Yvan A Koudinov

Unfortunately, the analytics team already has more than enough full-time analysts, so I wouldn’t be joining the team as a Full-Time employee. However, I will be working until June and at the end of the co-op will have a 5 month of experience under my belt. In the past 4 months, I learned the deeper details of the catastrophe risk analyst role a…[Read more]

I believe that the classwork at Temple gave me a great foundation on how to be an analyst and critical thinker. I certainly feel that it was essential to have the fundamentals prior to stepping into the workforce. We have worked on case studies in both Data Analytics and Digital Innovation and Design; however, there are some road blocks in real…[Read more]

I currently take 15 credits and working 40 hour weeks, certainly not easy thing to balance. It was hard especially at the beginning, mainly because I had to handle a lot of information all at one. I think the key here is efficient time management. First, I was trying to remember all of my daily tasks but often times I would forget one or two…[Read more]

For the role of catastrophe risk modeler, the two most vital skills to possess are critical thinking and analytics. As part of my role, I am analyzing big data sets of insurance companies and picking the required information for me to run the model. Coming into the internship with prior experience in analytics, certainly helped me to be more…[Read more]

At Guy Carpenter, there are 4 conference rooms across the floor. And even though a lot of things were explained to me during my first few days, I had to find the conference rooms where the Co-Op trainings were held. It was a fun experience and it gave me an opportunity to talk to people from different departments who sit across the office. During…[Read more]

Hi Jon,

That’s a very cool work experience that you have had. What program did you use to generate the sales forecasts? In my internship at Checkpoint Systems, 2 years ago I forecasted monthly/quarterly cash flows using Qlikview and SAP. Good look in you internship!

Hi everyone,

I am currently having my Co-Op at Guy Carpenter as a Catastrophe Risk Modeler. Guy Carpenter is a reinsurance arm leader and has three main lines of business. One is brokerage, which focuses on obtaining clients, insurance companies who are looking for reinsurance. Second is advisory, which advises insurance companies on…[Read more]

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