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About the Role
The Underwriting Risk Analyst will support the development, monitoring and management of underwriting risk across Markel International. Working closely with underwriting, actuarial, exposure management, reinsurance and enterprise risk teams, you will provide insight and analysis that helps the business understand and manage volatility, accumulation risk and emerging threats. This role offers a unique opportunity to gain exposure to a broad range of insurance classes and strategic underwriting decisions while contributing to the continued development of Markel's underwriting risk framework.
Responsibilities
- Support the Head of Underwriting Risk and the International CUO develop and own the company’s appetite for volatility around the business plan combined ratio.
- Provide analysis and reporting to help identify sources of such volatility, including natural and non-natural perils and emerging risks.
- Monitor portfolio trends and risk indicators, highlighting areas requiring management attention and support live event response reporting.
- Develop scenarios, stress tests and risk assessments to support underwriting decision-making.
- Prepare analysis and materials for the Underwriting Risk Group and related governance forums.
- Work collaboratively with Exposure Management, Actuarial, Risk Management, Reinsurance and Underwriting teams.
- Be aware of, and provide analysis on, the specific and systemic risks to Markel International's product portfolio including the impact of external political, economic, social and technological trends that may affect levels of risk.
- Promote a culture of risk awareness and transparent reporting across underwriting divisions.
- Continuously improve Markel’s best practices in underwriting risk management, using developments both within and outside the insurance industry.
Requirements
- Curious, analytical and passionate about understanding risk.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills.
- Ability to work independently on complex analysis while managing multiple priorities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills and experience using reporting, analytics or business intelligence tools.
- Knowledge of catastrophe modelling, exposure management or broader underwriting risk tools, techniques and best practices.
- A sound understanding of insurance and reinsurance principles.
- Progress towards, or interest in pursuing, relevant insurance or risk management qualifications would be beneficial, though not essential.
Skills
- Analytical
- Problem-solving
- Organisational
- Communication
- Stakeholder management
- Microsoft Office
- Reporting tools
- Analytics tools
- Business intelligence tools
- Catastrophe modelling
- Exposure management
- Underwriting risk tools
- Underwriting risk techniques
- Underwriting risk best practices
- Insurance principles
- Reinsurance principles
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Not specified
Education Level
- Not specified
Salary/Compensations
- A great starting salary plus annual bonus
Benefits
- 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Opportunity to buy/sell extra leave
- Fantastic company pension scheme
- Private medical cover
- Private dental cover
- Life assurance
- Travel insurance cover
- Income protection
- Season ticket loan
About the Company
- Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) is 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.
- We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further
Equal Opportunity
- Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances.
- We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.
- We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
- We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
- We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful.
- Please contact us via email at rec@markel.com or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed.
- This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.