Experience
A principal in Eckler’s Toronto office, Blair has 30+ years of experience in the Canadian Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance industry, both as an insurance company executive as well as a consultant to the industry. He has an extensive working knowledge of pricing, stress testing, and the valuation of policy liabilities.
Blair is an expert in all aspects of P&C insurance pricing, including personal and commercial property, personal and commercial automobile, commercial liability, and niche lines of business. He has served as Appointed Actuary for Canadian insurance companies and quasi-insurers for many years, served as Chief Actuary for two insurers, and is currently Appointed Actuary for nine OSFI regulated insurers or reinsurers and performs a similar role for several other insurers.
Areas of Expertise
- P&C insurance financial reporting
- Financial projections
- Loss reserving
- P&C insurance pricing
- Valuation of policy liabilities
- Stochastic modelling
- Stress testing, including Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA) and Financial Condition Testing
- IFRS 17
Professional Qualifications
- Bachelor of Mathematics, Honours, Co-Operative Program, Actuarial Science – University of Waterloo
- Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (FCIA)
- Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society (FCAS)
Professional Activities
- Served as a consultant (on IFRS 17 matters) to the CIA Committee on P&C Insurance Financial Reporting
- Served as Chair of the CIA Committee on P&C Insurance Ratemaking
- Served as a member of the CIA Committee on P&C Insurance Financial Reporting