The Experts: Actuarial Consultants

S. SCOTT GIBSON, FSA, MAAA
Senior Vice President & Principal
Consulting Actuary, Dallas

Email: SGibson@LewisEllis.com

As a Senior Vice President and Principal in the Dallas office, Scott provides a diverse range of actuarial knowledge to his clients. He has been a consultant to the insurance industry since his graduation from the University of Texas in 1981.

Scott’s practice has centered on providing actuarial services to small, medium, and large sized family owned insurance companies. This work requires strong communication skills with non-actuaries. His ability to communicate actuarial and technical issues to non-actuaries is one reason Scott is so highly regarded in this arena. His experience includes activities such as product development, statutory valuation, reinsurance, modeling, experience studies, and cash flow testing. He serves as the appointed valuation actuary for numerous insurers.

Starting in 2003, Scott began his entry into the Life Settlement market. He has developed numerous mathematical tools and models for serving this industry. His client base ranges from individual policyholders to multinational bank investors. In November 2005, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA), where he dutifully served for nearly 5 years.

Scott, a devoted family man with a lovely wife and four children, enjoys working on outdoor projects and activities.

Upcoming/Recent Professional Activities

4/2010
Spoke at the 16th Annual Spring Conference of the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) in Washington D.C. on the first release of the LISA Common Actuarial Tables (CAT). Scott spearheaded the development of these tables while working with the industry's leading Life Expectancy Providers' actuaries. The development and release of these tables marks a giant step forward for the life settlement industry.

2/2010
Scott and Jackie Lee moderated several sessions which included "Industry Best Practices" and "What Investors Can Find In This Market" at the Life Settlement Trade Mission in London, Luxembourg, and Zurich.

2009
Appointed to chair the Data Transfer and Privacy Best Practices Committee of the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) that has been placed in charge of developing a standard and format for the secure transfer and collection of highly sensitive life settlement information.

11/2009
Moderated the session of the Investors' Summit on "Life Settlement Fund Managers - Long Term Investment Success" at the 15th Annual Fall Conference of the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) in New York City. The session was well attended by nearly 150 of the major investors in the life settlement market.

10/2009
Appointed to chair the Actuarial Committee of Life Expectancy Best Practices that has been placed in charge of deriving the underlying mortality table that will be the standard used in the life settlement industry in the measurement of life expectancy "actual-to-expected" ratios.

5/2008
Re-elected to the Board of Directors of the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) for another two-year term at their 14th Annual Spring Conference in Washington, DC.

11/2005
Named to the Board of Directors of the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA).

07/2005
Addressed the Louisiana Insurers Conference (LIC) in San Diego. Scott spoke on "Life Insurance Valuation Issues".

Presentations
Life Insurance Valuation Interest Rate - Louisiana Insurers Conference