Catastrophe Research Manager

Join us as a Catastrophe Research Manager to take your career to the next level with a global market leader.

How you will create an impact

This role will be a manager on AIGs Catastrophe Research & Validation Team. You will support the development of AIGs internal view of risk for Natural Catastrophe Terrorism and other First Party Perils. Working with the Head of Catastrophe Research & Validation and other Cat Modelling Leaders you will support the implementation of industry leading analytics research practices and model development across the organisation. The role the opportunity to interact with and advise senior management across the business functions as well as an ability to influence global catastrophe risk modelling and exposure management efforts.

Some of the key responsibilities include:

• Lead Model Validation & Research for specific perils and regions managing and mentoring a team of research analysts/scientists based in Bengaluru India

• Work with Cat Modelling Leadership to evaluate models develop standardised best practices and implement AIGs view of risk worldwide

• Support end to end catastrophe model evaluation across the company:

  • Define and implement the AIG View of Risk

  • Validate new and existing vendor models

  • Propose adjustments to vendor out of the box views

  • Implement model change and upgrades

• Develop relationships with Reinsurance Broker and Model Vendor partners and leverage their insights and experience to benchmark AIGs own View of Risk

• Support AIGs assessment of climate change and impacts to climate related perils worldwide providing thought leadership on topics related to climate change and climate variability

• Support AIGs climate change engagement with regulators such as the PRA Lloyds Japan FSA and multiple State Regulators in the United States

• Work with Enterprise Risk Management partners to ensure view of risk principles are clearly documented and communicated in line with AIGs model risk management policies

• Support short and medium term efforts to transform internal catastrophe modelling process

• Closely collaborate with functions such as Risk Engineering the Product Office Actuarial Underwriting and ERM to share insights and best practices across the organisation

• Partner with the Data Office on strategic data initiatives including supporting vendor/data provider capability assessments and contract reviews.

• Drive a culture that promotes collaboration and accountability within a diverse and inclusive environment.

What youll need to succeed

• 6 years of experience in catastrophe research or model development with hands on knowledge of RMS preferred

• PhD or Masters degree in Climate Science Natural Hazards Applied Statistics or a related subject

• Experience at an Underwriting Company or a Broker is a bonus

• Excellent understanding of the science of catastrophe modelling and hands on experience writing model reviews and validation for internal stakeholders and regulators

• In-depth knowledge of catastrophe models including their strengths and weaknesses

• A thorough understanding of climate change and its impact on insurance and demonstrated experience presenting and discussing catastrophe risk research in internal or external forums

• An ability to communicate technical concepts in a non-technical manner to a wide range of audiences

• Excellent communication presentation and interpersonal skills

• Strong programming skills including R Python and SQL

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Reimagining insurance to make a bigger difference to the world

American International Group Inc. (AIG) is a global leader in commercial and personal insurance solutions; we are one of the worlds most far-reaching property casualty networks. It is an exciting time to join us across our operations we are thinking in new and innovative ways to deliver ever-better solutions to our customers. At AIG you can go further to support individuals businesses and communities helping them to manage risk respond to times of uncertainty and discover new potential. We invest in our largest asset our people through continuous learning and development in a culture that celebrates everyone for who they are and what they want to become.

Welcome to a culture of inclusion

Were committed to creating a culture that truly respects and celebrates each others talents backgrounds cultures opinions and goals. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging through learning cultural awareness activities and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). With global chapters ERGs are a cornerstone for our culture of inclusion. The talent of our people is one of AIGs greatest assets and we are honored that our drive for positive change has been recognized by numerous recent awards and accreditations.

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