Carolina Portela

Carolina Portela, CCRA, is a Senior Catastrophe Modeler at Zurich Insurance since August 2018, following a role as Latin America Catastrophe Modeling Lead at QBE Insurance from January 2014 to August 2018. Carolina's expertise includes utilizing catastrophe models to assess risk across Latin American countries, monitoring exposures and results for various portfolios, and conducting data analyses using RMS RiskLink during their earlier position as Ejecutiva de Catástrofes at QBE Seguros (Colombia) from May 2009 to December 2013. Carolina holds a Certified Catastrophe Risk Analyst credential from RMS (2011-2012) and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Universidad Nacional de Colombia (2002-2008).