Drucken / als PDF speichern PartnerRe Ltd. is a leading global reinsurer, providing multi-line reinsurance to insurance companies. It is a dynamic, challenging, and rewarding place to work. We are always looking for bright, proactive people with expert knowledge skills, and integrity to join our international team. Our culture is based on trust, responsibility, openness, and initiative, and we pride ourselves on delivering the best possible reinsurance solutions for our clients.

Catastrophe Modeling Analyst (80 – 100%) – limited internship contract (6 months)

The position is embedded in the Catastrophe (Cat) Modeling EMEA & APAC team, which currently operates from Zurich and Singapore. It is part of the Cat Underwriting Office within the Global Cat Business Unit which is responsible for Cat Risk Modeling, Portfolio Analytics as well as Cat Research.

 

The Cat Modeling team is comprised of a group of highly skilled analysts, whose expertise is utilized throughout the company to support risk transfer decisions based on a robust scientifically based view of catastrophe risk.

 

Your core responsibility in this role is to provide timely, efficient and high-quality Cat risk modeling analytics to Underwriting, Actuarial and Risk Management for single risks (facultative business).

 

In more detail your main tasks are to:

• Run propriety and vendor cat models for single risks analysis (pricing and accumulation control) - including thorough exposure data analysis and communication of model results


• Support R&D projects and the development of PartnerRe’s view of natural catastrophe risk, by conducting sensitivity analyses and impact studies upon request


• Contribute to the maintenance of PartnerRe catastrophe modeling landscape by testing new versions of tools and processes and contribute to the development of internal software

About you

You are a passionate natural scientist, mathematician, actuary, engineer or computer scientist wanting to apply your deep analytical and technical knowledge around reinsurance catastrophe risk transfer decisions.

Quantifying the impact of natural catastrophes on our business is by its nature uncertain, but you enjoy the challenge of balancing these uncertainties, adding value to the Underwriting process by using your analytical and communication skills where it can make the difference to the task at hand.

 

The ideal candidate would have the following qualifications and personal qualities:

• A bachelor or masters degree (or students interested in a stage / ‘Betriebspraktikum’), in the field of natural sciences, mathematics, actuarial sciences, earthquake/wind engineering, computer science or a related discipline


• A strong analytical background and strong interest in the application of risk assessment in the Re-/ Insurance industry


• Ability to prioritize and organize tasks under time and resource constraints


• Pro-active, solution oriented with a high level of self initiative


• Very good communication skills with the ability to present complex technical topics to non-technical audiences


• Proficient (written and verbal) in English, other languages are a plus.


• Programming experience including knowledge on relational databases is a plus

You are either an EU or Swiss citizen, or entitled to work in Switzerland.

Why join the PartnerRe team

Because this is a company where you can make a real impact, where you will quickly get to know all your colleagues, where collaboration and diversity are valued, where personal development is enabled, and where you will get a true sense of the contribution you make to the company’s success. ​

 

​Become part of a leading reinsurance company of over 1,000 professionals spread across 20 world locations – a company that prides itself in delivering the best possible risk solutions to its insurance clients and brokers. For more on the extensive and fascinating range of risks we protect: partnerre.com/risk-solutions/

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​Become part of a culture based on trust, initiative, responsibility and openness. We are always looking for bright, proactive individuals to join our team! ​

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We look forward to receiving your application.

 

PartnerRe is an equal opportunities employer who values and supports diversity and inclusion. Accommodations are available on request for candidates with disabilities taking part in all aspects of the selection process. All applications will be evaluated on their technical merits for the specific role they have applied.

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