Catastrophe Research & Development Intern

Howden Re is the global reinsurance broker and risk, capital & strategic advisor focused on relentless innovation & superior analytics for top client service. ​ ​ About Role Internship: Catastrophe Research & Development Location: Edina, MN Salary: $25/hr + overtime Deadline to apply: Friday 16th October Introduction Working with our reinsurance team in North America you’ll learn more about applying business analytics, ML/AI, and creative data visualization to tackle complex problems for clients and the insurance industry as a whole, risk mitigation solutions and doing real work for Howden Re's current and prospective clients. What you’ll be doing Reinsurance is a complex world; the easiest way to think about it is that it’s insurance for the insurers. Working with our teams, you’ll help insurance companies protect their futures, and the people they insure. The Howden Re Decision Support Team (Modeling and Analytics) is unmatched in the industry in facilitating catastrophe reinsurance placements while also being integrally embedded within our clients' operations. Howden Re employs cutting edge technology in a collaborative environment; striving always to develop solutions and present ideas that align with our clients' core philosophy of profitable growth. As a Catastrophe R&D Intern, you will collaborate both internally and externally with analysts and senior executives.

On a day-to-day basis you’ll

Assist in analysis projects under guidance of senior catastrophe modelers. Gather, organize and review data relevant to catastrophe model validation. Perform analyses to extract data sets that can be used to calculate the client's risk exposure. Assist senior R&D team members in preparing and formatting summaries, presentations, and reports in order to convey potential risk and loss results for clients. Research and summarize industry publications and scientific papers of specific or regional perils in order to provide additional sources of information use