Kevin Sun
Kamloops,Canada
Summary
Currently a Master of Data Science student and keen on business analysis. Having worked in insurance industry as an underwriter for about five years and gifted in analyzing business metrics. Team-oriented with success in building relationships with colleagues from different departments to achieve business goals.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Farm and Alternative Risk Transfer Underwriter & M
China Continent Property & Casualty Insurance Company Ltd.
03.2019 - 07.2023
- Develop new weather parametric insurance and catastrophe insurance products against natural disasters including floods, rainstorms, droughts, typhoons, bushfire, etc., for power and agriculture industry and households, which includes identifying clients' demands, analyzing historical meteorological & loss data, rating and wording
- Review policy applications and perform risk analysis using historical data and catastrophe platform for purpose of quoting, negotiating and authorizing acceptance of risk for farm insurance and alternative risk transfer insurance
- Monitor performance of agricultural insurance portfolio such as loss ratio, and write analysis reports
- Cooperate and build positive working relationships with reinsurance companies including China Re., AXA, Swiss Re and brokers like AON and Willis
- Participate in design of company's insurance digital platform (APP and Web), which includes natural disaster analysis module, product development module, customer service module and data analysis module
- Gather and process meteorological data (such as rainfall, temperature, wind speed, typhoon trajectory, etc.) from various sources, which includes weather station observation data, numerical re-analysis data from NCAR and ECMWF (GFS, CFSR, ERA-INTERIM).
- Work in China Property & Casualty Reinsurance Company as an exchange employee for one month, with working responsibilities including designing catastrophe insurance products and analyzing facultative reinsurance application of agricultural insurance.
Meteorological Algorithm R&D Engineer
CPI Power Engineering CO., LTD. New Energy Branch.
08.2017 - 02.2019
- Participate in wave and weather forecasting system design, discussing business specifications, and communicating with clients about project requirements
- Work on development of wave and weather forecasting systems, which includes coding (shell, Python, and NCL scripts on Linux) and debugging
- Analyze deviation of forecast data (e.g., rainfall, wind speed, temperature, wave height, wind power) and possible reasons, tune parameters of forecast model, and use machine learning models (e.g., regression) to improve accuracy of forecast system based on observation data
- Produce, process, analyze, and visualize datasets, including wind data, terrain data, and turbine cost data
- Calculate wind farm capacity and profitability, and write data analysis reports for investment decisions.
Wind Resource Data Analyst
Shanghai Electric Windpower Group Co., Ltd.
07.2016 - 08.2017
- Process, analyze, and visualize raw datasets, including wind data, terrain data, and turbine cost data, using statistical and atmospheric models to identify trends
- Use machine learning and atmospheric models to produce high-resolution meteorological datasets, tuning model parameters to reduce simulation's deviation from observation
- Calculate wind farm capacity and output based on simulation and raw datasets, assessing profitability and writing data analysis reports for investment decision
- Give presentations to clients, and discuss with them about wind farm investment projects.
Education
Master of Data Science -
Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, BC05.2025
Master of Atmospheric Science -
Nanjing University
Jiangsu, China06.2016
Bachelor of Atmospheric Science -
Nanjing University
Jiangsu, China06.2013
Skills
- SQL, Python, Linux Scripts
- Excel, Word, PowerPoint
- Sales Support
- Business Analysis
- Risk Assessment
- Market Research
- Problem Solving
- Attention to Detail
- Decision-Making
- Interpersonal Skills
- Insurance Knowledge
Languages
English
Chinese (Mandarin)
Timeline
Farm and Alternative Risk Transfer Underwriter & M
China Continent Property & Casualty Insurance Company Ltd.
03.2019 - 07.2023
Meteorological Algorithm R&D Engineer
CPI Power Engineering CO., LTD. New Energy Branch.
08.2017 - 02.2019
Wind Resource Data Analyst
Shanghai Electric Windpower Group Co., Ltd.
07.2016 - 08.2017
Master of Data Science -
Thompson Rivers University
Master of Atmospheric Science -
Nanjing University
Bachelor of Atmospheric Science -
Nanjing University
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