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Descartes Underwriting · Remote (US) · Remote

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About Descartes Underwriting

Protect your business with Descartes Underwriting's parametric insurance solutions, offering swift, data-driven coverage for climate, cyber and other emerging risks. Backed by Battery.

About the role

Join Descartes and contribute to our mission: Building Resilience in a World at Risk. Due to rapid growth, we are seeking to expand our Data Science team across our Underwriting functions, and we are looking for Data Scientists (H/F) to join our team in Paris. As a Data scientist, your missions will focus on making direct contributions to the development of new climate models or forecasting tools.

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ABOUT DESCARTES UNDERWRITING

Join Descartes and contribute to our mission: Building Resilience in a World at Risk.

Descartes is a corporate insurance group for worldwide companies and institutions. Descartes was born from a conviction that the growing complexity of corporate and climate risks demands a new approach to insurance. At the forefront of AI and Data analysis, Descartes utilises cutting-edge technology combined with a new generation of data sources, to model, assess and manage risks.

Since 2019, Descartes has secured a leading position in parametric (re)insurance combining scientific & technological expertise with a new approach. Parametric insurance , also known as index-based insurance, indemnifies clients within days based on pre-defined payout structures when a specific triggering event occurs, the payout process is both fast and transparent. The company has been financed with over $141M by investors including Highland Europe, BlackFin, Serena, Cathay, Eurazeo and Battery Ventures.

Our highly diverse and specialized team of 250+ people includes the largest modelling team in the industry featuring tech and modeling innovators, scientists in physics and climatology, as...

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