Global reinsurance underwriter with 14 branch offices across property, casualty, and specialty lines
OdysseyRe is a reinsurance underwriter operating through a distributed global network, owned by Fairfax Financial Holdings. The tech stack reveals a finance-first, spreadsheet-dependent operation—Excel, R, VBA, SQL, and Tableau dominate analytics—while infrastructure modernization is in motion (Azure Virtual Desktop deployment, Citrix replacement, zero-touch imaging). The hiring mix leans heavily into finance (7 roles) with secondary pushes in engineering and ops, aligned to active projects around risk modeling, reserving process overhaul, and endpoint infrastructure refresh.
OdysseyRe is the reinsurance arm of the Odyssey Group, a global insurance and reinsurance enterprise. The business underwrites a broad portfolio of property, casualty, and specialty reinsurance through Odyssey Reinsurance Company and Odyssey Re Europe S.A., operating across 14 branch and representative offices worldwide. The organization serves mid-market and enterprise (re)insurance clients requiring structured risk transfer. Core operations center on underwriting, risk assessment, reserving, and capital adequacy monitoring.
OdysseyRe primarily uses Excel, R, VBA, SQL, Python, Tableau, and Power BI for analytics and reporting. Infrastructure relies on Microsoft 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, Active Directory, SAP, and Workday. GitHub Copilot is in use; Citrix is being replaced.
Active projects include Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA) reporting, quarterly enterprise risk management analysis, stress testing, global reserving process improvement, pricing model development, dashboard creation, and infrastructure modernization (Azure Virtual Desktop and zero-touch imaging deployment).
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