General Insurance

andrew.mackessack@finity.com.au

Ph +61 3 8080 0905

Mobile +61 412 538 848

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewmackessack/ 

Qualifications

BSc (Hons), FIAA

Andrew is a Director and Principal at Finity. He is an Actuary with over 20 years’ experience consulting in general insurance, specialising particularly in personal lines pricing and competitor price monitoring, together with capital, risk and volatility management for all insurance classes. He is also a leader in the product space, managing our competitor monitoring practice (including complete responsibility for our proprietary tools Finesse and Finquote) and with a significant involvement in the development of our address validation software FinAddress, and sum insured calculator, Rebuild.

Area of expertise

• Personal lines pricing
• Competitor price monitoring
• Volatility and capital management
• Workers compensation
• Appointed Actuary
• Underwriting and product design
• Portfolio segmentation using machine learning

Talk to me about

• Competitor price monitoring & analysis
• Finesse
• Finquote 
• Finaddress
• Rebuild
• Pricing and Portfolio Management
• Strategic Pricing and Underwriting

andrew.matthews@finity.com.au

Ph +61 2 8080 0951

Mobile +61 418 573 263

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-matthews-0459941b/ 

Qualifications

B. Comm, FIAA. GAICD, MSOD

Andrew is a Principal and actuary with expertise in Appointed Actuary roles, applying analytics and Organisational Development. He works with a range of insurers informing sound financial decisions, exploring growth possibilities and protecting businesses by ensuring compliance with prudential requirements. He is also an Associate Professor at Monash Business School and a Board Director at The Stroke Foundation. Andrew works with leaders and their teams to apply analytics and build the capabilities to put a shared vision into action.

Area of expertise

• Appointed Actuary Services - Financial Condition Reporting, Reserving, Capital Management
• Scenario and Recovery Planning
• Pricing - Technical, Commercial and Governance
• Utilising analytics to get better business results
• Helping grow a client's business

Talk to me about

• Health insurance
• Capital management
• Strategy implementation

andrew.mcinerney@finity.com.au

Ph +61 2 8252 3372

Mobile +61 415 899 487

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-mcinerney-441a1a11a/ 

Qualifications

BActStud, BCom, BPhys, FIAA

Andrew McInerney is a Director and Principal at Finity and has almost 20 years’ experience in accident compensation, asbestos liabilities, CTP, and the broader general insurance and disability sector. Andrew leads Finity’s workers compensation practice and acts as a ‘centre of knowledge’ for all workers compensation schemes across Finity. He works with clients from both the private and public sectors on a diverse range of actuarial, strategic and operational issues.

Andrew is highly skilled in the development of long tail financial models that identify the root cause drivers of claim outcomes, enabling his work in assessing scheme sustainability and assisting with scheme design. Andrew leads a number of valuation teams, delivers best practice reviews and performance benchmarking, and assists with the design of agent remuneration and incentive structures. 

Areas of Expertise

• Workers compensation
• Asbestos liabilities
• CTP

Talk to me about

• Injury & Care schemes
• Workers Compensation

david.mcnab@finity.com.au

Ph +61 3 8080 0903

Mobile +61 402 064 630

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-mcnab-05727528/

Qualifications

BComm (ActSt), FIAA

David is a Principal at Finity. He is an Actuary and has 25 years’ experience consulting in General Insurance, specialising in Appointed Actuary roles, capital, risk and volatility management for long tail classes of insurance, including latent liabilities such as asbestos. He is currently the Appointed Actuary for three insurers and the primary advisor to six organisations in relation to their asbestos liabilities.  David previously jointly led Finity’s team working with the National Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency in development of a projection model for Australia wide mesothelioma and particularly, third wave exposures.

Areas of Expertise

• Volatility and Capital Management
• Medical Indemnity
• Health analytics
• Asbestos
• Workers Compensation
• Appointed Actuary

Talk to me about

• Capital Management
• Asbestos liability reserving
• Appointed Actuary roles

alina.pettifer@finity.com.au

Ph +61 3 8080 0914

Mobile +61 400 337 313

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alina-pettifer-825a1b1/

Qualifications

BComm (Hons), BSci, FIAA

Alina is a Principal has worked in the general insurance industry since 2007. She is a key member of Finity’s Commercial Insurance Practice. Alina has provided both strategic and technical pricing advice to insurers and underwriting agencies across the full breadth of commercial lines products. In addition to consulting projects, she is responsible for Finity’s commercial competitor monitoring product offering - Commercial Finesse in the Direct market and Vantage in the intermediated market.

Area of expertise

• Commercial lines pricing and portfolio monitoring
• Commercial competitor pricing insights
• Underwriting agencies
• Commercial Motor
• Business Packages
• General Liability
• ISR
• Medical Malpractice
• Professional indemnity

Talk to me about

• Commercial Lines Pricing
• Underwriting agencies
• Vantage
• Finesse

andrew.cohen@finity.com.au

Ph +61 2 8252 3346

Mobile +61 423 519 139

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-cohen-105b9515/ 

Qualifications

BSc, FIAA

Andy Cohen is a Director and Principal of Finity and has over 30 years’ experience in the general insurance industry. He is or has been the Appointed Actuary to 14 insurance and reinsurance companies.

Andy has extensive experience in a wide variety of insurance classes including workers’ compensation, public liability, lenders mortgage insurance, trade credit insurance, professional indemnity and reinsurance.

He provides advice on reserve levels, pricing, financial projections, capital management and reinsurance strategy.

Areas of Expertise

• Appointed Actuary services
• Workers compensation
• Reinsurance
• Professional indemnity
• Lenders mortgage insurance
• Extended warranty

Talk to me about

• Appointed Actuary & Reserving
• Industry-based mutuals, specialised insurers, self-insurance
• Appointed Actuary & Reserving
• Capital management