Estelle Pearson

Estelle Pearson

Direct phone 02-8252 3331

Estelle is a Principal and Managing Director of Finity. She has almost 20 years of general insurance experience.

Estelle has worked with a large number of clients from both the private and public sectors over the years on a diverse range of issues, both actuarial and strategic in nature. Particular areas of expertise are medical malpractice insurance, CTP insurance, public liability and professional indemnity insurance, reinsurance and lenders mortgage insurance.

Key assignments/achievements include:

  regular research and publication of papers and presentations on the public liability market commencing in 1997

  working with the HIH Royal Commission as an actuarial expert during 2002 including work on financial reinsurance and actuarial reserving questions

  working with the Federal Treasury on the liability crisis in 2002 including co-authoring the report "Public Liability Insurance - Practical Proposals for Reform"

  appointment as an APRA inspector in 2005 to investigate financial reinsurance issues

  working with the medical indemnity industry in 2002 on regulatory reforms to the provision of medical indemnity cover to doctors.

Estelle holds a number of Appointed Actuary and External Peer Review Actuary positions.

Qualifications

Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia, 1991

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Mathematics, Oxford University, 1985

Work History

March 2005 to present: Finity Consulting (Managing Director since 2007)

2000 to 2005: Trowbridge Deloitte - Partner

1989 to 2000: Trowbridge Consulting (Principal from 1993)

1987 to 1989: Mercer Campbell Cook & Knight, Sydney - Actuarial Analyst (Superannuation)

1985 to 1986: Mercer Fraser, London, UK - Actuarial Analyst (Pensions)