Climate Risk Modeller

Zurich Insurance

Climate Risk Modeller supporting Zurich's Climate Resilience solutions by developing climate-adjusted loss models and collaborating with internal stakeholders.

Posted 4/28/2026full-timeZürich • 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Open SourcePythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Contribute to a multi-stakeholder project to operationalize climate data, by calibrating and deploying climate-adjusted financial loss models for customer-facing and underwriter-driven applications
Develop selected peril-specific financial loss models in collaboration with others across the organisation
Research, source and analyse data from internal and open-source databases
Coordinate with Group Accumulation Management (Research and Development) and others on the technical aspects of catastrophe loss models
Liaise with customer-facing colleagues from Zurich Resilience Solutions for the implementation of the models & communication of output, including through visualization tools and documentation

Requirements

What you’ll need

Master Degree in a quantitative field - natural/environmental/atmospheric science, mathematics, physics or statistics
Good understanding of Climate Change and Natural Hazards science, models, and their practical implementation
Knowledge and understanding of cat modelling tools (incl. open source) ideally gained in the finance or insurance industry
Hands on experience on data modelling, analytics and visualization tools (e.g. Python, Power BI, MATLAB, SQL, etc)
Strong statistical and analytical skills
Experience in modelling large data sets and machine learning techniques is beneficial
Ability to clearly communicate relevant details with all levels of management and stakeholders of various levels of technical proficiency
Consulting experience is a plus, i.e. commercially oriented with an ability to understand customer needs and identify opportunities for providing services.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Access to healthy food options
Fitness facilities
Learning resources
On-the-job development

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Hard Skills & Tools

data modellinganalyticsvisualizationstatistical analysismachine learningfinancial loss modelscatastrophe loss modelsclimate-adjusted modelsdata analysisquantitative analysis

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationconsultingstakeholder managementcustomer orientationanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingorganizational skillsinterpersonal skillspresentation skills