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From day one, our mission has been to create an independent business with a unique culture – one that is controlled by the people who work for it. Finding the most talented and entrepreneurial people has always been key to our success.
People come to Howden for lots of different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. That’s what sets us apart, and why we nurture and retain the best talent in the market. Whatever your priorities – work/life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you’ll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.
Join us as a Graduate Catastrophe Analyst here at Howden Tiger!
This is an exciting opportunity for individuals with an analytical mindset and strong communication skills in both spoken and written English who are keen to learn more about the world of Insurance and build their analytics knowledge in a growing, client and broker-facing team - whether you've recently finished your natural sciences, geography, economics or engineering studies at school or university, or you’re looking for a career change. We have fantastic employee benefits as well as a strong workplace culture.
About the role
Howden Tiger is the world’s fastest growing reinsurance broker and advisor for the global market. What we do is support on placing complex risks with various Insurers, as well as advise clients on their insurance needs.
On a day-to-day basis this is a data-focused role where you’ll work in international teams with other catastrophe modelers, actuaries and broking professionals to help clients better understand their overall exposure to natural catastrophe risk, allowing them to plan accordingly. By analyzing client exposure data and applying it against catastrophe simulation models, you will produce loss estimates, enabling brokers to construct effective reinsurance programmes. You will also evaluate the fitness for purpose of different catastrophe models for client needs.
You will help us differentiate ourselves by delivering excellent service to retain existing accounts and support with winning new business. We already have a good share of global multi-national accounts that, along with local business in regional markets, make for a varied challenge.
We serve these clients via offices across the international region, who rely heavily on our expertise, as well as working with global multinational firms, who seek an independent, second pair of eyes perspective.
Our competitors can all run and compare model outputs. What sets us apart is down to us – helping clients understand their portfolios better and knowing which outputs are required to solve a specific problem.
Who we're looking for?
This role offers full training and continuous development - You don't need prior insurance knowledge! However, analytical skills combined with fluency in English and experience in a customer-focused environment are desirable.
You'll have fantastic people skills and the ability to thrive in a constantly evolving environment as well as an eye for detail and an analytical mindset.
Please note, this is a full-time role based in our Prague office and you need to be able to start employment either on 1 April 2024 or 1 July 2024.
Job applicants must have the legal right to work in the Czech Republic.
What do we offer in return?
A career that you define.
Yes, apart from the competitive salary, we offer generous rewards and benefits including life insurance and access to medical care and more - but we know you expect all that.
What you might not expect is a job where everyone has a voice and where everyone is encouraged to play a part towards our sustainability goals. We want people who want to make a difference – not just in the workplace, but in the industry and in the wider community.
We strongly support the development of professional skills by; offering internal and external short-term secondment opportunities, supporting memberships in professional organizations and professional certification programmes, organizing internal and external training and networking opportunities, offering language courses and more.
Our Culture: People First
We’ve travelled far since opening our first office in 1994. Back then we were local experts – based in London, with direct access to the world’s biggest insurance market. We’re still locals, and we still deliver the right advice and the right insurance to our clients. But now, we’re local all over the world. With 15,000 global colleagues and a partner network spanning more than 100 territories, we are the largest independent insurance broker in the world. But our values haven’t changed since day one, when we set out to create a company grounded in:
- An employee-ownership model
- Aligned external investors
- The trust and integrity born of friendship
- Expertise
- Independence
Our focus on being a people-first business has always been at the very heart of Howden. Our vision was to create an independent business with a unique culture; one that would survive and thrive as a business controlled by the people working for it. Our employee ownership model sets us apart in the market. It’s created a culture of collaboration and innovation, where we’re driven to think bigger and empowered to challenge convention.
Our flat structure and entrepreneurial spirit help us attract the best people and empower them to be the best version of themselves. And when we bring in and nurture great talent, more follows. That makes us better – and that’s better for everyone.
Diversity & Inclusion
At Howden we consider our people our chief competitive advantage and as such we treat colleagues, candidates, clients, and business partners with equality, fairness and respect, regardless of their age, disability, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family circumstances.
