Andreas Schraft, a civil engineer by training, is responsible for Swiss Re’s risk assessment for natural perils such as windstorms, floods, and earthquakes. His team develops the models used by underwriters to quantify natural catastrophe exposures and it supports underwriters in applying the tools for the assessment of specific underwriting cases. In his previous role, Andreas was responsible for Swiss Re’s Risk Engineering Services team which supports single risk underwriters in the assessment of man made hazards (fires, explosions, product defects, terrorism, risks of pervasive computing among others). Additionally, he was a facultative reinsurance underwriter and client manager for Swiss Re’s business in some European markets.