Bill Sayre
FSA, MAAA
Principal & Consulting Actuary
Little Falls, NJ, US
Bill is a principal and consulting actuary with the New York office of Milliman. He joined the firm in 1989.
Experience
Bill works with life insurance companies on a variety of matters, including asset adequacy analysis, valuation, financial reporting, risk-based capital, asset modeling, product development and pricing, and actuarial appraisals for mergers and acquisitions.
Bill has significant experience working with smaller insurance companies, particularly in relation to valuation and financial reporting.
Publications and Presentations
Bill regularly presents at Society of Actuaries meetings. He has also made presentations at the American Academy of Actuaries and regional actuarial meetings.
Professional Designations
- Fellow, Society of Actuaries
- Member, American Academy of Actuaries
Education
- BA, Messiah College
Affiliations
- Member, Society of Actuaries Board of Directors
- Member, American Academy of Actuaries working group to revise the Asset Adequacy Analysis Practice Notes
- Member, Valuation Actuary Symposium Planning Committee, Society of Actuaries
- Former chair, Financial Reporting Section Council and Smaller Insurance Company Section Council, Society of Actuaries (with continuing participation as a friend of both sections)
- Former member, Committee on Life Insurance Research, Society of Actuaries
Publications
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Article
2022 NYDFS Special Considerations letter: Changes to reserve requirements
07 December 2022 - by Bill Sayre
We highlight key changes to the NYDFS Special Considerations letter that may impact reserving requirements in the coming year.
Article
How healthcare providers and insurers can better optimize investments while minimizing risk
22 January 2021 - by Matthew Emery, Howard Kahn, Devin McCall, Bill Sayre, Stuart Silverman
This paper introduces life insurance investment strategies and how many of these same concepts can be applied to healthcare insurers and providers to better manage their overall risk profiles and potentially increase future returns on investment.
Article
Understanding VM-20 Results
18 August 2017 - by William Hines, Karen Rudolph, Bill Sayre, David Wang
This research surveys the sources of reserve movement and volatility, surveys other reporting regimes for potential attribution approaches, conducts interviews with financial reporting actuaries regarding their use of attribution methods, and provides a demonstration of a proposed attribution approach for a case study for VM-20 valuations.
Article
Issues and challenges in a principle-based reserving world
30 September 2015 - by Karen Rudolph, Bill Sayre, Uri Sobel, James Stoltzfus
This paper focuses on the potential impact of the new Actuarial Guideline 48 requirements.