The primary purpose of this role is to support the management of Markel’s product lines exposed to catastrophic perils by producing, validating, and analysing catastrophe model outputs for portfolio risk assessment. The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of accurate, insightful risk analysis, enabling informed decision-making and supporting sustainable, profitable growth.
In addition, the role requires maintaining up-to-date knowledge of catastrophe modelling through proactive research and continuous professional development. This will ensure that Markel remains at the forefront of industry best practice, delivering reliable catastrophe-related insights and analytics.
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Who we are:
Business Unit overview:
The International Portfolio Analytics (IPA) team at Markel is a dynamic, multi-functional group that operates with creativity, autonomy, and empowerment. Embedded within the underwriting business and represented in senior leadership forums, the team supports all divisions of Markel International. Its core focus lies in the key areas essential to driving profitability and performance for a specialty lines insurer: Portfolio Management, Pricing Transformation, Advanced Analytics and Catastrophe & Exposure Management.
The Catastrophe and Exposure Management Team delivers a comprehensive suite of analytical services that support informed underwriting decisions and robust risk management practices. The team’s mission is to enable Markel International to achieve consistent underwriting profitability and superior financial outcomes by providing high-quality, data-driven analytical support across the business.
As part of the Catastrophe Modelling and Exposure Management team, you will be supporting Markel International with pre-underwriting analytics, class and entity level reporting, ad-hoc analysis to support underwriting decisions and view of risk development. The role may be required to work over a number of lines of business including both natural catastrophe and anthropogenic risks.
Part of Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory, and investment operations around the world.
What you’ll be doing:
Build and maintain a strong relationship with divisional underwriters
Provide ad hoc analytics for underwriting portfolio analysis and reporting
Use third party catastrophe models and in-house tools for pre-underwriting analysis
Present results and ideas to internal stakeholders and underwriting teams
Collaborate closely with colleagues in other Markel offices and the wider portfolio analytics team
Liaise closely with outsourcing partners and model vendors
Assist in team projects and initiatives, such as view of risk development
Assist in producing internal and external reporting, including to Lloyds and the PRA
Key Skills:
Technical Expertise: Proven catastrophe modelling or aggregation management experience in the London market, with strong understanding of industry-standard models (Verisk preferred)
Problem Solving: Strong appetite to think creatively and challenge modelling assumptions and processes, to improve the quality, timeliness and insights of analytics provided
Technical Skills: Excellent IT skills with good knowledge of SQL and/or python
Industry Best Practice: Proven experience with catastrophe management best practices and portfolio level aggregation techniques
Stakeholder Collaboration: Experience of building and maintaining successful relationships with internal and external contacts
Project Management: The ability to manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines
What’s in it for you?
A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…
Up to 16% company pension scheme,
Private medical and dental cover, Menopause plan, emergency care benefit (children/Pets/dependants)
Income protection, Life assurance, electric car scheme, travel insurance
25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy/sell extra leave
As well as other great benefits on offer there are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career!
Are you ready to play your part?
If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward, reach their full potential and seize opportunities. You’ll find your fit amongst our diverse global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to think further because we believe that when we strive for better and realise our potential, we can help others reach theirs.
Join us and play your part in something special!
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At Markel we are all about the people , celebrating the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.
We will ensure that individuals are provided with any reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at [email protected] or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations or adjustments that may be needed, including alternative formats of documents or information on how to apply offline.
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