Palomar is a public specialty insurer (NASDAQ: PLMR) underwriting five product lines—earthquake, inland marine, casualty, fronting, and crop—with deep expertise in markets competitors avoid. The tech stack is finance-and-analytics-heavy (Python, R, SQL, Power BI, Tableau) with minimal engineering presence, reflecting a capital-intensive business model where underwriting judgment and portfolio modeling drive value more than software engineering. Active hiring across finance, data, actuarial, and risk roles, coupled with projects around reinsurance placement and model improvement, suggests Palomar is scaling both its analytical capacity and operational complexity as it diversifies.
Founded in 2014, Palomar underwrites specialty property and casualty insurance across five product categories: Earthquake, Inland Marine and Other Property, Casualty, Fronting, and Crop. The company targets residential and commercial segments, with particular focus on geographies and risk profiles underserved by larger carriers. Palomar operates nationwide from La Jolla, California, and holds an A (Excellent) financial strength rating from AM Best. As a publicly traded company on the Nasdaq (NASDAQ: PLMR), Palomar combines underwriting and analytical expertise to concentrate capital on concentrated, high-margin niches.
Python, R, SQL, Excel, VBA, Power BI, Tableau, and Microsoft Office suite. The stack emphasizes analytics and financial modeling over software infrastructure, typical of capital-intensive insurance operations.
Yes. 15 active roles span finance (6), data (2), ops (2), risk (2), actuarial (1), engineering (1), and product (1). Seniority levels range from intern to VP, with accelerating hiring velocity.
La Jolla, California. All current hiring is in the United States.
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