Ward Pei-Hsi Wu

Ward pei-hsi wu

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  • About me

    Wealth Pricing Director, Product Proposition Department

  • Education

    • University of waterloo

      1999 - 2003
      Bachelor of mathematics actuarial science and statistics
  • Experience

    • Maritime life assurance company

      Nov 2003 - Aug 2004
      Assistant actuarial analyst, retail pricing and design

      Term Life Product Pricing

    • Manulife financial

      Sept 2004 - Mar 2006
      Valuation analyst, individual life centre valuation, canadian division

      Performed CGAAP actuarial reserves calculation for traditional and universal life products by using GGY-AXIS to meet the required deadlineImproved the accuracy and efficiency of the reserve calculation by maintained and modified the valuation modelsProvided extensive “PfAD and Reserve by Components” analysis for corporate reporting within the required time frameImplemented and tested the new valuation model incorporating the basis changes and CALMCalculated the risk factors of the MCCSR required capital for all individual life business Show less

    • Manulife life insurance company japan

      Mar 2006 - May 2012

      Performed quarterly forecast and annual Business Plan projection on reserve, capital and earning for VA, FFA, and MF business within required deadlineCompleted In-Force Embedded Value of WM business, under both Traditional and MCEV approachesImproved the accuracy and efficiency of the forecast projection by modifying the valuation models for process automationUpdated and Reported quarterly reinsurance billing statement for VA business with communication on treaty revision and for accounting bookingCommunicated with IT personnel for the hardware maintenance and enhancement for WM Valuation team Show less Priced and modeled competitive GMMB, GMWB, and GMDB type of Variable Annuity products for the fast-changing Japan VA market.Developed various actuarial assumptions for both pricing and valuation purpose based on the results of experience studies and industry experiencePerformed annual New Business Plan update within the required timeline to monitor the required capital and profitabilityPriced and modeled Foreign-currency Fixed Annuity and Mutual Fund products to diversify product portfolio Show less

      • Manager, Wealth Management Valuation

        Jan 2010 - May 2012
      • Assistant Manager, Pricing, Investment Product Department

        Mar 2006 - Dec 2009
    • Pricewaterhousecoopers japan

      Jun 2012 - Sept 2013
      Manager, actuarial and insurance management solution

      Performed quarterly audit review on USGAAP actuarial balances (reserves, DACs, and VoBA), and control testing.Developed and performed independent cell-testing to validate the calculation of reserve and DAC of client’s valuation systems, such as Polysystems and MG-ALFASupported or performed various advisory tasks from the client, including M&A projects, Business Plan Projection Model development for new products, etc. Coached junior staffs to achieve most efficient team performanceCoordinated training on Prophet for all actuarial staffs within company Show less

    • Manulife life insurance company japan

      Oct 2013 - Jul 2015
      Manager, product pricing

      Priced and modeled various life insurance and wealth management product such as Recurring Premium Whole Life, Leveraged-Single Premium Whole Life, Australian-Dollar Fixed Annuity, GASA Hybrid Annuity/Whole LifeDeveloped and obtained approval for the pricing assumption for the new developed productActed as pricing manager to coordinate and communicate with related department in order to move forward product developmentWorked with affiliated reinsurer for reinsurance arrangement on the new product in order to ease the capital burdenReviewed the product specification, actuarial technical note and policy provision for regulator’s approval Show less

    • Prudential assurance company singapore

      Aug 2015 - Aug 2018

      Head of Actuarial Feasibility Analytic and Pricing Lead of Product Pricing for Non-Par and Investment-Link Product

      • Deputy Vice President, Actuarial Products and Advisory

        Aug 2017 - Aug 2018
      • Associate Vice President, Actuarial Services

        Aug 2015 - Jul 2017
    • Hsbc insurance singapore

      Aug 2018 - Oct 2021
      Svp, head of pricing
    • Gen re

      Nov 2021 - Jun 2023
      Senior pricing actuary
    • Reinsurance group of america, incorporated

      Jul 2023 - Feb 2025
      Associate director pricing
    • Fwd life insurance company

      Mar 2025 - now
      Pricing director
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Associate of the society of actuaries

      Society of actuaries
      Nov 2010
    • Introduction to coding using python

      Ntuc learninghub
      May 2021
    • Data analytics and creating interactive dashboard using python

      Ntuc learninghub
      May 2021
    • The agile leader workshop

      Dd consulting pte ltd
      Oct 2017
      View certificate certificate