
Andrew Provines
FCAS, MAAA
Actuary
Wakefield, MA, US
Andrew Provines is a consulting actuary with the Boston office of Milliman. He joined the firm in 2017.
Experience
Andrew’s experience in property and casualty actuarial work includes loss reserving, ratemaking, simulation modeling, and data analysis. While still relatively early in his career, Andrew has gained considerable experience in the alternative risk market. Andrew supports the ongoing actuarial needs of numerous clients, ranging from property and casualty insurers to captives, MGAs, and public entity risk pools. Examples of Andrew’s multi-faceted actuarial career include:
- Supporting the reserving and pricing functions for many captives, MGAs, and public entity risk pools
- Assisting in the issuance of statements of actuarial opinion
- Building predictive models, including pricing using generalized linear models
- Developing and performing simulation modeling in areas such as reserve and funding variability, parametric insurance, stress testing, and risk transfer analyses
- Providing funding estimates and developing pro-forma financial projections for potential captive insurers
- Reviewing rate filings for multiple state insurance departments
Publications and Presentations
- Presumptive Benefits in Workers’ Compensation: Emerging Issues Before and During COVID-19; American Academy of Actuaries Annual Meeting, November 2020.
- Co-author for AAA Issue Brief issued June 2020.
- Vaccine mandates and vaccine injuries: An unexpected cost to the workers' compensation system. Milliman Insight; September 2021.
- Captivating savings: Are captives more profitable than other forms of insurance? Milliman Insight; September 2021.
- Parametric insurance: A captivating solution. Milliman Insight; May 2022.
- Public entity risk pools: Three large liability claim types to look out for. Milliman Insight; June 2022.
- Is it all about taxes? A cash flow approach to captive insurance. Milliman Insight; March 2023.
- How to decrease cyber insurance premiums for municipalities and other public entities. Milliman Insight; March 2023.
Professional Designations
- Fellow, Casualty Actuarial Society
- Member, American Academy of Actuaries
Education
- BA, Mathematics and Economics, Boston College
Publications
Read their latest work
Article
How to decrease cyber insurance premiums for municipalities and other public entities?
27 March 2023 - by Andrew Provines
Public entities can lower cyber insurance costs by changing their coverage structures, but the best way is by implementing effective risk management procedures.
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自治体およびその他公的機関のサイバー保険の保険料を減らすには?
27 March 2023 - by Andrew Provines
公的機関は、保障構造を変えることでサイバー保険コストを下げることが可能ですが、効果的リスク管理手順を実施することが一番大切です。
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Is it all about taxes? A cash flow approach to captive insurance
06 March 2023 - by Andrew Provines
Companies may be better off economically by self-insuring if the rate spread between its cost of capital and what it can earn in the captive is greater than 1%.
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すべてが税金のため?キャプティブ保険のキャッシュフローアプローチ
06 March 2023 - by Andrew Provines
企業は、資本コストとキャプティブで獲得できる収入のスプレッドが1%を超える場合、自家保険の方が経済的優位になるかもしれません。
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公的機関のリスクプール:注意すべき賠償請求の三大タイプ
14 June 2022 - by Andrew Provines
本稿では、公的機関のリスクプールが直面する、不法逮捕と不当判決、土地利用違反、そして人権侵害と報復の3種類の訴訟について論じます。
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Public entity risk pools: Three large liability claim types to look out for
14 June 2022 - by Andrew Provines
We discuss 3 claim types public-entity risk pools face: false arrest and wrongful convictions, land use violations, and civil rights violations and retaliation.
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Parametric insurance: A captivating solution
18 May 2022 - by Andrew Provines
Parametric policies, which pay based on the magnitude of an event, can bridge coverage gaps that are difficult to insure with a traditional indemnity policy.
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Captivating savings: Are captives more profitable than other forms of insurance?
23 September 2021 - by Andrew Provines, Mary Ann McMahon
Learn more on whether single parent captive insurers themselves earn higher profits than other forms of insurance.
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Vaccine mandates and vaccine injuries: An unexpected cost to the workers’ compensation system
16 September 2021 - by Andrew Provines, Stephen DiCenso
Review our estimates for future costs of the U.S. workers’ compensation system for vaccine injuries attributable to the employer mandates.