KPMG has announced the appointment of four principal advisors to its life and general insurance actuarial teams in the UK...

Michael Ashcroft has joined the life insurance team in Edinburgh from Standard Life. Mr Ashcroft's 13 years' experience in life insurance have covered financial reporting, Moses modeling, with-profits, and capital and risk management.
Gary Lam has joined KPMG's London team from Legal & General. He has 15 years' experience in the life and general insurance industry in Asia and Europe, with expertise in dynamic and stochastic asset liability management modelling.
Meanwhile, Philip Chappell and Gavin Dunkerley have joined the firm's general insurance team.
Mr Chappell was previously at Liberty International Underwriters and has experience in claims reserving and statutory compliance, portfolio performance monitoring, and pricing.
Mr Dunkerley has joined after seven years at the Financial Services Authority, where he was involved with capital modelling, risk management and Solvency II.