MD of Marcuson Consulting, an independent actuarial advisory firm bringing wisdom, insight and practical solutions to the complexity facing non-life insurance firms.Our team of ten actuaries focuses on developing long-term relationships with our clients; we believe that actuarial consulting advice delivered by specialist firms presents real benefits to clients and to the actuaries working for them.Our three core areas of work are:• Core actuarial: including reserve reviews, pricing model frameworks and independent capital model validation• Contractors-plus: enhancing the flexibility of interim actuarial team members assistance with a greater level of consistency and continuity of service• Expert advisory: Part VII insurance business transfers, skilled person reviews, M&AsI am a general insurance consulting actuary with over 20 years’ experience of advising non-life insurance and reinsurance both UK-based and overseas, and including companies, mutual, Lloyd’s syndicates, captives, P&I clubs, brokers, banks, investors and other insurance-industry operations.I have expertise across the lines of non-life insurance business written in the UK and overseas: personal, commercial and specialty lines. My advice has spanned a wide range of areas of actuarial involvement.I was a past member of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries’ General Insurance Board, and between 2008 and 2013 chaired its General Insurance Professional Standards Committee. I am currently a member of its Professional Support Service, a team of recognised experts who provide confidential assistance and responses to members of the actuarial profession on ethical and technical questions.Professional specialisms:• Reserving and liability valuations• Capital and financial modelling, including Solvency II internal models• Expert witness work, skilled person reviews and Part VII insurance business transfer scheme independent expert roles• Corporate restructuring and M&A transaction support