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    Building Scientist - London, United Kingdom - BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY SPEC INS

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    A strategic and trusted insurance partner, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), provides a broad range of commercial property, casualty and specialty insurance coverages and outstanding service to customers and brokers around the world.

    Part of Berkshire Hathaway's insurance operations, we bring our solutions to market with our stellar brand name, top-rated balance sheet, and the expertise of our global team of professionals, who exude excellent capabilities and strong character.

    We value diversity of backgrounds, experience, and perspectives and strive to foster an inclusive environment that enables all our team members to bring their best selves to work.

    We are one team committed to building a culture where every teammate has the opportunity to contribute and be recognized.

    Want to be part of the team building the finest property, casualty and specialty lines insurance company in the world?

    Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has an exciting opportunity for an analytical and technically minded scientist or engineer with expertise in storm surge risk assessment to join the Catastrophe Engineering and Analytics (CAT E&A) team.

    CAT E&A is an innovative and versatile technical team conducting catastrophe risk research and development and providing complex quantitative metrics that inform underwriting decisions.

    The successful candidate will join the team responsible for conducting research and developing solutions for storm surge risk assessment and should have strong research and development experience with catastrophe models.

    In addition, you will conduct in-depth evaluation of vendor models, research and develop internal views of risks, consult on account-specific risk analyses, and develop internal tools to facilitate account underwriting decision-making and other related activities.

    Contribute guidance for the development of the BHSI internal view of storm surge risk through probabilistic hazard analysis, data analysis, claims/damage data evaluation, and other independent research tasks.

    Development work will be incorporated into larger risk methodology used by the CAT E&A team. In addition, review of the storm surge loss analytics considered during account underwriting will be required.
    Use geospatial analytics to evaluate surge risk metrics and integrate results into the underwriting workflow.
    Communicate surge risk evaluation and development results to both internal and external stakeholders.
    Review accounts at risk for storm surge losses as part of the larger CAT E&A processing.
    Conduct research on a wide range of natural hazard topics to develop risk management strategies.
    D. degree in oceanography, atmospheric science, civil engineering, or related field.
    ~2 years of work experience is preferred.
    ~ Proficiency in using SLOSH, ADCIRC, SCHISM, DELFT3d, Telemac or another similar coastal ocean model.
    ~ Working knowledge of ArcGIS (or equivalent GIS software such as QGIS).
    ~ A competitive package and exciting growth opportunities for career-oriented teammates


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