Catastrophe Analyst

TransRe•New York, NY

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

TransRe is seeking a Catastrophe Analyst to join our Americas Modeling team in New York. This role provides advanced analytics and technical expertise to support underwriting decisions across property catastrophe and specialty reinsurance portfolios. The successful candidate will execute complex modeling analyses, ensure data integrity, and contribute to pricing strategies that enhance TransRe’s understanding and management of catastrophic risk.

Requirements

2+ years of experience working with AIR and/or RMS catastrophe models
Strong understanding of property insurance and reinsurance structures, including excess of loss, pro rata, and per-risk programs
Proficiency in SQL, including writing queries and stored procedures in support of catastrophe modeling workflows
Programming skills including R, VBA, Power BI and Python
Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with multiple stakeholders

Responsibilities

Partnering closely with underwriting teams to review and interpret catastrophe model outputs, support pricing decisions, and provide actionable risk analytics
Performing rigorous data cleansing, validation, formatting, and modeling analyses across catastrophe excess, pro rata, and per-risk reinsurance programs
Engaging with brokers and clients to communicate data requirements, ensuring data completeness and quality, and supporting accurate interpretation of modeling results
Continuously refining catastrophe modeling inputs, assumptions, and metrics to enhance underwriting and pricing effectiveness
Contributing to model studies by validating scientific assumptions, methodologies, and outputs
Identifying opportunities for process and workflow improvements; developing detailed specifications and collaborating with internal development teams to implement system enhancements
Supporting operational initiatives designed to elevate data quality and modeling efficiency across the organization