Claude Penland: Actuary & Partner, Ezra Penland Actuarial Recruitment

Aviva will launch an internet-only UK motor insurance brand to secure a presence on highly competitive price comparison websites.

Lizabeth Zlatkus, executive vp and chief risk officer of Hartford Financial, will retire from the company during the fourth quarter.

David Simmonds, managing director at Willis Re Analytics, said at the Insurance Day Summit London that “Under the new regulatory regime [modelling firms] would find it hard to make that sort of change in the future.”

Frances Bea Idquival’s Experience
Senior Actuarial Analyst Manulife Philippines
Insurance industry
April 2011 – Present (2 months)
Actuarial – Financials
Reinsurance, US GAAP and Local Financial Reporting

Tim Spicer’s Experience
Actuary Genworth Financial
Public Company; Insurance industry
April 2011 – Present (2 months)

Khurram Masud’s Experience
Assistant Actuary Saudi United Cooperative Insurance Company (Wala’a)
Public Company; Insurance industry
April 2011 – Present (2 months)

“Bermuda is the world’s number one reinsurance domicile, and it is only natural for us to layer Takaful and reTakaful on top of this,” said Cheryl Packwood, CEO of Business Bermuda, a government agency created to promote Bermuda as a regional financial and business hub.