Jean-Baptiste Sallmann

Senior Manager

Zürich, CH

Since November 2021, Jean-Baptiste has been leading the Swiss Life Practice, offering support to our clients primarily in the DACH region. His guidance spans a wide array of projects thanks to his dual expertise in actuarial science and (software) engineering. His main areas of expertise include:

IFRS17
Variable Annuities
Asset Liability Management
Reserving under Swiss GAAP
Swiss Solvency Test
Due Diligence for M&A

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Experience

His work includes assisting with the implementation and the optimization of IFRS17, optimizing Asset Allocations for UL portfolios, designing Asset Liability Management processes, crafting actuarial and reserving reports, or Solvency & Valuation Due Diligence reports for mergers and acquisitions. Jean-Baptiste's project experience is extensive, covering areas such as the Swiss Solvency Test, Solvency 2, reserving under both German and Swiss GAAP, IFRS17, as well as dealing with traditional and variable annuity products, and the management of assets and liabilities. While his primary focus is on Life insurance, he also contributes to Property & Casualty and Reinsurance projects.

Before Joing Milliman, Jean-Baptiste spent a decade at Baloise Life, culminating in his role as Head of Quantative Development, Actuarial Services. He conceived, designed, implemented (in C++/SQL) and automated Baloise Switzerland Life's internal model, encompassing all individual and group life products and conventional asset classes. Before Baloise, Jean-Baptiste was employed by Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking in New York, USA, as a front office software developer and business analyst for the commodities derivatives.

Professional Designations

Certified Actuary from the Swiss Association of Actuaries

Education

M.Sc. Applied Mathematics Ecole Centrale Paris (Diplome d'ingénieur des grandes ecoles) M.Sc. Finance Technical University Vienna (Dipl. Ing. TU Wien)

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IFRS 17 Benchmarking: Our key observations on the 2024 annual reports

06 June 2025 - by Henny Verheugen, Jean-Baptiste Sallmann, Hortense Désiré

In our analysis of 55 life insurers in the new reporting format under IFRS 17, we highlight financial positions, KPIs, and differences across Europe and beyond.

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Barometer of generative AI adoption in the European insurance industry

06 May 2025 - by Benjamin Aubignat, Niccolò Basetti Sani Vettori, Alexandre Boumezoued, Adel Cherchali, Markus Hersche, Alan McDonagh, Patrick Meghen, Russell Osman, Job Prince, Jean-Baptiste Sallmann, Davide Scandiuzzi, José Silveiro, Yohav Touitou, Raymond van Es, Ziyou Zhou

Milliman has analyzed adoption and use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) by insurers in the European market.

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IFRS 17 benchmarking: FY 2023

30 July 2024 - by Demosthenis Demosthenous, Markus Hersche, Dilesh Patel, Jean-Baptiste Sallmann, Francois Uzan, Henny Verheugen

For European insurers, contractual service margin, risk adjustment, and reevaluations significantly influenced performance in 2023.

Jean-Baptiste Sallmann

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IFRS 17 Benchmarking: Our key observations on the 2024 annual reports

Barometer of generative AI adoption in the European insurance industry

IFRS 17 benchmarking: FY 2023

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