Mazars LLP

Firm type

Partnership

Region

South England

Type of advice

Capital projects / Risk management, Education / research, Funeral plans, General insurance, Health, Investment, Life assurance, Pensions, Reinsurance

About Mazars LLP

Operating as a united partnership, we work as one integrated team, leveraging expertise, scale and cultural understanding to deliver exceptional and tailored services in audit and accounting, as well as tax, financial advisory, and consulting.

Founded in Europe, Mazars is present in over 90 countries and territories, with 44,000 professionals – 28,000 in our integrated partnership, 16,000 via the Mazars North America Alliance – dedicated to helping clients make the most of business opportunities and operate with confidence.

In the UK, Mazars is among the largest firms in its sector and a leading auditor to Public Interest Entities (PIEs). It employs over 2,500 people in 15 locations across the UK, providing a balanced perspective and empowered expertise to clients of all sizes, from individuals and SMEs to mid-caps and global players, as well as start-ups and public organisations at every stage of their development

Our multi-disciplinary team of actuaries, risk and data science professionals work with firms across the globe to enhance their value propositions and to positively differentiate themselves within their respective markets.

With forward-looking, tailor-made solutions and a Partner-led approach, the Mazars Actuarial team helps clients to manage the complexities that are inherent in business using a blend of technical and commercial expertise.

About our Actuarial Team

Our actuarial team serves regional, national, and international companies of all sizes and structures by combining the right people with the right skills for every engagement, leveraging our collective knowledge, and using consistent tools and methodologies.

• Actuarial function holder
• Capital quantification & Optimisation (including Solvency II)
• Reserve reviews
• Risk function and Risk management
• External audit and SAOs
• Internal model validation
• Pricing
• Internal audit
• Regulation – S166s, part VII transfers, expert witness and Forensics
• IFRS 17
• Actuarial process, governance & controls reviews
• Transformation
• Actuarial analytics, including tools review/selection assistance
• Climate change risk modelling and disclosure requirements assistance

Contact us

Actuarial Partner - Dorian.Hicks@mazars.co.uk

Dorian has twenty years of general insurance experience. He has a deep understanding of audit support, having led on non-life actuarial workstreams for numerous large and complex insurers, and wider consultancy projects, such as M&A, S166s, Part VII Transfers, capital quantification, pricing, and of course reserving. He has also been seconded to work at numerous insurers in a range of roles including Finance Director, Chief Actuary (twice), Capital Actuary and Head of Claims Risk. Dorian holds both a Chief Actuary Practising Certificate and a Lloyd’s Syndicate Actuary Certificate.

Actuarial Partner – Tom.Ashmore@mazars.co.uk

Tom has significant experience focusing on reserving, expert witness support, the Solvency II standard formula, and actuarial audits. He has led numerous actuarial engagements, including reserve reviews, capital projections and reinsurance modelling. He has also been involved in numerous expert witness projects including Part VII transfers and actuarial analysis of insurance-related legal proceedings. 

Actuarial Partner - James.Isherwood@mazars.co.uk

James joined Mazars in March 2021 as a Partner to lead our Actuarial Life practice. Before joining Mazars he was a Director at PwC (London & New York) and a Principal at Boston Consulting Group. He has over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry and in recent years he has a strong focus on risk capital quantification approaches as well as IFRS 17 implementation.