Ben’s role as a reinsurance arbitrator and expert witness is supported by over 25 years of experience as an actuary in the life and health reinsurance industry, working in the individual and group insurance markets.
During his career, he held positions in the Canadian, US and international markets with roles ranging from head of business lines, chief pricing actuary, risk management officer and global product expert. His current professional activities center around providing expert witness, reinsurance arbitration and actuarial consulting services.
His product and reinsurance knowledge includes life and health products with recognized expertise in long term care, disability income replacement, critical illness and medical insurance. His experience includes business development, product creation, risk management, reinsurance transactions (quota-share, excess-of-loss, stop-loss, coinsurance/YRT, etc.), claim management and profitability management.
Ben is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Fellow and board member of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.