RSA appoints new Chief Actuary – Jacqueline Friedland joins RSA to lead actuarial team

March 6, 2014 – RSA Insurance today announced the appointment of Jacqueline Friedland as the organization’s new Chief Actuary.

Jacqueline joins RSA from KPMG, where she was most recently a Partner and leader of the P&C Actuarial Practice in Canada. Jacqueline brings extensive experience, both in and out of Canada, and is at the forefront of P&C actuarial developments internationally.

“Actuarial is an absolutely critical function for achieving sustainable, profitable growth in the P&C insurance business,” said Rowan Saunders, President & CEO, RSA Insurance. “We are extremely pleased to have one of Canada’s top actuaries leading RSA’s Actuarial team. It speaks volumes to the strength and confidence of our executive team as we move ahead in 2014.”

As an actuarial consultant for more than 25 years, working in Canada, the U.S., and South Africa, Jacqueline has provided a wide range of services including Appointed Actuary and peer review services, premium rating, pricing and other analyses, as well as due diligence for mergers and acquisitions. In the past five years, Jacqueline has led numerous, large-scale engagements on behalf of insurance industry organizations that resulted in an extensive list of reports and textbooks, including the recently-released Research Paper on Water Damage Risk and Canadian Property Pricing on behalf of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA).

“In addition to her impressive skillset, Jacqueline brings to RSA a great deal of passion and enthusiasm for the actuarial profession,” said Saunders. “As a customer obsessed organization, RSA is thrilled to have someone like Jacqueline leading the charge on important work that will align the needs of our customers with sound business practice.”

Jacqueline is an extremely active volunteer in actuarial organizations including the CIA, CAS, SOA, and International Actuarial Association (IAA) as well as the IBC. Her primary focus has been in the areas of education and professionalism. She has been actively involved in the development of international actuarial standards of practice and responding to the IASB’s proposals for international financial reporting standards for insurance. Jacqueline received her BBA from the University of Georgia. She is a Fellow of the CIA, the CAS, and the SOA and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

About RSA Canada

RSA Canada includes Roins Financial Services Limited, Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada, Quebec Assurance Company, Johnson Inc., Western Assurance Company, Ascentus Insurance Ltd., Canadian Northern Shield Insurance Company, RSA Travel Insurance Inc./Assurance Voyage RSA inc., L’Union Canadienne, Compagnie d’assurances,  and is part of the RSA group of companies headed by RSA Insurance Group plc. RSA Canada employs approximately 4,000 people and is represented by a large network of brokers across the country. In 2013, the Canadian Group wrote $3bn in direct premiums with assets exceeding $8 billion. RSA is a trade name of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada. “RSA” and the RSA logo are trademarks used under license from RSA Insurance Group plc.

For more information contact:

• Andrea Herman
• Senior Broker Communications Consultant, RSA Canada
• andrea.herman@rsagroup.ca
• Direct:   647-776-9245  | Cell:   416-450-4133

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