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Simon Heather

Simon Heather - Head of Cyber Catastrophe Modelling Gallagher Re

Simon Heather – Head of Cyber Catastrophe Modelling Gallagher Re

Simon Heather, Head of Cyber Catastrophe Modeling at Gallagher Re, specializes in assessing and modeling catastrophic risks within the cyber insurance sector. His expertise lies in analyzing the potential impacts of large-scale cyber events on insurance portfolios and developing strategies to mitigate these risks.

With a focus on leveraging data analytics and modeling techniques, Simon Heather plays a pivotal role in enhancing the industry’s understanding of cyber risk dynamics and supporting insurers in making informed underwriting and risk management decisions.

• The management of the Reinsurance Underwriter modelling team
• Producing in depth narratives and enhanced modelling output for key accounts
• Communicating with underwriters to ensure that the modelling output is correctly interpreted and utilised
• Research and development activities
• Supporting the deployment and incorporation of updates and new models
• Overseeing the training of new and junior team members
• Development of the modelling output and modelling reports with the aim to increase its value for underwriters and the company
• Modelling catastrophe excess, pro rata, Terror and per risk programmes
• Importing detailed exposure into Risklink
• The cleansing of global aggregate data for import into Risklink and Catrader
• Using SQL to querying client provided EDMs to assess their data quality and accuracy
• Using SQL to manipulate Risklink databases (EDM & RDM) to enhance modelling outputs
• Contributing towards the RDS and regulatory reporting requirements
• Actively contributing towards the development of the modelling function
• Building and maintaining effective relationships with all internal and external contacts.

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