Syed Raza, FSA, MAAA, is the founder and president of Actuarial 360 Solutions LLC, which provides actuarial consulting services for life insurance companies.
He has over 13 years of consulting, life insurance, software and audit firm experience covering financial services and risk management for life insurance companies. His key areas of expertise include modeling, valuation, pricing, financial reporting, data analytics, actuarial software conversions and experience studies. Syed also provides due diligence and expert witness services.
Syed started his actuarial career at Pak-Qatar Family Takaful, a then-new venture in Karachi, Pakistan. After holding manager level roles at the company, Syed went on to lead the actuarial department at Pak-Qatar. He later moved to Dubai to work for the regional office of MetLife as an Associate Actuary. Syed has been working in consulting, insurance, and actuarial software roles since after moving to the U.S. back in 2011. Most recently, Syed worked as an actuarial consultant for Ernst & Young LLP for the last four years.
Syed is an active participant in industry engagements and local actuarial clubs. He recently delivered a presentation on the topic of “End-to-end actuarial model transformations” at the annual meeting of the Actuarial Society of Greater New York (ASNY).
