Amanda Atkins

Ms. Amanda Atkins

Chief Executive Officer, Afinia Capital Group

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Council Member Biography

Amanda Atkins is Chief Executive Officer of Afinia Capital Group. Afinia, backed by Deutsche Bank, Eos, and Atkins Capital, assists insurance companies release capital and streamline mature or discontinued liabilities. Concurrently, she is CEO of Atkins Capital, a consulting firm which provides financial, strategic, and corporate advice to the reinsurance sectors, focused on investment opportunities, due diligence and valuation, distressed situations, run off, life and life settlements. Ms. Atkins has held a variety of senior positions in the industry, most recently as CFO of Alea Group Holdings from its creation by KKR in 1999 until 2005, a period which saw significant growth as well as listing on LSE in 2003. Prior to that, she was CFO of Zurich Reinsurance UK for four years and before that at Anglo American Insurance and Orion Insurance, dealing with extensive legacy issues in both companies. Ms. Atkins’ responsibilities have encompassed a broad spectrum from financial and strategic activity to investment management, actuarial, claims, risk management, internal audit, human resources, and litigation. She has over 20 years experience in various areas of the insurance and reinsurance industry including investment management; offshore taxation; pension funds; rating agencies; capital models; regulation; captives; US casualty; finite risk transfer; property catastrophe; sidecars; ILW's and securitization in European, UK, Lloyd's & Bermuda jurisdictions. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History

2007 - Unspecified
Chief Executive Officer, Afinia Capital Group
2005 - Unspecified
Chief Executive Officer, Atkins Consulting
1999 - 2005
Group Chief Financial Officer, Alea Holdings Bermuda Ltd
1994 - 1998
Chief Financial Officer, ZURICH GLOBAL CORPORATE UK LTD

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AAA Subprime 80 cents on the dollar – a good estimate not wild speculation

November 7, 2007

AAA Sub-Prime Valuation Issues | ftalphaville.ft.com

Recent suggestions that the ABX index is a poor proxy for AAA subprime RMBS fail to recognise its value.

The Florida Legislation will exacerbate pricing pressures in the reinsurance industry.

January 31, 2007

Reinsurers Bigger Losers From Florida Legislation Than Primary Insurers | biz.yahoo.com

Managing expectations of shareholders, managers or finance directors is not easy, especially when a third party removes a significant part of your premium base at a stroke.  

Plus Ça Change – Reinsurance renewals 2007 or was that 1987?

January 31, 2007

Willis Re 1st View: The Tipping Point? | biz.yahoo.com

After twenty years in the industry, the industry cycle looks to me just like it looked last time and the time before. Despite apparent changes to expertise, capital providers and products; in 2007 the reinsurance industry appears to be heading in pretty much the same direction as in previous cycles – down.

Underestimating Life Expectancy could hamper growth of a profitable LS Exchange.

July 12, 2006

Cantor Eyes Life Settlement Exchange | www.iddmagazine.com

In my view future prospects for a Life Settlements exchange will be significantly hampered by life expectancy uncertainty.

Trading debt is not the same as trading lives, Industry players are reliant upon industry models which have continuously underestimated life expectancy and medical examiners who have consistently assumed individuals will die relatively quickly from whatever ails them.

Regulatory scrutiny of a transaction whereby a third party makes a return based on someone else’s life span will also hamper the growth of a simple exchange mechanism, especially as generally the longer the individual lives the less profitable the policy for the third party.

So who's vulnerable ? and will 2006 be the year?

June 7, 2006

$100bn+ hurricane loss "not far down the road" | www.theinsider.co.uk

AM Best announced today that a $100 bn + hurricane loss 
could send as many as 50 insurers to the wall.

A- rated companies are particularly vulnerable especially 
the monoline cat players including the new Class of 2005 
generally rated A-. 
Indications are that 2006 could well be a high activity 
catastrophe year.


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GLG Study Groups with Amanda Atkins(?)

Study Group Name No. Members
US P&C Insurance Pricing Trend Experts 2124
Insurance Experts (EU) 796
Sub-Prime Lending Experts 637
Independent Insurance Consultants 599
Drilling Rig Experts 464

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Recent Seminars

February 8, 2007 | Edinburgh

GLGi: Insurance Industry Outlook

December 6, 2005 | Midtown

GLGi: The Role of Captives in the Reinsurance Market