Allianz Life Insurance

Portfolio Steering and CAT Risk Analyst - Marine

Allianz Life Insurance$101K — $153K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in insurance/reinsurance with a focus on marine underwriting.
  • Bachelor's degree in Insurance, Risk Management, Geosciences, Engineering, or Mathematics.
  • Familiarity with CAT modeling software (RMS, AIR, EQECAT) and GIS applications.
  • Project management skills, including resource management and reporting.
  • Proficient in Excel and VBA; database knowledge is a plus.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines effectively.
  • Strong communication skills to translate technical data for varied stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage Nat Cat underwriting tools and reports for marine portfolio steering.
  • Lead IT and data initiatives, ensuring they align with marine underwriting strategy.
  • Consult and communicate CAT modeling results to marine underwriters effectively.
  • Collaborate with Marine and other relevant departments to support portfolio management.
  • Maintain and support marine portfolio steering and underwriting tools.
  • Drive innovation in modeling upgrades and develop marine-specific analytical tools.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working model promoting work-life balance.
  • Generous compensation package, including bonuses and pension contributions.
  • Career development opportunities and digital learning programs.
  • Flexible working arrangements to support health and wellbeing.
  • Support for returning to work after career breaks.
Full Job Description
We are seeking a Portfolio Steering and CAT Risk Analyst for our Marine line of business. The specific nature of Marine risks, including static and non-static exposures (modelled and non-modelled exposures) requires management within a consistent global framework. Rapidly evolving exposures, risk mitigation approaches, tools, processes, and research demand continuous adaptation and up-to-date expertise. Detailed business monitoring and portfolio steering activities require sustained involvement and analytical focus.

This role is vital to understanding exposure hotspots, market changes that affect a portfolio, and related trends/changes within the competitor landscape. The current and future initiatives must be achieved. This role will work a hybrid schedule based in our New York City office.

The Impact You Will Have

Reporting to the Global Product Leader - Cargo, this position will identify and quantify global Marine NatCat accumulation risks, including modelled and non-modelled exposures across all relevant Sub Lines, to support effective risk mitigation and underwriting controls. Apply catastrophe modelling expertise to meet team objectives and guide others. Collaborate closely with Product Leaders, the CUO Technical Office, and Regional Marine Underwriting to enhance NatCat underwriting strategy and controls. Maintain underwriting tools that enable assessment of individual risk exposures, portfolio impacts, and capacity steering, including risk visualization, while ensuring alignment with authority frameworks. Partner with NatCat Management and CFO Risk Management to ensure consistency with overall accumulation strategy, accurate reporting of Marine values, and appropriate reflection of risks in pricing and model development.

Some of your specific responsibilities could include:
  • Develop Nat Cat Underwriting tools and reports specific for Marine both to enable portfolio steering and to support the Underwriting process. Run Catastrophe loss modelling reports and prepare regular and ad-hoc data extracts and reports for the monitoring of AzC Marine global loss potential - including portfolio analyses, CAT limit monitoring (AzC Group and AzC internal limits), supporting global business steering and providing input to ensure adequate Reinsurance protection. Cooperate closely with the Product Leaders, Technical Office and Regional Underwriting specialists. Support the definition of the risk appetite and capacity steering.
  • Serve as business owner for IT and data initiatives, leading end-to-end scoping, prioritization, and delivery of reporting and transformation projects-ensuring solutions such as Power BI dashboards directly support Marine underwriting and portfolio steering strategy while advancing the data platform landscape
  • Provide on the spot consultancy and translate or explain CAT Modeling results and reports to Marine Underwriters; Communication and explanation of portfolio impact. Evaluate and make recommendations to ensure Marine specific requirements and exposures are most appropriately reflected and cater for the special nature of Marine. Training & education of the Marine Underwriting community with minimal guidance.
  • Collaboration with the Marine community and other relevant functions (Actuarial, Risk Management, Reinsurance, Nat Cat Capacity Steering Desk - NCCSD, ARC, Claims, etc.) to support business steering and portfolio management and Data Quality improvements with minimal guidance.
  • Maintain Marine Portfolio Steering and NatCat underwriting tools, providing ongoing support to the underwriting community
  • Drive innovation and change through managing the evaluation process relating to modelling upgrades as well as developing and enhancing Marine specific tools. All upgrade and change activities include technical and portfolio impact analyses and complete documentations.


