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Wind Risk Engineer
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance
Boston, USA
Full-time
Senior
Hybrid
USD 110000-150000 yearly / year
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BHSI is seeking an analytical and technically minded, passionate Engineer or Senior Engineer with expertise in wind vulnerability assessment and risk modeling to join our Catastrophe Engineering and Analytics (CAT E&A) team. CAT E&A is an innovative and versatile technical team conducting catastrophe risk evaluations, developing independent solutions and models, and providing quantitative insured loss metrics that inform underwriting decisions.
The successful candidate will join the team responsible for conducting research and developing solutions for catastrophe risk assessment and should have strong research and development experience with catastrophe models or other risk assessment tools. Primary duties will involve research and development of internal views for hurricane wind risks. Contributions include undertaking wind and other perils risk evaluation using vendor models and internal models, assisting with individual underwriting decisions, and performing risk accumulation analyses.
We welcome applicants at both the Engineer and Senior Engineer levels. Title and responsibilities will be commensurate with experience, education, and qualifications. The role can be based in our San Ramon, CA, Boston, MA, or Atlanta, GA office.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Conduct research on wind vulnerability of buildings and other structures for the development of internal catastrophe models.
- Conduct global wind risk evaluation using vendor models and internal models.
- Explain wind risk modeling concepts and results to underwriters to inform risk underwriting decisions.
- Conduct periodic training for underwriters.
- Work with our team to incorporate BHSI’s view of risk into catastrophe modeling tools and platform.
- Contribute to all aspects of natural catastrophe analytics.
- Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- PhD degree in Civil or Wind Engineering, or related discipline
- Strong understanding of wind engineering and design of buildings and other structures for wind. Previous catastrophe modeling and wind vulnerability assessment experience is a plus
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