Seth Ruff

Experience

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  PwC

  Oct 1994 - Jan 2001

  • Served as lead project manager for a long-term ERM consulting assignment (>GBP1m in fees) for a major global insurer. Met frequently with client’s Finance Director, Controller, and Unit Managers.• Led capital model implementation teams and teams of reserving actuaries• Managed one section of a major software development project• Responsible for reserves of run-off entities• Participated in all stages of engagements, from RFP to BoD presentations • Provided consulting services and Actuarial Opinions to US P&C insurance companies• Wrote proposals and participated in firm-selection interviews

  • Senior Actuarial Consultant

    Jun 1998 - Jan 2001

  • Actuarial Consultant

    Oct 1994 - Jun 1998
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  Swiss Re

  Feb 2001 - Sept 2017

  • Led team of specialist underwriters with responsibility for origination and execution of large/customized P&C reinsurance treaties• Member of CEO's Leadership Team• Responsible for substantial financial targets• Established and drove market strategy for customized P&C solutions• Cultivated relationships with key reinsurance brokers and internal stakeholders• Represented Swiss Re at industry, client, broker, and internal events• Managed entire deal lifespan: origination, underwriting, negotiation, contracts, compliance, and commutation• Developed innovative structures based on an understanding of client needs, anticipating market developments• Worked with our actuaries to model one-of-a-kind structures Show less • Established a P&C actuarial pricing function in Asia division• Served as underwriting/pricing manager on Swiss Re’s largest Chinese treaties• Designed/built pricing models tailored to specific markets• Trained underwriters in the use of pricing tools• Met with the Chinese Insurance Regulatory Council to discuss various issues (e.g., solvency regulation, risk transfer requirements for reinsurance treaties)• Met with largest Chinese insurers to discuss Motor, Personal Accident, and other lines Show less

  • President US P&C Core Partners Group

    May 2016 - Sept 2017

  • SVP, Head of P&C Structured Solutions - US Broker, Canada, Latin America

    Nov 2006 - May 2016

  • VP, M&A Integration Lead

    Jun 2006 - Nov 2006

  • VP, Casualty Underwriting, Hong Kong

    Jun 2005 - Jun 2006

  • P&C Underwriting/Actuarial roles

    Feb 2001 - Jun 2005
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  TigerRisk Partners

  Oct 2017 - now

  Partner and Head of Structured Reinsurance
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  Howden Re

  Jan 2023 - now

  Head of Legacy and Structured Reinsurance