Experience

   Senior Director Risk Management, Safe-Guard ProductsFebruary 2021 to Present  
  • Lead Safe-Guard’s Claim Analytics, Captive Consulting, and Actuarial Reserving departments.
  • Advise external clients, such as Toyota and GM Financial Services, on emerging warranty and claim trends.
  • Provide captive consulting, including pricing and reserving services, to unaffiliated reinsurers.
  • Founded Claim Analytics team and drove multi-million dollar cost savings in the first 18 months of team creation.
  • Manage $1 billion in warranty liabilities for Safe-Guard affiliated companies.
  • Communicate reserving and business trends to key stakeholders including the Company’s CEO, CFO, and Board.
  • Developed a claim scoring mechanism that serves as the foundation of Safe-Guard’s smart adjudication process.
  • Responsible for income and cashflow forecasting and budgeting for all of Safe-Guard’s insurance operations.
   AVP, Reserving, Kemper CorporationApril 2018 to January 2021  
  • Lead reserving for Kemper’s standard/preferred business segment and lead Kemper’s Actuarial Data department.
  • Manage Actuarial Data team responsible for building and maintaining data resources for all Kemper actuaries.
  • In Reserving role, responsible for $500m in liabilities on a business generating $750m in annual premium.
  • Lead Kemper’s Statement of Actuarial Opinion efforts, creating SAO’s and AOS’s for 22 statutory companies.
  • Present monthly business trends to business segment leaders and quarterly presentations to the senior executive team.
  • Develop an algorithm to optimize reinsurance recoveries, creating multi-million dollar increase to recoveries.
  • Build and monitor claim analytics and incorporate findings from that work into the Reserve study.
  • Provide analytical support and leadership for Kemper’s nascent claim analytics function.
   Director Reserving, Safe-Guard ProductsJune 2016 to April 2018  
  • Provide modeling and risk evaluation leadership as Goldman Sachs (parent) pursues sale of Safe-Guard.
  • Manage actuarial staff responsible for $500m in automotive warranty liabilities.
  • Estimate cash flows and provide liability duration estimations to optimize investment strategy.
   Associate Actuary (Reserving), Kemper CorporationApril 2014 to June 2016  
  • Team leader overseeing 3 reserving analysts.
   Senior Actuarial Analyst (Reserving), Kemper CorporationJune 2013 to April 2014  
  • Lead reserving analyst for Kemper’s largest agent-channel business segment (auto and home).
   Actuarial Analyst III (Reserving), Kemper CorporationDecember 2011 to June 2013  
  • Lead reserving analyst for Kemper’s direct-to-consumer business (auto, home, and renters).
   Actuarial Analyst II (Reserving), Kemper CorporationSeptember 2010 to December 2011  
  • Reserving analyst supporting Kemper’s direct-to-consumer business.
   Actuarial Analyst (Pension Valuation), Watson Wyatt WorldwideJune 2009 to September 2010  
  • Completed pension valuation's for a variety of clients.
   Actuarial Intern (Pension Valuation), Watson Wyatt WorldwideMay 2008 to August 2008  
  • Completed pension valuation's for a variety of clients.