Gregory W. Fears, Jr.

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Greg serves as an appointed actuary and/or loss reserve specialist for domestic and Bermuda insurance companies, captive insurance companies, self-insured entities and risk retention groups. He also serves as lead actuary and/or project manager on loss reserve and funding studies for captive insurance companies, self-insured entities and public entities. He brings experience in the transportation and construction industries for alternative markets, including development of insurance loss reserves, funding, retention and deductible analyses.

Greg has considerable experience in assignments involving loss reserving, funding studies, loss cost projections, captive feasibility studies, risk margin calculations, risk distribution analyses, simulation methods, deductible analyses, cost allocation mechanisms, financial analyses of insurance companies, commercial lines ratemaking and competitive analyses. His research interests lie heavily in the analysis of industry annual statement information to identify prevailing reserving trends among industry sectors.

Greg has made numerous presentations to industry professionals regarding loss reserving, future loss projections and how their companies’ characteristics impact their actuarial calculations. He has worked with the students and faculty at Illinois State University (ISU) by assisting with the compilation of data for academic research, and discussing the actuarial profession with current and prospective actuarial science majors.