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We apply our actuarial skills, professional expertise, and automation platform Psicle to deliver innovative and robust solutions which help our clients work smarter in increasingly complex times.

 
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We work as one team across all of our locations, helping clients ranging from small niche insurers to large multinationals, and across the spectrum of actuarial, financial, and statistical functions.

 
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  • Data Transformation
  • Automating Processes
  • Dynamic Financial Model
  • GI Reserving
  • Independent Reviews
  • Outsourced Expertise
  • Pricing and Portfolio Analytics
  • Risk and Exposure Management
  • Solvency and Capital
  • Psicle Software
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  • Target State
  • Model Builds
  • Reserving
  • IFRS 17
  • Insurance
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Reserving transformation programme for a major international insurance group

30/08/22

A major international insurance group chose Dynamo as the consulting and technology provider for the transformation of their reserving processes across multiple regions.

Like many insurers, our client had a mix of legacy systems, a history of business acquisitions and a challenging book to reserve. As a result, the reserving process had become complex, time consuming and fragmented, with disproportionate actuarial time devoted to data preparation, model setup and “turning the handle” on reporting. As well as elevated pressure on reserving teams and heightened operational risk, this situation left limited time for the sorts of ad hoc analyses that are needed in an increasingly complex world.

Our client took a strategic view in leveraging technology to transform the status quo, with the key objectives of efficiency, better information and tighter governance. We were approached to participate in RFI and RFP processes alongside other vendors, and were subsequently chosen to build a Proof of Concept (PoC), which demonstrated our capacity to deliver the reserving process for selected products in a robust and well governed platform.

A collaborative scoping phase determined the high-level technical requirements and project plan before the build commenced in earnest. With Psicle the chosen technology platform for data preparation, reserve setting, diagnostics and reporting, Dynamo undertook the build in collaboration with our client’s project team. This allowed for concurrent upskilling of the project team in the use of the software, while additional training was provided to BAU actuarial teams in preparation for testing, acceptance and go-live.

The project sequencing allowed for go-live of large parts of the book relatively early in the transformation project, bringing forward many of the benefits of the new process even while development continued on the remaining models. Some of these benefits were immediately clear – the rich results dataset allowed for rapid ad hoc analysis in response to COVID-19, for example. The load on the reserving team was significantly reduced, and the consistent approaches built into a single platform reduced learning curves and enabled greater flex in the team.

Other benefits continue to emerge. With the necessary wiring now in place, a push towards “top-down”-style reserving, aided by advanced diagnostics, is underway. There are also many upstream and downstream processes which are candidates for inclusion in the platform, with similar benefits to granularity, speed and governance anticipated.

Reflecting on the project, success depended on the client’s willingness to standardise and rationalise. Critically, Psicle’s flexibility allowed us to balance this against the practical needs of actuarial teams to appropriately reserve for and report on complex products. Also crucial to success was the engagement of the client’s project team with the wider business, as was their mix of skills, determination and open mindset.

Large UK personal lines insurer transforms their reserving processes.

10/05/22

A major international insurance group chose Dynamo as the consulting and technology provider for the transformation of their reserving processes across multiple regions. Like many insurers, our client had a mix of legacy systems, a history of business acquisitions and a challenging book to reserve. As a result, the reserving process had become complex, time […]

Large Telecommunications Company chooses Psicle as their Insurance Model Office

30/08/22

The insurance entity of one of Africa’s largest telecommunications companies engaged us to transform their analytics, technical finance and actuarial processes.

IFRS17 solution for a speciality commercial lines market leader

30/08/22

A large, specialist insurer with a targeted product set – primarily in commercial lines of business and including cyber insurance – approached us seeking an application to host their IFRS 17 calculation engine.

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