2024 Board Member Candidate
Hassan Scott Odierno, FSA 2000
Actuarial Partners Consulting
Brief Description of Current Work
Life insurance consulting including Takaful (Islamic) insurance primarily in Malaysia but also in a number of developing countries. I am currently the appointed actuary for insurers in Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Burundi. I am active in other projects such as World Bank related projects in countries such as Bangladesh and assist people interested in setting up Takaful insurance companies. I am also active with United Nations Development Program projects, the current one being to assist the Maldives regulator in setting up Risk Based Capital regulations which also incorporated IFRS17. Most recently I have set up an online learning platform.
Primary Area(s) of Practice
Life Insurance
Bio
I have been a senior partner with Actuarial Partners Consulting since 1996. My work involves life insurance and Takaful in Malaysia as well as a variety of countries in the developing world. I am currently leading Learn@AP, the training arm of Actuarial Partners and have put together online training programs ranging from life actuarial science, IFRS17 and Takaful. I am a co-author of the World Bank book Takaful and Mutual Insurance, co-author of the book Essential Guide to Takaful and a contributing author to the books Actuaries in Microinsurance and Health Insurance in Asia. I have also been the external advisor to three universities in Malaysia for their risk management and actuarial science programs. I am a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, have an honorary master’s degree from USIM (Malaysia) and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Massachusetts). In my spare time I help to run a food bank in Negeri Sembilan Malaysia utilizing actuarial skills to help the needy, where in 2023 we delivered over 64,000 kilograms of food to the needy.