Catastrophe Risk Manager

About Markel:

Avencia Consulting are an RPO who provide a recruitment service to our client Markel International.

Markel Corporation (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.

In each of our businesses, we seek to deliver innovative products and adaptable customer service so that we can be a market leader. Our time horizon is long-term, our approach is disciplined, and our focus is on continuously improving the quality of the customer experience.

Role Overview:

• Catastrophe Risk Manager
• London. Hybrid working pattern.
• 2 vacancies available
• Competitive Salary + Bonus & Benefits

We are currently looking for Catastrophe Risk Managers to help run our London Catastrophe Management Team and positively impact the strategic underwriting decisions our business makes.

This team provides support to Markel International (MINT) in the following areas: pre-underwriting analytics, class and entity level reporting and ad-hoc analysis to support underwriting decisions. The mission of the department is to assist MINT in achieving consistent underwriting profit and outstanding financial results by providing a high quality service.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead aggregation and modelling, including (but not limited to) Marine and Energy, with a separate position focusing on Cyber.
• Internal and external reporting including to Lloyds and the PRA.
• Production of quarterly divisional reports.
• Lead ad hoc project work and process design.
• Use third party catastrophe models and in-house tools for pre-underwriting analysis.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with divisional underwriters.
• Provide ad hoc reports for underwriting portfolio analysis.
• Analyse catastrophe models in order to improve company understanding and to recommend improvements in our use of them.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with all internal and external contacts including the Corporate Cat Management team in Richmond, Virginia (CCM) and software providers.

What we're looking for:

• Catastrophe modelling experience in the London market
• Excellent IT skills with strong knowledge of SQL
• Proven experience with catastrophe management best practices
• Experience with regulator reporting
• Validated experience of portfolio level aggregation techniques
• Experience of building and maintaining successful relationships with internal and external contacts
• The ability to run multiple projects and meet tight timeframes
• Individuals with a numerical degree with a classification of 2:1 or above, or equivalent

What's in it for you:

• A very competitive basic salary plus bonus & benefits

• 25 days' holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave

• Company matched pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, a cycle2work scheme, season ticket loan, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), maternity, adoption and shared parental leave pay, paternity pay and plenty more

• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts and cash back on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology

• The possibility of working from both the office and from home (hybrid), flexible working or other options are available

• You'll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere within Markel

• You'll be joining a global network of experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple teams and countries. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we'll provide the support you need to do just that