Menno van Wijk
Menno van Wijk is a consulting actuary at Milliman's Amsterdam office. He performs consultancy assignments on insurance and market risk for insurers in the Benelux.
Experience
Menno has expertise all around the balance sheet of an insurance company. He is experienced in setting up Solvency II models, reports, and documentation for market and insurance risk and valuation. He also has substantial knowledge of other reporting standards, such as IFRS, Dutch GAAP, and (Market Consistent) Embedded value.
His previous assignments at Milliman include modeling of market risks, assumption setting for life and income protection insurance, and improving reserving models for nonlife insurance. He also advises insurers on hedging and improving their Solvency II positions.
Before joining Milliman in 2016, he worked as an actuary at Dutch insurer a.s.r.'s pensions department for over three years.
Menno is experienced in software applications Office, Matlab, R, ResQ, and Prophet.
Professional Designations
- Fellow, Actuarieel Genootschap (Dutch Society of Actuaries)
Education
- Executive Master of Actuarial Science, TIAS/Actuarial Institute, Netherlands
- Master's degree in Quantitative Finance and Actuarial Science, Tilburg University, Netherlands
- Bachelor's degree in Econometrics and Operational Research, Tilburg University, Netherlands
- Menno is currently a member of the ‘Commissie Sterfte Onderzoek’ of the Dutch Society of Actuaries, which is a committee in charge of providing mortality projections for the Dutch population, and has participated in several their workgroups on the subject.
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