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Argo Group is a leader in specialty insurance with a vibrant culture built on respect, equality, wellness and opportunity. We’re an innovative organization that’s small enough to be agile and big enough to make a difference in our industry.
Our flexible workplace is continuously evolving to ensure all employees feel:
- Comfortable bringing their whole selves to work.
- Confident that they will be treated respectfully.
- Recognized for their performance and provided with equal opportunities to succeed.
At Argo, skill meets opportunity. If you’re wired to raise your hand and ask, “Where can I help?”, you’ll thrive with us.
Key Accountabilities
- To direct CAT Modelling activity across Property and Marine lines ensuring excellent Cat modelling service levels, accuracy, and timeliness
- To oversee and enhance end-to-end CAT modelling/data capture processes, best practice modelling guidelines & data standards, maintaining up-to-date documentation
- To drive process efficiencies and automation by embedding technology within the Terra and Risk Visualization Tool (RVT) platforms
- To manage and train outsourcing partners in line with Argo’s internal standards
- To provide portfolio optimization and actionable analytics to support the delivery of Argo’s Property objectives and to inform future strategy
- To ensure CAT modelling data standards are understood, monitored, and acted upon
- To provide a Cat modelling education program for underwriters and analysts
- To make recommendations at an account level to drive Underwriting Margin
- To produce modelled pro formas for reinsurance purchasing and business planning
- To support the pre and post event exposure and loss modelling process
- To leverage Reinsurance Broker capabilities where appropriate
- To represent Argo at external forums, market bodies and conferences
Organizational Accountabilities
Data Requirements:
- To execute all key modeling deliverables at the required frequency and quality
- To provide data to the Exposure Management team to enable roll-ups and reporting
- To provide timely, accurate and consistent Event Loss reports to the Event Response Group
- To report to Property LOB Working Group and Group Exposure Management Committee
Communications:
- To assist the Argo Property Underwriter Officer aligning Argo modelling, ensuring a globally consistent approach, and influencing future strategy
- To assist the Application Support team with the ongoing development of the underwriting platforms Terra and RVT
- To proactively engage with stakeholders including local face-to-face meetings
Strategy and stakeholder management:
- To collaborate closely with underwriting leaders to improve risk selection and portfolio constitution.
- To develop and communicate CAT modelling strategy effectively to key stakeholders.
- To participate in the selection of third-party models
- To evaluate new model versions and report impact of portfolios
- To travel to Argo offices and attend leadership meetings where necessary.
Skills/Competencies
- Modeling skills – Prepare and format risk information for direct input into cat models (RMS/Katrisk) on a timely basis.
- Influencing skills – having an engaging and credible approach, capable of building trust. Adapts style to suit cultural and environmental differences.
- Leadership – high level of enthusiasm and vision with which to inspire others.
- Analytical skills – leverages data and analytics to create actionable insight to improve performance
- Creative initiative-taker – dynamic and driven, formulates new concepts, challenges the status quo
- Collaborative – establishes excellent relationships, brings people closer together, a team player
- Commercial acumen – synthesizes analytical skill with commercial insight
- Results orientated – consistently delivers results
- Prioritization and diligence – plans work efficiently with minimal errors.
- Organizational skills – consistently delivers tasks and meets deadlines.
Qualifications
- Excellent academic qualifications including a university degree.
- Strong mathematical, modelling, technical background
- Insurance qualifications are desirable.
Technical Skills & Experience
- Minimum 10 year’s catastrophe modelling experience
- Considerable experience modelling Property, Marine and Energy lines
- Fluent in a variety of third-party vendor models, RMS essential.
- Experience of/proficiency in the use of mapping software e.g., QGIS, Spatial Key etc.
- Power BI dashboard development is essential.
- High level Excel skills
- Understanding of relational Databases
- Strong programming and technical skills e.g., SQL, VBA, Power BI, Snowflake, Tableau, Alteryx, Web Design.
- Technology implementation and process automation from a modelling perspective
- Interacting face-to-face with Underwriters, Exposure Management, and other internal parties.
- Managerial experience desirable but not essential
- Ability to work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders hierarchically and geographically.
- Experience of outwards reinsurance and capital modelling
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PLEASE NOTE: At this time, Argo Group will not sponsor an applicant for employment authorization for this position.
If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or a similar law and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at Argo Group, please contact our Benefits Department at 210-321-8400.
To all recruitment agencies: Unless you have been requested to work on this position, or other positions with Argo Group, please do not forward any resumes to Argo Group employees. Argo Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
The base salary range provided below is for hires in those geographic areas only and will be commensurate with candidate experience. Pay ranges for candidates in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location. In addition to base salary, all employees are eligible for an annual bonus based on company and individual performance as well as a generous benefits package.
Colorado outside of Denver metro, Maryland, Nevada, and Rhode Island Pay Ranges:
$138,400—$174,300 USD
California outside of San Francisco metro area, Connecticut, Denver metro area, Washington State, and New York State (including Westchester County) Pay Ranges:
$152,100—$191,600 USD
New York City and San Francisco metro areas Pay Ranges:
$166,100—$209,200 USD
PLEASE NOTE: At this time, Argo Group will not sponsor an applicant for employment authorization for this position.
If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or a similar law and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at Argo Group, please contact our Benefits Department at 210-321-8400.
To all recruitment agencies: Unless you have been requested to work on this position, or other positions with Argo Group, please do not forward any resumes to Argo Group employees. Argo Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE:) is a global multiline underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products in the property and casualty market. We help power the businesses that drive the world economy, offering a comprehensive line of high-quality products and services designed to meet the unique coverage and claims-handling needs of our clients.We foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity and design thinking, relies on innovation and agility, promotes collaborative service delivery, offers frequent, integrated communication and values authentic recognition of excellence. View our to learn more about Argo.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin or citizenship (including language use restrictions), denial of family and medical care leave, disability (mental and physical) , including HIV and AIDS, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), race, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, child birth, breastfeeding, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, child birth or breastfeeding), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
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Our Benefits
Developing our employees professionally and personally strengthens our organization.
Argo Group offers an attractive Total Rewards package that includes:
- A culture that recognizes performance and empowers employees to excel, offering competitive compensation and merit driven profit sharing.
- Flexible workplace policies that support employee well-being include compressed hours, flex-time, job-sharing, remote work, sabbatical leave, holiday and summer hours.
- Comprehensive health, wellness, and financial planning options that employees can tailor to meet their personal and family needs. In addition to traditional health and wellness plans, benefits include dental, disability, life insurance, medical, and vision insurance, matching 401(k) retirement savings, generous paid time off (21 days of PTO, 11 paid company holidays, 3 floating holidays and a paid voluntary day), paid caregiver and parental leave, paid bereavement, jury duty/court appearances, and military (up to 14 days) leave, employee assistance program (EAP), and an array of voluntary benefits.
- Argo Academy, a digital and instructor-led platform that offers continuous learning and professional development –magazine lists Argo among the Training “Top 125” Companies. Argo encourages career mobility and continuing education to pursue and maintain professional and industry designations, in addition to traditional university and higher education programs.
- An inclusive culture that develops and sponsors diverse teams, encourages cross-functional engagement and collaboration, builds community through employee resource groups (ERGs), and provides an environment that welcomes ongoing dialogue, creative innovation, professional and personal development.
- Active community outreach and volunteer programs in addition to matching charitable gifts by 100%.
- A generous Employee Referral program that results in approximately 25% of all new hires annually.
