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John has over 30 years’ insurance industry experience and acts as Chief Actuary and Appropriate Actuary. He previously held roles of Chief Risk Officer, member of Risk, Investment and With-Profits Committees, along with a number of other key governance committees.
Brian joined OAC having previously been a partner at Hymans Robertson, serving as its Senior Actuary for 15 years. Brian has been a Scheme Actuary for over 20 years advising many schemes up to £3bn in size helping them into positions of financial strength. Brian provides leadership on both technical and professional issues and has acted as an expert witness in many professional negligence cases over the last 10 years.
25 January 2024
This week, PRA have released their consultation paper "CP2/24 – Solvent exit planning for insurers" in which they set out their proposed rules requiring insurers to prepare for a solvent exit as pa...
12 October 2023
In this edition Solvency UK Climate Change Diversity and inclusion FCA’s priorities for 2023-2025 Also in the News Link to newsletter
28 September 2023
In light of increasing concern surrounding the pressure on public health services in the UK, OAC has published an update to our 2017 research into the mutual sector's contribution to savings in the...
07 August 2023
In this article, our funeral plan actuary Erika Parker looks at the benefits and challenges of the past year of regulation and what the future holds for the industry. Link to article
03 August 2023
In this edition Solvency UK Customers in Financial Difficulty Cost of Living Climate Change Also in the News Link to newsletter
24 May 2023
We have analysed the published Solvency Assessment Reports (“SARs”) of the 18 trust based pre-paid funeral plan providers, covering 38 trusts and £2.7 billion of assets, that the FCA has authori...
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