Emerging Issues Data and Research Writer (Data Journalist)

Company Description

We help the world see new possibilities and inspire change for better tomorrows. Our analytic solutions bridge content, data, and analytics to help business, people, and society become stronger, more resilient, and sustainable.

Job Description

• Identify, research, and track emerging risks and trends that may impact the P/C industry, and then author and publish articles with quantitative insights on the website along with other Emerging Issues deliverables. 
• Conduct independent research, often in collaboration with our internal subject matter experts (SME) and lines of business.  
• Mine information data sources and streams include white papers, government reports, scientific studies, news articles , and social media posts for relevant trends.  
• Develop and maintain information data visualizations that convey trend insights to customers.  
• Identify correlations among available datasets, proxies for risk, and indicators of exposure.   
• Develop and maintain internal and customer-facing data dashboards.  
• Analyze internal data to identify where Emerging Issues Data may provide value.  
• Create new datasets to support the product development of data tools for customers.  
• Develop and enhance insurance and analytical skills or educational skill sets related to emerging risks, risk management, and similar areas. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field. 
• Minimum 3 years relevant work experience in data journalism
• Exemplary written communication skills with proven authoring ability.  Can convey technical findings in a non-technical way. 
• Excellent oral communication skills, and able to work independently and as part of a team. 
• An understanding of insurance and risk management.  
• Active pursuit of CPCU and/or Actuarial designation or other insurance education preferred.  
• Has business analytical skills.  
• Can think creatively and critically.  
• Proficiency in the use of database programs is preferred.  
• Can design, develop, implement , and maintain a database and manage data analysis efforts.  
• Can use tools and technologies to analyze both structured and unstructured data, preferred.  
• Ability to implement data mining techniques on large data sets and can innovate with multiple data sets preferred.  
• Proficiency in Word, Power Point, strong Excel, and analytical skills. 
• Interpersonal skills and ability to multi-task.  
• Attention to detail.  
• Project management skills.  
• Ability to set and meet commitments in a high production environment to achieve tight timeliness deadlines and quality expectations.
• Proficiency with data visualization tools, including geospatial mapping, preferred.

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Additional Information

In 2022, Verisk received Great Place to Work® Certification for our outstanding workplace culture for the sixth year in a row and second-time certification in the UK, Spain, and India. We’re also one of the 38 companies on the UK’s Best Workplaces™ list and one of 18 companies on Spain’s Best Workplaces™ list.

For over fifty years and through innovation, interpretation, and professional insight, Verisk has replaced uncertainty with precision to unlock opportunities that deliver significant and demonstrable impact. From our historic roots in risk assessment, we’ve grown to provide analytic insights that help transform industries focused on some of the world’s most critical areas. Today, the insurance industry relies on Verisk to be, and to make the world, more productive, resilient, and sustainable.

Verisk works in collaboration with our customers and at the intersection of people, data, and advanced technologies. Through proprietary platformed analytics, advanced modeling, and interpretation, we deliver immediate and sustained value to our customers and through them, to the individuals and societies they serve, with greater speed, precision, and scale.

We’re 9,000 people strong, committed to translating big data into big ideas. We help others see new possibilities and empower certainty into big decisions that impact individuals and societies. And we relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation to help move our customers, and the world, toward better tomorrows.
Everyone at Verisk—from our chief executive officer to our newest employee—is guided by The Verisk Way, to Be Remarkable, Add Value, and Innovate.
• Be Remarkable by doing something better each day in service to our customers and each other
• Add Value by delivering immediate and sustained results that drive positive outcomes
• Innovate by redefining what’s possible, embracing challenges, and pushing boundaries

Verisk Businesses

Underwriting Solutions — provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision

Claims Solutions — supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences

Property Estimating Solutions — offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day-to-day workflows the most efficient

Extreme Event Solutions — provides risk modeling solutions to help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to extreme events.

Specialty Business Solutions — provides an integrated suite of software for full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business, helping companies manage their businesses through efficiency, flexibility, and data governance

Marketing Solutions — delivers Data and insights to improve the reach, timing, relevance, and compliance of every consumer engagement

Life Insurance Solutions – offers end-to-end, data insight-driven core capabilities for carriers, distribution, and direct customers across the entire policy lifecycle of life and annuities for both individual and group.

Verisk Maplecroft — provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger

At Verisk you can build an exciting career with meaningful work; create positive and lasting impact on business; and find the support, coaching, and training you need to advance your career. We have received the Great Place to Work® Certification for the 7th consecutive year. We’ve been recognized by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and a Best Employer for Women, testaments to our culture of engagement and the value we place on an inclusive and diverse workforce.  Verisk’s Statement on Racial Equity and Diversity supports our commitment to these values and affecting positive and lasting change in the communities where we live and work.

Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.

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