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KPMG

Business Modeling Services Manager

Atlanta, GA · On-site

$125K - $253K/yr

... climate change and policy analysis. Responsibilities: * Cultivate strong interpersonal ... Oversee team in the building of custom financial analytical forecast models; support robust data ...

WSP

Senior Sustainability Engineer

Atlanta, GA · On-site

$88K - $108K/yr

... climate resilience initiatives. * Experience securing and administering sustainability grants or funding programs. * Working knowledge of AutoCAD, Civil 3D, BIM platforms, energy modeling software ...

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Senior Catastrophe Risk Modeler (Flood Modeling)

Duluth, GA • On-site

Tokio Marine HCC
Insurance Services • 1 - 5K employees

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Posted 13 days ago

Job description

Tokio Marine HCC is a leading specialty insurance company with a global footprint supporting the many things in life we cherish. Love hamburgers and corn on the cob, seeing your favorite musician in an amazing venue, maybe even attending a football game? I bet you never realized there is an entire industry dedicated to ensuring peace of mind for all the big and little things in life. At Tokio Marine HCC we invite you to be part of the collaboration between minds, striving together to lead the specialty insurance field.
As a Catastrophe Risk Modeler, you will utilize your technical expertise in catastrophe risk modeling joining a bright team of experts in risk modeling, analytics, research and development. This position is a hybrid role, located in Metro Atlanta area (Duluth, GA). The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Flood Modeling.
What you will do:
  • Nat Cat Center of Excellence: Support Tokio Marine Group Nat Cat Center of Excellence proactively sharing catastrophe modeling expertise and research with the broader Tokio Marine Group Companies to foster risk culture, market intelligence, training, collaboration, data and ad-hoc requests.
  • Catastrophe Model Development: Apply expertise in catastrophe risk modeling research and development. Develop internal models and support solution development for Tokio Marine Holdings and Tokio Marine Group Companies' initiatives.
  • Catastrophe Model Validation: Research and develop benchmarks to evaluate model performance overall and for detailed model components - hazard and vulnerability - and loss validations to support model development and validation of vendor models.
  • Support Tokio Marine Holdings ERM: Support Tokio Marine Holdings ERM to define and review standard capital modeling assumptions, custom views of risk, and estimate PMLs for under-modeled region-perils. Support Tokio Marine Group enterprise exposure management and other risk analytics functions to define peril assumptions, support live event response and post-event impact analysis. Apply expertise to support climate change research and impact assessment of physical risks.

What you need to have:
  • Bachelor's degree (Masters or Ph.D preferred)
  • Relevant and progressive professional experience in Catastrophe Modeling (Flood, Earthquake, etc.) exhibiting educational training in area of expertise and aptitude to adapt to other expertise.
  • Strong technical skills in programming (Python or related), GIS, Excel, SQL, AI/ML.
  • General knowledge of P&C (re)insurance industry and application of catastrophe modeling for risk management and underwriting use cases.
  • Ability to produce accurate, clear, professional, and detailed results via reports, exhibits and presentations.
  • Must be an exceptional communicator to present results to stakeholders and non-technical audiences with ability to make connections externally and internally.

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TMHCC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinance
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