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Petra Wildemann
- SunGard’s insurance business
- petra.wildemann@sungard.com
Petra Wildemann, Actuary SAV/DAV, is global director of actuarial and Solvency II consulting for SunGard’s insurance business. In this role, she is responsible for heading the Actuarial Consulting Team within iWorks world-wide. She is one of the authors of the iWorks Solvency II blog series and a frequent speaker on this topic.
Prior to joining SunGard, Ms. Wildemann worked on large-scale global business and transformational programs with Accenture, FJM and IBM. She also headed up HP’s insurance business worldwide for six years. Ms. Wildemann is a graduate of the University of Munster and is a qualified actuary holding SAV and DAV for life and non-life business. She is a member of the Groupe Consultatife and the “Risk and Financial” committee in Europe. She is also a member of the newly formed project Solvency II – phase 2, in the role as expert-advisor to the European Commission.
Commentary
Accurate asset/liability projections are crucial to the success of any insurance or financial services company – but they are not the only requirement for actuarial software. To keep pace with the dynamic insurance industry, such a system must also handle multiple insurance-related calculations, and integrate with other vital business software. It must also be able to make these projections in every country where you do business. Insurers need an integrated suite of actuarial systems used primarily by insurance companies to perform actuarial calculations including projections, reserving, asset liability modelling and stochastic modelling. Such systems help insurance and other financial services companies to meet their reporting responsibilities and improve risk management.
Read more about Solvency II in Petra’s blog