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Jamaica

Jamaica

Pasadena, California, United States

Biblical Studies Track

Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston, Jamaica

Greater Atlanta Area

Coordinated and managed the control process for 2 growing insurance entities within the Advanced Risk Techniques structure.Facilitated financial reconciliation and analysis. Managed the departmental budget process (accrual, variance analysis, annual allocation matrix).Oversaw the completion of the external audits for the organization’s captive and risk retention group.Executed the coverage confirmation tracking process for all direct writes and reinsurance placements.Assembled and prepared material for the Board of Directors, Investment, Underwriting, and Claims Committee meetings.

Athens, Georgia

Risk Management/Finance concentrationLorberbaum FellowGraduate Assistant in the Risk Management and Insurance Department

Greater Atlanta Area

Assisted ERM leaders in business development with the creation of several proposals and capabilities decks for prospects.Created detailed risk overviews on enterprise level risks for a major client as part of a Risk Identification and Assessment project.Created ERM process charts to standardize processes practice-wide.Evaluated the existing configuration of the Practice’s internal network drive and recommended structural changes.Researched and provided detailed overviews of current and potential clients.

Kingston, Jamaica

Tailored and ran insurance models for specific insurance clients to evaluate the pure risk costs of insurance coverage.Analyzed impact on Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility fund viability of returning premiums to Caribbean governments after a year of minimal or no loss to CCRIF’s portfolio. Recommended a one-off discount to countries that had no claims. In 2012-2013, CCRIF refunded 25% of premiums paid the previous year after a quiet 2011-2012 policy year.Team member of the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) Climate Risk Adaptation and Insurance in the Caribbean pilot project, which seeks to provide risk management solutions including insurance and disaster risk reduction to low income communities in the Caribbean.Contributed to business development and client management of CaribRM, and the CCRIF.Senior Analyst, November 2011 – March 2012 (5 months)

Kingston, Jamaica

Maintained efficient documentation of insurance transactions for underwriting, analysis and invoicing purposes for the division’s portfolio of Captive Insurance Companies – insurance companies set up by a parent company to self-insure its own risks and those emanating from its subsidiaries.Assisted Captive insurance broker with the placement and day to day handling of Captive business.Prepared financial projections as part of the feasibility study done for prospective Captive clients.

Kingston, Jamaica

Provided assistance to the actuarial manager in standard reporting and reserving, product reviews and loss data analysis, in particular, analyzing a local insurance company’s motor vehicle line to improve underwriting return.Contracted as a Project Supervisor (2007) by a local insurance company through Caribbean Risk Managers to manage the data entry component of a motor insurance pricing review project.Wrote Alternative Risk Transfer reviews for clients.Investigated captive insurance costs in various Caribbean domiciles.

Master Of Divinity - Mdiv (Biblical Studies), Bible/Biblical Studies

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Risk Management/Finance

Activities and Societies: Risk Management Club; Finance and Investment Club

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics And Mathematics