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Simon Curtis holds the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Actuary. He is responsible for the company’s actuarial reserving on its global reporting bases, source of earnings analysis, embedded value and other external actuarial disclosure, as well as other statutory accountabilities of the Appointed Actuary including policyholder dividends, dynamic capital adequacy testing and MCCSR (regulatory capital) reporting.
Mr. Curtis began his career at Maritime Life in Halifax as an actuarial student. He joined Manulife soon after as an actuarial associate and has been with Manulife for 20 years. Recent roles include lead accountability on all actuarial aspects of Manulife’s demutualization as well as lead role in financial modeling and analysis for Manulife’s entry into Japan. In July 2001 he was appointed Vice President, Business Development. The Business Development unit is responsible for corporate strategic planning, including mergers and acquisitions. In November 2002 he was appointed Vice President and Deputy Appointed Actuary of the Corporate Actuarial division. He was named Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary in March 2003, and was appointed to his current position in April 2004, upon completion of the merger with John Hancock.
Mr. Curtis holds a degree from the University of Toronto in statistics and actuarial science. He is a qualified actuary, having achieved fellowship in the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and the Society of Actuaries in 1985. He is also a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
Mr. Curtis is the Chairperson of the Capital and Risk Management Committee, and Vice Chairperson of the Committee on the Role of the Appointed Actuary, of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. He is also Chairperson of the Solvency Committee of the Canadian Life & Health Insurance Association, and Co-Chair of the Advisory Group to OSFI (the Federal Insurance Canadian Regulator) on Risk Based Capital. He has served on numerous other task forces and committees, and is a past member of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. | 