Join us at Gallagher Re, the trailblazers of the reinsurance world, where every day brings new opportunities to shape the future. We empower our clients with cutting-edge analytics and insights, providing them the confidence to make strategic decisions that transform industries. As a team member, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, translating data into impactful solutions and taking the reins of your career like never before.
We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.
Overview
We are seeking a dedicated and ambitious Catastrophe Analyst to join our Latin America and Caribbean Catastrophe Analytics team at Gallagher Re, based in Ipswich!
This outstanding opportunity allows you to join a key analytics hub, contributing to our mission of enabling resilience in an uncertain world. You will work closely with our clients, helping them understand and mitigate the risks posed by natural perils and catastrophic events. Your role is critical in ensuring that our clients can react to extreme events in a prepared, disciplined, and orgainsed manner.
Does this sound like your next role? Apply today!
How you'll make an impact
- Contribute to renewal modelling projects: Work on local and global accounts to develop and deploy service offerings in collaboration with research teams and external academic partners.
- Quantify catastrophe risk: Use vendor catastrophe models and Gallagher Re proprietary models to assess the risk to client portfolios.
- Evaluate risk: Help develop and refine Gallagher Re’s view of risk, ensuring our clients have the most accurate and up-to-date information.
- Engage with collaborators: Work with customers, partners, brokers, and actuaries on model interpretation, portfolio management, and custom analytical projects.
- Support wider analytics services: collaborate with other business units on larger projects, contributing to our agile and team environment.
- Model updates and impact evaluation: Understand and assess the impact of updates and revisions to models and the resulting outputs.
- Post-event reporting and analysis: Provide detailed reports and analyses of natural disasters to support clients in the aftermath of catastrophic events.
- Travel and collaboration: Potentially travel to various locations, including Miami, Central & South America, and our analytics hub in India, to engage with colleagues and clients.
About you
- Educational background: A degree or equivalent experience in numerate or hazard-related subjects is preferred.
- Experience: Prior experience in the (re)insurance market and catastrophe risk analysis using main vendor models is desirable.
- Industry knowledge: Understanding of (re)insurance business, including reinsurance structures and their application, is beneficial.
- Client-facing skills: Ability to lead analytics relationships with clients effectively.
- Problem-solving abilities: Strong problem-solving skills and keen attention to detail are needed.
- Technical skills: Proficiency in SQL and other coding languages (e.g., Python, R) is desirable.
- Communication: Excellent communication skills, with Spanish-speaking ability being highly beneficial.
- Partnership and motivation: Ability to work in a team and a strong desire to learn and grow within a global market leader.
- Eligibility: Must have the right to work in the UK.
Compensation and benefits
On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.
Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve
- Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
- Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
- Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
- Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
- Health cash plan or Private medical insurance
Other benefits include
- Three fully paid volunteering days per year
- Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
- Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
- Critical illness cover
- Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
- Season ticket loan
- Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
- Emergency back-up family care
- And many more…
