About
Michael Winkler, MSc, Actuary SAA/DAV
Experience
- 2014 – now: Founder and Managing Director RefinSol Ltd., Switzerland
- 2015 – 2016 Chief Executive Officer WRM Reinsurance AG, Switzerland
2007 – 2014: Head of Life New Reinsurance Company Ltd., Switzerland - 2001 – 2007: Head of Technical Services Life, Head of Product Management Life Winterthur Group, Switzerland
- 1998 – 2001: Head of Actuarial Development Swiss Re, Switzerland
- 1997 – 1998: Chief Actuary Life Union Re, Switzerland
- 1996 – 1997: Stay with Winterthur Life Re, Dallas, Texas (USA)
- 1992 – 1996: Head of Actuarial Department Individual Life Winterthur Life, Switzerland
- 1980 – 1991: Actuary for Individual Life Winterthur Life, Switzerland
Education
- Since 2000 CPD program SAA/IAA
- 2000 Strategic Management Seminar at IMD in Lausanne
- 1983 Master of Science
- 1977-1983 Studies of Mathematics and Physics at Zurich University
- 1977 Matura Typus B
- 1971-1977 High School (Gymnasium) in Winterthur
Languages
German, English, French, Spanish
Projects
- re-structuring of the whole individual life product portfolio in Switzerland (1991)
- «windex»: first equity-index-linked product in Continental Europe (1992)
- «winstep»: product with step-wise maximum guarantees (1994)
- Planning tool for capital optimization in the US RBC regime (1996)
- Portfolio transfer from Union Re to Swiss Re (1997)
- «to live and let pay» publication/project on longevity for Swiss Re (1998)
- Project lead for the first Spanish annuity tables PERM/F 2000 (1999)
- Establishment of a pricing control process for Swiss Re Life&Health Zurich (2000)
- Founding of Credit Suisse Life & Pensions Vaduz for spezialized unit-linked business (2001)
- Launch of a CPPI fund in EUR for the Winterthur units in Europe (2001)
- Connecting the life units in Winterthur Group to Credit Suisse’s fund platform (2002)
- Restructuring of the product portfolio in Credit Suisse Life Japan (2003/4)
- Establishment of product approval and technical support processes in Winterthur Group (2002-2005)
- Establishment of New Re Life in Zurich (2007/8)
- Develop New Re as an important provider for Variable Annuity reinsurance and other asset protection business (2008-2013)
- Major Value-in-force transactions in Southern Europe (2012/2013)
Member of Board of Directors
Contribution to books
- Variable Annuities (2009)
http://riskbooks.com/variable-annuities
- Australasian Variable Annuities
- Using Reinsurance to Manage Risks
- Non-traditional Life Insurance Products with Guarantees (2016)
http://riskbooks.com/non-traditional
- Understanding and using reinsurance treaties for guaranteed products