Michael has over 30 years’ experience in the insurance industry. He covers a wide range of activities, including reserving, solvency and capital management, risk management, financial reporting, product development, mergers and acquisitions, portfolio transfers, and new company set-ups.
He has been involved with a diverse range of clients from Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and continental Europe writing many types of business, including with-profits, unit-linked, payment protection, and variable annuities.
Michael has served as the Head of Actuarial Function (and previously as Appointed Actuary / Signing Actuary) for a number of Irish life, non-life, and reinsurance companies.
He has also acted as Independent Actuary for a number of portfolio transfers, including several cross-border transfers, and acted as the independent expert for a with-profits fund consolidation exercise which required Court and policyholder approval.
In the pensions field, he has a particular interest and expertise in the areas of fiscal incentives and demographic pressures.
