Research Analyst

Role: Research Analyst

Location: London - Hybrid

Position: Full time, permanent

About The Job

What you'll spend your time doing:

• Lead projects to validate catastrophe models, including designing testing plans, undertaking scientific tests, producing required regulatory documentation, and communicating the results to both internal and external stakeholders.

• Assist the Head of Catastrophe Research on the development of MS Amlin’s View of Risk, including the development of model adjustments where required.

• Undertake innovative research projects to assist with MS Amlin’s understanding and management of catastrophe risk (e.g. climate change, counterfactual analysis).

• Produce catastrophe risk governance documentation and research briefings.

• Provide catastrophe risk, natural and man-made hazard expertise to internal stakeholders as required (e.g. underwriters, exposure management, catastrophe modellers).

• Represent MS Amlin at external events (e.g. conferences) and committees (e.g. Lighthill Risk Network), through participation in round tables, forums, and presentations.

• Follow the latest industry trends and new developments in natural hazards research.

• Contribute to event response efforts by delivering real-time insights, conducting loss assessments and coordinating across teams.

What you’ll need:

• Demonstrable research experience (PhD or similar) in a relevant field (e.g. meteorology, hydrology, seismology, vulnerability or similar).

• For this position we can consider PhD applicants with or without relevant work experience.

• Proficiency in oral and written communication, particularly the ability to communicate complex scientific ideas to a non-technical audience.

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including experience of working with large data sets and using programming packages such as R, Python and ArcGIS.

• Ability to think critically in order to form scientific and business judgements.

• Ability to manage projects and meet deadlines.

• Expertise in wildfire or flood risk is highly desirable.

• Prior experience of using and/or validating catastrophe models (e.g. Moody’s RMS, Verisk) is desirable.

• Prior experience of building natural hazard models in the insurance industry or academia is desirable.

You’re going to enjoy this job if you also…

• Enjoy independent research and problem solving

• Want to work with a market-leading analytics team

• Have an interest in coding (e.g. R, Python)

• Can explain complex scientific ideas in simple terms

Hybrid Working

At MS Amlin we operate a hybrid working model to empower our people with flexibility to blend where they work. We value collaboration and believe that we work better together, our teams typically do 3 days a week in the office.

About MS Amlin

MS Amlin is a group of leading global (re)insurance companies, and we are part of the global top-10 non-life insurance group MS&AD.  We operate through four legal entities operating in the Lloyd’s, Continental European, US and Bermudian global (re)insurance markets.

This role is in our Lloyd’s business

Our Lloyd’s business writes a diverse (re)insurance portfolio and specialises in providing insurance coverage to commercial businesses and offering reinsurance protection to other insurance companies around the world.  We operate from our offices in the heart of London’s (re)insurance district and from our market hubs in Asia and the Middle East. We work in partnership with our brokers and clients to provide proactive risk solutions and support across a broad range of trades and industries. We operate through our Lloyd’s Syndicate 2001, and we can trace our roots in the insurance market, back over 100 years.

We will build a workplace where all talent is welcomed, and everyone has the opportunity to influence how the business works. We have dedicated employee resource groups that support our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) goals