Job Description

As part of the Financial and Uncertainty Modeling Group, you will closely work with a team of statisticians, mathematicians, analysts and geoscientists in AIR’s growing Research and Modeling Department to provide the best possible estimate of insurance losses for a wide variety of catastrophic events.

RESPONSIBILITIES WILL VARY BY PROJECT BUT MAY INCLUDE:

•    Fitting probability distributions to insurance claims data from catastrophic events such as hurricanes, severe thunderstorms, and earthquakes •    Developing algorithms for Monte-Carlo risk aggregation •    Modeling uncertainty and correlation structure in catastrophe losses using statistical techniques and simulations •    Testing accuracy of new methodologies by writing code in R or C++. •    Consulting with the software team during their implementation of  proposed methods •    Assisting the client services team in explaining methodology and answering client questions  

Qualifications

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Strong knowledge of probability, statistics, and applied mathematics
• Background in spatial statistics or insurance loss distributions highly desired
• Basic programming knowledge required; familiarity with R or similar statistical language is preferred
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Familiarity with insurance policy conditions/actuarial science is a plus
• Ability to work independently or with a team
• Experience with any of the following would be a plus: working with insurance claim data; actuarial science; copula trees; machine learning; geostatistics; geophysics

 REQUIREMENTS:

• Ph.D in quantitative field such as math, statistics, physics or computer science and 2-5 years of experience in corporate research role, insurance industry experience is a plus

Additional Information

Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.

All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability.

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