful results. This includes communicating the concept of uncertainty
Contributing to the implementation of methodologies that streamline workflow and processes
Contribution to internal and regulatory reporting including monthly roll ups and regulatory submissions

Qualification

Cat Modelling experienceExcel skillsSQL skillsMathematical knowledgeProgramming languagesBusiness communication skillsProblem solvingOrganizational skills

Required

At least one year of Cat Modelling experience in any business line
D&F and RMS knowledge are strong advantages
Highly numerate and logical – strong mathematical/statistical knowledge is advantageous
Excellent business communication skills - ability to influence, negotiate, and listen to external parties and members of the Cat Team
Ability to manipulate large data sets with strong Excel and SQL skills
Highly organised and able to work well under time pressure and to tight deadlines
Familiarity with another programming language such as VBA, .NET, R, Python is a strong advantage
Be a creative, self-starter with the ability to apply knowledge to solve complex issues as they arise
Shows initiative and able to work on own or as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Quick to learn and able to turn their hand to a range of tasks
Enjoys being challenged and a motivation to continue to improve
Strong communication skills with ability to explain complex ideas to a variety of audiences
Outside the box problem solving, with a passion for completing tasks
Proactive and hard-working

Company

Canopius Group

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We are Canopius, a global specialty and Property & Casualty (re)insurer with offices in the UK, the US, Bermuda, Singapore and Australia.

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
unknown
Key Investors
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance
2025-06-11Secondary Market
2019-11-04Corporate Round
2017-09-01Acquired

Leadership Team

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Coleman Johnson
Chief Underwriting Officer, US and Bermuda
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Lisa Davis
President and Chief Underwriting Officer
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