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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has an exciting opportunity for Data Scientist / Senior Data Scientist 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 across multiple lines of business. The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying and applying cutting-edge data science techniques to build a better view of the risk for multiple perils. You will work across functional areas and perils within the team, supporting the development of models for various natural catastrophes, natural hazards, building vulnerability, and man-made risks such as cyber, casualty, among others.
Job Responsibility:
Evaluate and develop insights into large and diverse data sets from claims, hazard models, structural analysis, geospatial sources, and various other public/proprietary datasets
Develop and maintain expertise in advanced data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence techniques, and their application to understanding risk
Work with domain experts across teams and perils to enhance our use of available data
Propose and execute innovative solutions to insurance problems that directly impact BHSI underwriting decisions
Conduct in-depth evaluation of vendor models, research and develop internal views of exposure and risks, consult on account-specific risk analyses, and develop internal tools to facilitate account underwriting decision-making and other related activities
Requirements:
Advanced degree (Master’s or Ph.D.) in Statistics, Actuarial Science, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, Engineering, or other equivalent quantitative discipline
Strong academic foundation in probability theory, statistical inference, stochastic processes, and Bayesian statistics
Deep expertise in probability models commonly used in insurance (e.g., frequency–severity models, GLMs, loss distributions)