
Rik van Beers
MSc AAG IA|BE
Consulting Actuary
Brussels, BE
Rik van Beers works as a consulting actuary in the Brussels office of Milliman. His main focus is on risk management, capital modelling and valuation model implementation for life insurers, predominantly within the Belgian and Luxembourg markets.
Experience
Prior to joining the Brussels office, Rik worked in Ireland for Milliman's Dublin office and in the Netherlands for the Amsterdam office. He also worked for Aviva Ireland, where his main role was to advise on synergies arising from the integration with Friends First.
Throughout his career, Rik has worked on a range of projects, including:
- Balance sheet management: pricing, hedging, reinsurance and capital optimisation
- Regulatory support: actuarial lead for multiple regulatory on-sights
- ORSA: strategic support (risk appetite, capital plan, scenarios & management actions), technical support (balance sheet & capital projections), and regulatory support
- Recovery planning: strategic support (risk analyses, indicators & management actions), and technical support (recovery scenarios & options)
- Internal models: development, implementation and review of SF appropriateness, market risk modules, aggregation modules, and model governance
- Prophet: implementation of projection-and valuation models for various Dutch pension-and life insurance portfolios and their reinsurance contracts
- Valuation processes: implementation, optimisation, documentation, and review of complete reporting processes
Publications and Presentations
- Reinsurance as a capital management tool for life insurers - Milliman
- Farmland investments: reaping the rewards of illiquidity? - VBA Beleggingsprofessionals
- Evaluating the solvency capital requirement of interest rate risk in Solvency II - Milliman
Professional Designations
- Fellow, Royal Dutch Actuarial Association (AG)
- Fellow, Institute of Actuaries in Belgium (IA
- BE)
- Chair of the ERM-committee of the AG
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Econometrics & Operations Research, Tilburg University
- Master of Science in Quantitative Finance & Actuarial Science, Tilburg University
- Postmasters Actuarial Practice Cycle, Amsterdam Business School
Publications
Read their latest work
Article
Analysing 2023 Solvency and Financial Condition Reports (SFCR) of life, non-life and composite insurers in Belgium
19 December 2024 - by Rik van Beers, Sijbo Holtman, Rens IJsendijk
We give an overview of our main observations resulting from analysing the 2023 SFCRs of 45 Belgian insurers, selected based on their total assets.
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Analysis of Solvency and Financial Condition Reports: Life, non-life and composite insurers in Belgium year-end 2022
26 September 2023 - by Rik van Beers, Rens IJsendijk, Emilie Perrin
We offer some insight on the year-end 2022 SFCRs for life, non-life and composite insurers based in Belgium.
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予防的リカバリー計画:初心者ガイド
04 May 2023 - by Rik van Beers, Conor Callaghan
欧州の保険会社の多くは、新IRRDにより予防的リカバリー計画を策定する必要がありますが、この実務から計画運用に関する貴重な知見が得られるでしょう。
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新たな金利環境:ノーマルに戻る?―パート3
09 March 2023 - by Maarten Ruissaard, Joost Broens, Freek Zandbergen, Rik van Beers, Sinéad Clarke, Stijn Donckers
上昇した金利環境が、どのように不確実性を生み、経済シナリオ、資本要件、ストレステストおよびシナリオテストに影響を与えたかについて論じます。
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新たな金利環境:ノーマルに戻る?―パート2
21 February 2023 - by Maarten Ruissaard, Joost Broens, Freek Zandbergen, Rik van Beers, Stijn Donckers
UFRドラッグの変化は市場金利変動の影響のみならず、その水準や勾配、さらに二次補外の影響もあります。
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2021年末ソルベンシーおよび財務状況報告書の分析:ベルギーの保険会社
10 February 2023 - by Rik van Beers, Kurt Lambrechts, Dominik Sznajder, Emilie Perrin
ベルギーを拠点とする生命保険、損害保険、生損保兼営会社のソルベンシーカバー率は、2021年末時点で2パーセントポイント微増して199%でした。
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新たな金利環境:ノーマルに戻る?―パート1
27 January 2023 - by Maarten Ruissaard, Joost Broens, Freek Zandbergen, Rik van Beers, Stijn Donckers
2022年を通した金利市場の進展、および金利上昇が保険会社の負債割引率の水準にどのように影響を与えたかについて論じます。