What You'll Bring to the Role -
  • Minimum 5 years' professional insurance and/or reinsurance experience and a minimum 3 years' understanding of underwriting practice for Marine business on a global basis.
  • Bachelor's degree preferably in Insurance and Risk Management, Geosciences, Engineering or Mathematics.
  • Practical experience and familiarity with multiple vendor tools
  • Project Management experience: Ability to manage projects (milestone and task planning, managing resources, project controlling, monitoring, and reporting, moderation techniques) and to develop solutions while considering complex stakeholder structures and requirements.
  • Experience using Catastrophe Modeling Software (RMS, AIR, EQECAT) and GIS (Geographical Information Systems) applications.
  • Strong computer skills, particularly Excel & VBA (knowledge in database applications is an advantage).
  • Multi-task profile with focus on effective use of own resources and handling of competing priorities under tight deadlines
  • Professional communication, technical depth and ability to communicate with required levels / functions internally and externally in a global environment.
  • Ability to deliver results, develop talent and performance and drive innovation and change
  • Lead oneself and others in-line with agreed organizational strategic orientation
  • The ability to utilize AI tools to support day-today tasks, improve efficiency, and contribute to data-driven decision-making is valuable. A willingness to learn and explore how AI can enhance your role and the broader organization is expected.


External applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employment-based sponsorship. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time, nor can we guarantee future sponsorship.

The annualized base pay range for this role is $101,364 to $153,200. The annual base salary range represents a nationwide market range. The actual salary for this position may be above and will be determined by several factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role, the skills, education, training, credentials, and experience of the candidate. The base pay is just one component of the AzC total compensation package. As part of our comprehensive compensation and highly rated benefits programs, employees are also eligible for annual performance-based cash incentive awards.

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What's in it for you?

Let's care about everything that makes you, you

We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. We offer a hybrid working model, which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working. Please feel free to discuss flexible working arrangements with us.

Let's care for your financial wellbeing

We believe in rewarding performance with a great compensation and benefits package (details vary by location), including a generous bonus scheme and pension.

Let's care for your opportunities to progress

From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.

Let's care for life's twists and turns

From our support for flexible working, health, and wellbeing (including private healthcare and generous parental leave benefits), to helping people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach. We've got your back.

Let's care for our society and our planet

With opportunities to be engaged in shaping a future that is safe, inclusive, and sustainable, we care for the tomorrows of our people, our industry, and our clients.

Care to join us?

Allianz Commercial is the center of expertise of Allianz Group, insuring mid-sized businesses, large enterprises, and special risks. Our customers include top consumer brands, financial institutions, industry leaders, the global aviation and shipping industries, as well as family-owned and medium-enterprises. We also cover unique risks such as offshore wind farms, infrastructure projects and film productions. Our clients trust us to provide a wide range of traditional and alternative risk transfer solutions, outstanding risk consulting and multinational services, and seamless claims handling. Allianz Commercial helps customers to prepare for what's ahead.

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At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matters, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.

People with disabilities. We want to give all our candidates the best opportunity to succeed. If you need any adjustments to be made during the application and selection process, please email [email protected]

Recruitment Agencies:
AzC has an in-house recruitment team, which focuses on sourcing great candidates directly. AzC does not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired. When we do use agencies, we have a PSL in place, so please do not contact managers directly. Failure to comply could/may result in the disqualification of the candidates and/or the termination of our contract and/or fees not being paid.

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About Allianz Life Insurance

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America is a leading provider of retirement solutions, including fixed and variable annuities and life insurance for individuals. The company is part of Allianz SE, a global financial services company that is headquartered in Munich, Germany. Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America was founded in 1896 and has been providing financial protection and retirement solutions to Americans for over 125 years. The company has a strong commitment to corporate responsibility and sustainability, and has been recognized for its efforts in these areas. Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America is a subsidiary of Allianz Life Insurance Company of New York, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz SE.
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