Alex Bryant
FIA, FSAS
Principal and Consulting Actuary
Singapore, SG
Alex Bryant is a principal and consulting actuary for Milliman’s Singapore office. He joined the firm in 2013, having previously worked for a UK life insurer for over seven years.
As a member of the Singapore team, Alex is involved in a wide range of projects, but his background has leant him to having a particular focus on Prophet modelling and participating business issues, on which he has spoken at several industry events and conferences.
Experience
Alex has experience of working on a broad range of actuarial areas from his time in the UK and in Asia. This includes:
- Product development and pricing;
- Statutory valuation and capital;
- Embedded value reporting;
- Prophet modelling, including ALS;
- Asset liability management;
- Market consistent valuation;
- Asset modelling (including derivatives);
- M&A valuation and due diligence work; and
- Participating fund management issues
Alex’s recent experience with Milliman has included:
- Supporting Appointed Actuary work for Singapore life companies
- Working on numerous buy- and sell-sides for various M&A transactions and bancassurance deals in Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia
- Reviewing and optimising regulatory capital positions for par funds following the introduction of RBC2 in Singapore
- Assessing par-fund TVOG materiality for IFRS 17 purposes in Malaysia
- Dealing with par fund bonus management issues in Vietnam
- Handling expense allocations with respect to par funds in Singapore
- Developing par fund governance policies
- Developing Prophet ALS models for par and universal life business in Singapore
Professional Designations
- Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, UK
- Fellow of the Singapore Actuarial Society
Education
- First class honours degree in Chemistry, Oxford University, UK
Publications
Read their latest work
Article
Singapore: 2024 participating fund health check
20 December 2024 - by Wen Yee Lee, Alex Bryant, Shir Lynn Ong
In Singapore, investment returns rebounded in 2023 after a poor 2022, when insurers endured a sharp rise in interest rates.
Article
アジアにおける生命保険の資本規制:第6回
09 October 2024 - by Clement Bonnet, Julian Man, Alex Bryant, Scott Chow, Pingni Eng, Linda Jin, Sharon Huang, Farzana Ismail, Philip Jackson, Sung Hoon Kim, Wen Yee Lee, Richard Payne, Kyosuke Aiguchi
本レポートでは、アジアの生命保険の資本規制について比較分析を行い、規制の変更による潜在的意味について記します。
Article
Life insurance capital regimes in Asia, 6th edition
09 October 2024 - by Clement Bonnet, Julian Man, Alex Bryant, Scott Chow, Pingni Eng, Linda Jin, Sharon Huang, Farzana Ismail, Philip Jackson, Sung Hoon Kim, Wen Yee Lee, Richard Payne, Kyosuke Aiguchi
Our sixth edition of a report on life insurance capital regimes in Asia gives a detailed comparative analysis and discusses the implications of change.
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マレーシア:保険会社およびタカフル事業者のリスクベースの資本フレームワーク(RBC2)に関する公開草案
09 July 2024 - by Farzana Ismail, Alex Bryant, Yu Wei Lim
マレーシア中央銀行が提案したリスクベースの資本フレームワークの変更は相当なものであり、事業者にとって重大な課題があることを示しています。
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Malaysia: Exposure Draft on Risk-Based Capital Framework for Insurers and Takaful Operators (RBC2)
09 July 2024 - by Farzana Ismail, Alex Bryant, Yu Wei Lim
The Central Bank of Malaysia’s proposed changes to the risk-based capital framework are substantial, and we foresee several material challenges for operators.
Article
Participating business in Asia 2023
23 January 2024 - by Alex Bryant, Erica Chan, Scott Chow, Pingni Eng, Pushpika Seneviratne, Takanori Hoshino, Richard Holloway, Farzana Ismail, Junaidi Amin, Philip Jackson, Clement Bonnet, Linda Jin
We detail the business for participating life insurance products across Asia, including eight major markets from a survey we conducted in 2Q 2023.
Article
アジアの有配当保険:2023年
23 January 2024 - by Alex Bryant, Erica Chan, Scott Chow, Pingni Eng, Pushpika Seneviratne, Takanori Hoshino, Richard Holloway, Farzana Ismail, Junaidi Amin, Philip Jackson, Clement Bonnet, Linda Jin
2023年第2四半期にアジア8か国の主要市場に対して実施した調査を含むアジア全般の有配当生命保険商品について詳述します。
Article
Participating business in Asia 2023
23 January 2024 - by Alex Bryant, Erica Chan, Scott Chow, Pingni Eng, Pushpika Seneviratne, Takanori Hoshino, Richard Holloway, Farzana Ismail, Junaidi Amin, Philip Jackson, Clement Bonnet, Linda Jin
We detail the business for participating life insurance products across Asia, including eight major markets from a survey we conducted in 2Q 2023.
Article
シンガポール:2023年有配当ファンドの健全性チェック
09 October 2023 - by Wen Yee Lee, Alex Bryant, Shir Lynn Ong
シンガポールの有配当ファンドは、2022年の運用収益が大きくマイナスとなりましたが、剰余金勘定からの株主資本のおかげで、総ソルベンシー比率は維持しました。
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Singapore: 2023 participating fund health check
09 October 2023 - by Wen Yee Lee, Alex Bryant, Shir Lynn Ong
Singapore par funds had very negative investment returns in 2022, but the aggregate solvency ratio remained even thanks to shareholder capital from surplus accounts.