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Laura is a Principal and the National Leader of ÀÖÓ㣨Leyu£©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø’s Actuarial practice. She has over 25 years of insurance industry experience including 13 years at ÀÖÓ㣨Leyu£©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø. She provides services in the Life sector of the insurance industry primarily related to financial reporting, regulatory compliance and modeling issues. She co-sponsors the ÀÖÓ㣨Leyu£©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø Insurance Accounting Change solution team at ÀÖÓ㣨Leyu£©ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø where she leads the development and delivery of client solutions.

Professional and Industry Experience

• Leading clients through the assessment of expected impacts on the FASB’s Targeted Improvements for long duration insurance contracts (ASU 2018-12)
• Advising international insurer on strategic and implementation issues related to IFRS 17 implementation and the execution of a prototype modeling program
• Facilitating workshops to assess likely impacts of proposed accounting changes
• Principles Based Reserving educational seminar development and delivery
• Assisting clients in the implementation of business strategies involving off-shore reinsurance
• Internal audit services for actuarial functions for direct and reinsurance business including control design & testing, risk assessment and remediation assistance
• Guiding companies in the implementation of Model Risk Management Policies and Procedures per the principles of SR Letter 11-7 including the development of model inventories and the execution of the validations of high risk models
• Developing and executing model validation of complex insurance models including valuation, pricing and risk models.
• Preparing clients to effectively respond to new regulatory examinations
• Advising companies in strategic inforce management challenges including product tax compliance and other regulatory issues
• Leading teams in the performance of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) relative to GGY AXIS implementations
• Transaction Services including due diligence, IPO preparation and Purchase GAAP implementation
• Assessing and benchmarking various actuarial units from organizational, process, controls and documentation perspective