L&H Insurance Research Analyst

Job Title: L&H Insurance Economist

Swiss Re Institute - Group Economic and Sigma Research, Bangalore, India

About the role:

This role is a fantastic opportunity to work on thematic research projects, especially around L&H insurance topics. You will be part of a high-caliber international team and will actively contribute to our global insurance market analysis/forecasts. You will also support the L&H insurance business unit strategy and client outreach through your research. The role is an excellent steppingstone with frequent exposure to senior management and other teams across the Group. You should expect a dynamic working environment and demonstrate flexibility, adaptability and autonomy in your daily work. Key tasks and responsibilities include:

• Reading widely on daily basis and quickly formulating insights on L&H insurance market trends and themes.
• Meticulously tracking macroeconomic, business and industry developments relevant to L&H insurance sector.
• Proactively delivering meaningful and error-free analysis and forecasts with minimal supervision/guidance.
• Contributing to Swiss Re's thought-leadership and client outreach by writing a study on a major market or industry segment in publication (e.g. Swiss Re's sigma, Expertise Publications, Economic Insights, etc),
• Preparing high-quality and visually appealing slide decks and presenting findings to internal and external stakeholders (e.g. presenting a market outlook to clients, preparing briefing materials for senior executives, presenting research outcomes at an industry conference, etc.)
• Demonstrating good inter-personal skills and actively collaborating across teams to generate a workflow of projects from Swiss Re’s business units.
• Strong data affinity and hands-on experience with a statistical software package and/or a programming language is an advantage since the projects may be related to quantifying and modelling the impact of economic risks (e.g. inflation, interest rate, health care reform) on L&H market.
• Working in a cross functional team in Bangalore and other locations, reporting to GE&SR Bangalore Hub with a functional reporting line to the Team Lead Insurance Market Analysis Bangalore.
• Support other various tasks (e.g. writing background notes, some administrative tasks, etc)

About the team:

Group Economic & Sigma Research (GE&SR) is part of the Risk Management unit and is responsible for analysing and forecasting the global macroeconomic and insurance market environment. GE&SR holds a crucial role in steering Swiss Re's capital allocation for both sides of the balance sheet. The team also drives thought leadership on topics of strategic importance for the Group and helps shaping the policy dialogue and outcome. GE&SR is responsible for Swiss Re's flagship sigma publication series.

GE&SR is highly visible and interacts with a wide variety of key partners and decision makers across the organization and externally. We are a truly global team located in Zurich, New York, Hong Kong and Beijing and collaborate closely with all of Swiss Re's re/insurance business units and Group functions.

Swiss Re embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We further collaborate in a flexible working environment, providing all of our employees with a compelling degree of autonomy to decide how, when and where we work most effectively.

About You:

• An advanced degree in insurance, economics, finance and/or a related fields with at least 5 years of analytical work experience. Exposure to L&H re/insurance industry, being a strong plus (if working experience less than 5 years, position of junior economist would be considered).  
• Experience in insurance analysis, macroeconomic and forecasting, including but not limited to topics like, impact of different accounting and solvency regimes, excess mortality after COVID-19, emerging health risks, impact of climate change on insurance, behavioural economics, data analytics, secondary and primary data (survey) based research, and so on.
• Team player, comfortable working with colleagues across the globe with different, cultures, skillsets and seniorities. Any interest/experience in training and mentoring new team members is also preferred.
• Strong analytical skills, ability to think strategically and deliver high quality analysis and insights.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; knowledge of other languages is a plus.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) is a must. Econometric and programming skills in one of the major statistical softwares/programming languages (R, Stata, Matlab, Python, EViews) is an advantage.
• Very agile, open-minded and curious with ability to work under ambiguity and tight timelines.