Experience

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  Williams telecommunications group

  May 1988 - Feb 1991

  Outside plant engineer

  Justified, engineered, coordinated and supervised outside plant projects on WTG’s fiber optic network. Played major role in the building of an extension of WTG’s communication network from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Assisted with the building of WTG’s network build from New York City to Chicago, Illinois.

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  Reliance national insurance company

  Feb 1991 - Jan 1994

  National account and excess auto departments / pricing & reserving actuary

  Provided actuarial pricing support including loss rating of large individual accounts exposure to workers’ compensation, general liability and commercial automobile liability. Developed and maintained computer code needed to perform the quarterly reserve reviews for the National Accounts Department. Provided actuarial support for the reserve review process. Built and maintained a pricing model used by the Commercial Auto Department.

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  Cna insurance

  Jan 1994 - Oct 1999

  Provided actuarial pricing support for the National Underwriters Business Unit. Priced reinsurance treaties of large national underwriting companies. Team leader for pricing support of excess workers’ compensation and umbrella coverage across all business units within CNA Re. Played lead role in the design and building of RMG’s account cash flow model, which estimated profits for various coverage plans offered and calculated insurance charges, boards & bureaus, taxes and assessments for use in analyzing large account business underwritten across the corporation. Responsible for maintaining other models used within the department. Provided actuarial pricing support for liquor liability, entertainment and an excess workers’ compensation program. Developed rate reviews and processed rate filings. Provided pricing and product development support for complex entertainment coverage comprising of movie/film productions, sporting events and concerts.

  • CNA Re / Reinsurance Pricing Actuary

    Aug 1997 - Oct 1999

  • Risk Management Group / Pricing Actuary

    Aug 1995 - Aug 1997

  • Specialty Lines SBU / Pricing Actuary

    Jan 1994 - Aug 1995
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  Kemper insurance companies

  Oct 1999 - Dec 2002

  Provided Pricing Support for the following Kemper business units: Excess Casualty, Environmental, Risk Solutions and an E&S Products Liability Division. Pricing support included rate reviews and product development support for contractors general liability, premises pollution liability, mold remediation, commercial umbrella/excess liability, products liability and professional liability for architects & engineering risks and contractors’ design-build exposures. Defined, modeled and simulated complex insurance coverage, including cost containment coverage for environmental remediation projects, unit contingent power, weather derivatives, illiquid commodity derivatives and other financial-insurance convergence products. Show less

  • AVP & Business Unit Actuary

    Mar 2001 - Dec 2002

  • Actuarial Manager, Reserving

    Oct 1999 - Mar 2001
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  Gemini transportation underwriters (a berkley company)

  Jan 2003 - now

  Svp & chief actuary

  Chief Actuary for two W.R. Berkley (WRBC) insurance companies: Gemini Transportation and Carolina Casualty. Both companies are leading commercial transportation insurance providers for both primary and excess coverage. Each WRBC company is individually charged with managing all aspects of their operations including achievement of corporate risk-adjusted return requirements. The actuarial department is responsible for providing actuarial services in support of these objectives. This support includes pricing, reserving, financial reporting, monitoring, model & tool development and predictive analytics. Show less