CAT Risk Portfolio ManagerDepartment: Underwriting
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: New York
Compensation: $150,000 - $160,000 / year
DescriptionThis role will lead catastrophe modeling activities for the U.S. business through a hands-on, market-facing role that combines direct technical work with strategic support to the Underwriting, Actuarial, and CededRe teams. Serve as Accredited's catastrophe modeling subject-matter expert in broker, client, partner, and other market interactions, translating catastrophe analytics into commercially relevant insights that support risk selection, pricing, transaction structuring, and underwriting decisions. Partner closely with external technical catastrophe modeling resources which will provide technical capacity, and manage the relationship, work allocation, priorities, quality, and delivery of catastrophe modeling work assigned to external resources. Ensure catastrophe modeling analysis, processes, and outputs appropriately support underwriting, CededRe, Actuarial, and broader business decision-making.
Key Responsibilities- Manage the day-to-day relationship with external technical CAT modeling resources as the external catastrophe modeling partner, serving as the primary point of coordination for technical capacity and resource support.
- Define, prioritize, and assign catastrophe modeling work to external technical CAT modeling resources based on underwriting and business needs, and actively coordinate execution and delivery.
- Ensure external technical resources are effectively integrated into Accredited's underwriting workflow and responsive to the priorities and timelines of the Underwriting, Actuarial, and CededRe teams.
- Ensure effective knowledge sharing and integration between Accredited and external technical CAT modeling resources to ensure external resources operate as an extension of Accredited's catastrophe modeling capability.
- Monitor external team capacity, deliverables, and performance; identify issues or resource gaps and drive resolution or escalation as appropriate.
- Oversee the quality, timeliness, and completeness of work performed by External technical CAT modeling resources, including reviewing and challenging modeling assumptions, methodologies, analyses, and outputs.
- Provide hands-on modeling and analysis for priority opportunities while determining when and how to leverage external technical capacity and resources.
- Perform hands-on catastrophe modeling and technical analysis, including exposure data preparation, model execution, review of results, and development of recommendations where necessary.
- Prepare catastrophe modeling exposure data and quantify catastrophe risk using commercial modeling software.
- Develop applicable reports and maintain procedure documentation, software, and environmental maintenance.
- Translate complex catastrophe modeling output into commercially relevant recommendations that support underwriting strategy and decision-making.
- Delivers required management, AM Best, and board reporting for CAT risk related matters
- Work directly with Underwriting, Actuarial, and CededRe to evaluate opportunities, structure transactions, and support risk selection and pricing decisions through timely catastrophe analytics and insight.
- Interact with Senior Management, Underwriting, Claims, Actuarial, Finance and Risk Management to ensure that catastrophe models continue to appropriately reflect the business.
- Develop strong market relationships and represent Accredited's catastrophe modeling capabilities credibly with brokers, clients, partners, and other external stakeholders.
- Participate in broker, client, partner, and market meetings as the catastrophe modeling subject-matter expert, clearly articulating catastrophe exposure, model results, assumptions, uncertainty, and key risk considerations.
- Perform other duties as required by the business.
Skills & Expertise- Ability to operate effectively across internal Underwriting, Actuarial, and CededRe teams and external technical partners in a fast-paced, market-facing environment.
- Commercial mindset with the ability to connect catastrophe analytics to underwriting strategy, risk selection, pricing, and transaction decisions.
- Strong market presence and ability to communicate technical catastrophe modeling concepts clearly and credibly to brokers, clients, partners, underwriters, and senior stakeholders.
- Ability to remain technically hands-on while coordinating and leveraging external catastrophe modeling resources.
- Demonstrated ability to manage an outsourced or third-party technical relationship, including work allocation, prioritization, quality oversight, and performance management.
- Working knowledge of both RMS and AIR catastrophe modeling software, with expert-level knowledge of at least one.
- Advanced SQL skills and knowledge of RMS/AIR data structure.
- Strong communication skills and ability to translate numerical output to underwriting decisions.
- Advanced understanding of reinsurance structures.
- Advanced understanding of natural perils, including hurricanes, earthquakes, and wildfires.
Experience & Education:- Minimum 10 years' relevant catastrophe modeling experience.
- Experience using GIS.
- Experience with delegated authority business strongly preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in related field.
