Regional Chief Actuary - ASEAN & India at Gen Re
Singapore
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- Regional Chief Actuary - ASEAN & India at Gen Re
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- Education
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- Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch
- University of Cape Town
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Louis Rossouw’s Summary
Actuary working for Gen Re on life reinsurance. Involved in product development, pricing, research and coroporate work. Research projects include longevity research and of life insurance experience.
Louis Rossouw’s Specialties:
Pricing, life insurance, product development, research, valuations, corporate, profitability analysis, reinsurance, profit share, longevity, mortality, catastrophe pricing, financial reinsurance
Louis Rossouw’s Experience
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Regional Chief Actuary - ASEAN & India
Gen Re
(Public Company; Insurance industry)
April 2009 — Present (10 months)
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Chief Actuary
Gen Re
(Public Company; Insurance industry)
January 2009 — March 2009 (3 months)
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Technical Actuary
Gen Re
(Public Company; Insurance industry)
January 2001 — January 2009 (8 years 1 month)
I was a member of the technical team and I was involved with individual pricing, group pricing & quotes as well as internal corporate work. This included product development and pricing research.
I also had responsibility for improving Gen Re’s knowledge surrounding HIV/AIDS and ensuring that Gen Re was seen to be knowledgeable with regard to HIV/AIDS -
Actuarial Risk Analyst
Swiss Re
(Public Company; Insurance industry)
December 1999 — April 2001 (1 year 5 months)
I was recruited to assist with valuation and to develop documentation for Swiss Re’s new MoSes based valuation systems:
• Involved with setting up assumptions for the system, solving data issues practically, running models and checking results.
• Gained further experience in US GAAP, Net Premium and Embedded Value calculations and their South African implementation. Experience of Financial Soundness calculations and using the MoSes projection and valuation system.
• Experience in system documentation.
• I also developed tools and methods to improve system functionality and efficiency. -
Actuarial Risk Analyst
Munich Re
(Public Company; Insurance industry)
July 1998 — December 1999 (1 year 6 months)
I was recruited by Munich Re to develop an up to date valuation system for the life branch using Microsoft Access and the accompanying Visual Basic programming language. The previous system worked using hundreds of Excel spreadsheets and the task was to combine this into one program with a central database and central valuation assumptions. Key roles & experience:
• Redoing all of the projection code into a simple, understandable set of code that could be used in a flexible manner. The system also manages the assumption information related to the different bases.
• Work to enhance its capabilities to cover other business types and valuation methods including Embedded Value and US GAAP approaches.
• I was also responsible for the Electronic Data Transfer system which translates policyholder data received from cedants to a Munich Re format.
• Various business types and their workings and the basic workings of a reinsurance life office
• Dealing with clients on technical issues. -
Actuarial Risk Analyst
BUPA
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Insurance industry)
January 1998 — June 1998 (6 months)
I was part of BUPA’s lifetime value team and I was also involved in various other projects of a statistical nature. My work here included:
• Statistical analyses including a marketing analysis for BUPA’s hospitals. I produced statistical models for each hospital indicating areas with high likelihood of responding to direct marketing. These were used to direct a marketing campaign for several of the hospitals.
• Production of claims models for use in the lifetime value project. This included getting the data from various sources, bringing the data together, exploration and fitting of models. This is typical of the work I did for BUPA.
Louis Rossouw’s Education
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Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch
Hons. B.Com. , Actuarial Science , 1994 — 1997
- Activities and Societies:
- Hockey, Wine Culture Society, AIESEC
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University of Cape Town
Post Graduatuate Actuarial Diploma , Actuarial Science
Additional Information
Louis Rossouw’s Websites:
Louis Rossouw’s Interests:
Photography, Mountain Biking, New Technology
Louis Rossouw’s Groups:
Institute of Actuaries,
Singapre Actuarial Society,
Actuarial Society of South Africa,
Actuarial Society of South Africa's AIDS Committee - Convenor
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University of Stellenbosch Alumni (Maties) and Friends -
Faculty and Institute of Actuaries -
Actuarial Society of South Africa -
International Congress of Actuaries -
Insurance Professionals in Singapore
Louis Rossouw’s Honors:
Fellow of Institute of Actuaries, 2007
Fellow of Actuarial Society of South Africa, 2007
Fellow of Singapore Actuarial Society, 2008
Louis Rossouw’s Contact Settings
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