Sjoerd Brethouwer
MSc AAG FRM
Consulting actuary
1101 BE, NL
Sjoerd Brethouwer is a consulting actuary in the Amsterdam office of Milliman. He joined the firm in 2017.
Sjoerd carries out consulting assignments in the fields of life and non-life insurance and finance risk management in the Netherlands and neighboring countries.
Experience
Sjoerd has 11 years of extensive experience in the fields of life insurance, financial risk management, and non-life insurance. Before joining Milliman, he worked at EY for five years during which he provided actuarial audit support for several clients. Sjoerd has worked on several projects in the areas of IFRS17 and Solvency II (model implementations, model validations, and general client support on these topics). He also has broad experience on IFRS9 topics.
Professional Designations
- Fellow Royal Dutch Actuarial Association (AAG)
- Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM), Global Association of Risk Professionals
Education
- Actuarial Practice Cycle (postgraduate education), Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Financial Risk Management (FRM), Global Association of Risk Professionals
- Master’s degree, Actuarial Science and Financial Mathematics, University of Amsterdam
Affiliations
- Sjoerd is an active member of the Dutch Actuarial Association. He participates in the commission for insurers.
- Sjoerd is guest lecturer at the Actuarial Institute.
Publications
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Article
Market trends in cyber risk insurance within the Netherlands
22 May 2024 - by Joris Van der Moore, Joost Broens, Sjoerd Brethouwer
Cyber insurance in the Netherlands and beyond faces uncertainty, but the industry predicts that market premiums globally will more than double by 2030.
Article
Bridging the gap between IFRS and Solvency II Capital Generation: A case study
12 May 2023 - by Lotte van Delft, Peter Boekel, Sjoerd Brethouwer, Maarten Ruissaard
Defining and comparing capital generation in IFRS and Solvency II is crucial for communicating a transparent and consistent investor story.
Article
IFRS17 coverage units for CSM amortization
01 March 2018 - by Sjoerd Brethouwer, William Hines, Takanori Hoshino, Kurt Lambrechts
While IFRS 17 provides little guidance about coverage units, insurers may be able to find quick but reasonable choices from current modeling philosophy or certain existing standards such as U.S. GAAP.
Article
Transition to IFRS 17
19 June 2017 - by Aldo Balestreri, Sjoerd Brethouwer, Andrew Gilchrist, William Hines, Andrew Kay
This paper discusses the possible approaches to transition and the main challenges that (re)insurers will face during the transition to IFRS 17.