Bo Yu

About Bo Yu

With over 17 years of experience in the re/insurance industry, I have developed extensive expertise in CAT risk modeling and analytics, portfolio optimization and exposure management, and technical underwriting. My work across these domains has provided me with broad perspectives on the industry. I am adaptive, hardworking, and quick to learn, and I welcome new challenges that offer opportunities for growth and innovation.I have extensive technical and management experience in the following areas:1) Leadership and Project Management: Led the Advanced Analytics Group and managed end-to-end CAT analytics projects from initial request to final delivery.2) Product Management: Oversaw and contributed to the development of products such as the Optima Marginal Impact Application, Underwriting Tool, and event response software and utilities.3) Pricing and Capital Cost Allocation: Experienced in designing pricing strategies and workaround solutions for SME policies, supporting functional design and testing of pricing and optimization tools, and developing CAT rates to support competitive underwriting.4) Portfolio Optimization and Expoure Management: Proficient in theory and algorithms related to reinsurance cost allocation, dynamic optimization, policy ranking, profitability and marginal impact analysis, gradient analysis, and strategic portfolio growth.5) CAT Risk Stochastic Simulation: Deep understanding of the physical mechanisms of catastrophe risk, including hurricanes, storm surge, and severe convective storms (tornadoes, hail, and wind); expertise in wind–structure interaction and damage mitigation.6) Quantitative Risk Analysis: Skilled in exposure and data quality assessment, CAT model evaluation, financial impact analysis, risk concentration, rollup and reporting, and implementation of best practices.7) Programming and Technical Skills: Experienced with C#, R Shiny (interactive web app development), SQL, MATLAB, Fortran, and related data and office software.

Experience

1. Senior Vice President, Catastrophe Analytics Portfolio Management

   Guy Carpenter

   Sep 2021 — Present · Philadelphia, PA, US

   Lead technical pricing and underwriting risk R&D to strengthen analytics and pricing accuracy. Support clients in integrating underwriting APIs to improve automation and efficiency. Drive cross-functional collaboration on underwriting strategy, risk scoring, portfolio optimization, and reinsurance cost allocation to support growth.

Education

• Lanzhou University

  Master, Atmospheric Physics and Atmospheric Environment

• Florida International University

  Ph.D., Civil Engineering

Skills

• Matlab
• Numerical Analysis
• Physics
• Simulations
• Risk Management
• Data Analysis
• Algorithms
• Technical Writing
• Statistics
• Fortran