Guy A. Avagliano
FCAS, MAAA
Principal and Consulting Actuary
San Francisco, CA, US
Guy Avagliano is a principal and consulting actuary in the San Francisco office of Milliman. He is responsible for casualty actuarial consulting practices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle.
Experience
Guy has substantial experience with many property and liability lines of business, including workers’ compensation, professional liability, and contractors liability. The actuarial services he provides his insurance and self-insurance clients include:
- Expert witness testimony and litigation support
- Statements of actuarial opinion on reserve adequacy for annual statements
- Statements of actuarial opinion on rate adequacy for workers’ compensation
- Reserve and funding-level projections for public and private self-insureds
- Cost allocations
- Cost/benefit analysis of various reinsurance and excess insurance options
- Captive feasibility studies
- Legislative change analysis
- Rate, form, and class plan analyses and filings
- Probability level and present value analyses
- Retrospective rating and large deductible pricing
- Predictive analytics
Publications and Presentations
Guy is a frequent speaker at local, national, and international seminars on loss reserving, ratemaking, and reinsurance topics.
Professional Designations
- Fellow, Casualty Actuarial Society
- Member, American Academy of Actuaries
Education
- BS, Mathematics/Applied Science, University of California at Los Angeles
Affiliations
- Actuarial Committee Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (1998-2014)
- Casualty Loss Reserves Seminar Committee (1997-2001), Chair (2001)
- CAS Examination Committee (1995-1997)
- National Insurance Industry Council, Regional Committee/City of Hope
- American Academy of Actuaries Casualty Practice Council (2001)
- Insurance Educational Association (2010 – 2014)
- Participated in the Milliman international exchange program, living and working with Milliman’s affiliates in London and Madrid (1994)
Publications
Read their latest work
Article
P&C Perspectives: Self-insured entities and the California workers’ compensation reforms — The changes affect you
24 January 2013 - by Guy A. Avagliano, Michael DeMattei, Stephen Koca
The what, why, when, where, and how of the new actuarial report requirement and changes to the collateralization formula for self-insured workers’ compensation employers in California.
Article
Analysis of gross ultimate loss and allocated loss adjustment expense from California-based cumulative trauma claims
17 August 2012 - by Guy A. Avagliano
What is the total California cumulative trauma claims exposure faced by the NBA, NHL, NFL and MLB?