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Monday, January 17, 2011

Singapore: Willis Research Fellow in Marine Cargo Exposure

Overview

Willis, one of the world’s largest insurance and reinsurance brokers, has developed the Willis Research Network (www.willisresearchnetwork.com), the world’s largest collaboration between insurance and academia undertaking research to evaluate the frequency, severity and impact of extreme events and develop private and public sector risk financing to share the costs of these events across populations. In collaboration with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and with various other scientific institutions world-wide, it strives to develop a common framework to represent marine cargo exposure world-wide and to use this framework to design and develop a database dealing with world-wide marine cargo exposure.

In this context, Willis offers a Willis Research Fellow Position in Marine Cargo Exposure at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Your Tasks
The fundamental purpos e of the research is to evaluate the world-wide exposure of marine cargo. The project will coordinate with the parallel NTU/WRN project into vulnerability, and with the various marine cargo (and other) research and development initiatives which are on-going within the WRN and within Willis.

The processes involved will include; a review of world-wide data sources dealing with all aspects of marine cargo, data collection and tabulation, database design and development, data mining and analysis, and mathematical modelling. The Willis Research Fellow will need to contribute to the design of the project, to research the exposure of cargo, to develop databases, to write and present analytical reports, research and industry papers and conference presentations, working in conjunction with WRN and Willis partners and others in collaborative and multidisciplinary research projects.


Your Profile

• Your task will be to identify and evaluate the world-wide exposure of marine cargo and will require experience and knowledge of risk management preferably in a marine environment, and economics related to trade. Database design and development skills will also be advantageous.

• You are interested in working in a large, international, multidisciplinary group of Willis experts, Willis brokers and WRN researchers, and you have the ability to perform research that results in obtaining high quality and reliable data for exposure analysis.

• You have strong verbal and written communication skills. You are highly motivated and research oriented with initiative, enjoy working in an interdisciplinary and multinational team, able to work independently and assist junior researchers.

• You have a PhD in a relevant discipline from a leading University. Strong publication record and experience in industry R&D projects will definitely be an added advantage.

• You will work at the Campus of the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The position will be available from 21 March 2011, initially for three years.

How to Apply

Please send a PDF file containing above project reference, a letter of application, CV and names of 2 referees, by 21 February 2011, via email to Assistant Professor Jasmine Siu Lee Lam, sllam@ntu.edu.sg or Associate Professor Robert Tiong, clktiong@ntu.edu.sg, who will be available for further inquiries.

Note
The ‘personal particulars form’ can be downloaded from the following link:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/ohr/Career/SubmitApplications/Pages/Research.aspx


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