General insurance (UK)
This page sets out the value that actuaries can bring to general insurance. General insurance actuaries help provide expertise in three main areas: Reserving (in reserving they apply statistical techniques to assess the likely outcome of general insurance liabilities, typically, and the provisions that are needed for reporting purposes) Rating (the pricing actuary assesses the frequency and average amount of claims to estimate premiums) Capital modelling (for capital modelling the actuary projects both the liability and assets of insurers to assess solvency and future capital needs). General insurance or non-life insurance policies, including motor and household policies, provide payments depending on the loss from a particular financial event. General insurance typically comprises any insurance that is not determined to be life insurance. It is called property and casualty insurance in the U.S. and non-life insurance in Continenta...