Brian O’Neill has been appointed as the new Chief Actuary at Knighthead Annuity and Life Assurance Company, a Cayman Islands domiciled primary fixed annuity insurer.
As a member of the firm’s executive management team, O’Neill will have responsibility for enterprise-wide corporate oversight of Knighthead’s actuarial practices.
He brings extensive industry experience to the role, having spent 13 years in management consultant roles at both Deloitte and Towers Watson, as well as being Vice President in the Actuarial Group at Assured Guaranty for five years.
O’Neill has expertise in Economic Capital Modeling, Asset Liability Management, Model Validation, Life & Annuity Reinsurance and Enterprise Risk Management, and is a CFA Charterholder, a Certified Enterprise Risk Analyst (CERA), a Fellow in the Society of Actuaries (FSA), and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
Commenting on his new position, O’Neill said; “I am thrilled to be joining the Knighthead Annuity team. The company has emerged as the preeminent provider of fixed annuities to the international segment and, more recently, successfully concluded a number of reinsurance transactions. I am excited to contribute my knowledge, experience and network of relationships to further advance Knighthead Annuity’s business objectives.”
Knighthead’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Gary Dombowsky, commented; “We are very pleased to welcome Brian to the company. Brian is highly respected within our industry and his deep risk management and actuarial experience will immediately contribute to the continued success of the company. We welcome Brian and his family to the Cayman Islands.”
