Exposure Management Analyst

This is your opportunity to join AXIS Capital – a trusted global provider of specialty lines insurance and reinsurance.  We stand apart for our outstanding client service, intelligent risk taking and superior risk adjusted returns for our shareholders. We also proudly maintain an entrepreneurial, disciplined and ethical corporate culture.  As a member of AXIS, you join a team that is among the best in the industry.

At AXIS, we believe that we are only as strong as our people. We strive to create an inclusive and welcoming culture where employees of all backgrounds and from all walks of life feel comfortable and empowered to be themselves. This means that we bring our whole selves to work. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, civil union status, family or parental status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Accommodation is available upon request for candidates taking part in the selection process.

Exposure Management Analyst
Job Family Grouping: Exposure Management
Job Family: Chief Underwriting Office

How does this role contribute to our collective success?

The exposure management function contributes significantly to the success of AXIS across all lines of business and interacts with virtually all areas of the company to ensure AXIS maintains an appropriate catastrophe risk strategy.
This role has a primary focus on Natural Catastrophe (Nat Cat) exposure management and will be instrumental in supporting new and evolving underwriting functions, with particular emphasis on delegated lines of business.

What will you do in this role?
In the short term, the role will primarily focus on Exposure management support for recent delegated underwriting initiatives as well as contributing across broader exposure management activities. Enabling the individual to build a strong foundational understanding of AXIS portfolios, tools and governance frameworks.
Over the medium to long term, this role is expected to evolve and be tailored to the individual’s strengths, interests and development areas, allowing the successful candidate to deepen their expertise within specific aspects of Exposure Management.

Key responsibilities include:

Exposure Management support for Underwriting teams
• Provide exposure management support for new underwriting initiatives, especially those focused on delegated authority business.
• Assist underwriting teams in developing and monitoring exposure plans for their portfolios. Including interpreting and explaining modelled results from Cat pricing team and producing monthly roll up pack commentaries.
• Support ongoing enhancement of exposure processes as underwriting strategies and delegated business grow in scale.
• Liaise with non-nat cat exposure management teams (Casualty, Cyber, etc.) to support consistent exposure capture and portfolio oversight.

Production of Exposure Management MI
• Produce and analyse Nat Cat–focused exposure management MI used across the business.
• Contribute to Group and legal entity reporting through detailed analysis and written commentary within formal reporting packs.
• Support senior stakeholders by providing clear insights into portfolio movements, accumulations and catastrophe risk drivers.
Regulatory Reporting
• AXIS has offices globally and reports to several regulators such as; Lloyd’s, BMA, S&P, AM Best, Moody’s. The role will work across multiple legal entities and coordinate closely with wider EM team to ensure timely and accurate submission of returns.

Broader responsibilities you will be expected to contribute to where required and appropriate:
Development of Exposure Management Tools - Work with internal developers and external software providers to maintain and enhance Exposure management tools ensuring they remain fit for purpose.
Reinsurance Purchase Support - Provide Nat Cat exposure analysis and MI to support the reinsurance purchase process, including outward structure optimisation and portfolio validation. Assist with scenario analysis and accumulation reporting as required.
Cat Capital assessment – Review and assess methodology for allocating catastrophe capital to underwriting classes, and calculate during planning.
Internal Model - Ensure Nat Cat feeds into the internal capital model are accurate and timely.
Model Completeness - Assist in assessing non-modelled perils and regions and identifying appropriate methods to capture these exposures.
Event Response - Support event response activity, primarily for Nat Cat events, by producing timely loss estimates and exposure summaries for internal and external stakeholders.

You may also be required to take on additional duties, responsibilities and activities appropriate to the nature of this role.
About You:

• Working knowledge of catastrophe modelling software is required; experience with Touchstone is preferred.
• Strong understanding of Nat Cat concepts and terminology, including PMLs, Exposure, TVaR, YLT, and related metrics.
• Proficient in Excel and SQL.
• Experience analysing and reporting PML movements at portfolio level.
• Ability to rapidly interpret cat model outputs
• Prior experience reporting Nat Cat exposures to regulators is preferred but not essential.

We encourage you to bring your own experience and expertise to the table, so while there are some qualifications and experiences, we need you to have, we are open to discussing how your individual knowledge might lend itself to fulfilling this role and help us achieve our goals.

Role Factors:
In this role, you will typically be required to be in the office 3 days per week.
What we offer:

The Exposure Management team is well structured, well resourced and highly experienced, providing a collaborative and supportive environment in which individuals are encouraged to learn from senior subject matter experts.
For someone early in their exposure management or catastrophe analytics career, this represents an excellent opportunity to develop technical skills, gain exposure to real business decision making, and build a long term career within a respected and influential Exposure Management function.
You will be eligible for a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes medical plans for you and your family, health and wellness programs, retirement plans, tuition reimbursement, paid annual leave, and much more.

For this position, we currently expect to offer a base salary in the range of 47,000 to 68,000.00 GBP. Your salary offer will be based on an assessment of a variety of factors including your specific experience and work location.