Dean Kerr

Partner at the Actuarial Practice of Oliver Wyman @Oliver Wyman

CA

Currently serve as Oliver Wyman Actuarial’s Health Temporary Health Practice Leader, leading all aspects of client impact and day-to-day operations.Over 20 years of actuarial consulting experience, with ever-growing roles advising senior executives, chief actuaries and corporate development teamsEngagement manager for a top US life insurer\'s GAAP LDTI implementation for four lines of businessSupported the establishment of a Bermuda reinsurer with $35BN+ reservesActed as subject matter expert in building multiple companies\' actuarial system conversion project plans and leading executionLed an actuarial appraisal on a large block of individual life and health business, including developing independent ALM modelsPerformed analysis of multiple life, annuity, group benefits, health and pension blocks as part of numerous buy-side due diligence projectsLed the creation of a secondary guarantee universal life model for the purposes of supporting a potential financing transactionSupported a reinsurer with its AG38 Section 8D regulatory filingReviewed a large US insurer’s Enterprise Risk Management function and Economic Capital modelsBenchmarked multiple client\'s long-term care assumptionsPerformed validations of multiple clients\' actuarial models and financial reporting processes, also assisting with remediation of high materiality gapsConverted a client\'s universal life/LTC linked benefit (aka \"Combo\") business to AXISAssisted a redundant reserve financing transactionAssisted the State Long Term Care Principle-based Work GroupFormer friend to the SOA Product Development Section CouncilMember of SOA 2013 and 2014 Annual Meeting Planning CommitteesPast presentations include US and Canadian Product Development Trends and Issues, Universal Long Term Care, and Combo Products