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Wouter Elshof

MSC, AAG
Principal, Consulting Actuary
1101 BE, NL
Wouter is a principal and consulting actuary in the Amsterdam office of Milliman. He and his team are responsible for risk management activities in Benelux.
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Experience

Wouter has worked for more than 12 years in the financial and consulting industry. His specialty is in the area of risk management and life insurance. His main focus is advising insurers and other financial institutions on developing and using risk and valuation models, such as asset-liability management (ALM), economic capital, embedded value (EV) and Solvency II, in strategic decision making.

Wouter is a frequent speaker at professional seminars and has been teaching at the Institute for International Research (IIR) and the Dutch Actuarial Institute, where he has given multiple courses on economic capital, ALM, replicating portfolios and financial risk optimization.

Publications

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The 2020 Solvency II Review and update on earlier amendments: European Commission issues Call for Advice

18 June 2019 - by Wouter Elshof, Eoin King, Kurt Lambrechts, Olivier Mahieux, Karl Murray
This briefing note sets out the areas covered by the European Commission’s latest request for the 2020 review of the whole Solvency II framework.
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EIOPA discussion paper on the review of Solvency II Delegated Regulation

24 January 2017 - by Wouter Elshof, Peter Franken
What aspects of the standard formula could be changed?
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Slimmer afstellen van ons zorgstelsel versus grootscheepse verbouwing?

21 November 2016 - by Wouter Elshof, Judith Houtepen
Dit artikel gaat in op de vraag: Is het tijd voor een grootscheepse verbouwing zoals bijvoorbeeld de SP voorstelt met het pleidooi voor het Nationaal Zorgfonds of is het een kwestie van slimmer afstellen van ons zorgstelsel?
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EIOPA Proposal for Guidelines on the preparation for Solvency II

15 October 2013 - by Wouter Elshof, Peter Franken, Kurt Lambrechts, Henny Verheugen
A summary and discussion of the final Solvency II draft guidelines. 
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EIOPA Technical Findings on the Long-Term Guarantees Assessment

28 June 2013 - by Henny Verheugen, Kurt Lambrechts, Wouter Elshof
EIOPA recommendations aim to simplify long-term guarantee package.
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EIOPA Consultation Paper on the Proposal for Guidelines on the System of Governance

09 May 2013 - by Henny Verheugen, Kurt Lambrechts, Wouter Elshof
EIOPA System of Governance guidelines for NCAs mirror those of Level 3 pre-consultation.
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EIOPA consultation paper on the proposal for guidelines on submission of information to national competent authorities

17 April 2013 - by Wouter Elshof, Peter Franken, Kurt Lambrechts, Henny Verheugen
EIOPA’s consultation paper on submission of information to national competent authorities proposes a significant level of disclosure of quantitative and narrative information to national supervisors in advance of the introduction of Solvency II.
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Technische specificatie van het LTGA basisscenario: Relevante wijzigingen in de bepaling van de SCR ten opzichte van de Parallel Run

12 February 2013 - by Henny Verheugen, Ji Kwen Ng, Peter Franken, Wouter Elshof
28 januari 2013 is de Long Term Guarantee Assessment (LTGA) van start gegaan.
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EIOPA technical specifications for Long-Term Guarantee Assessment

05 February 2013 - by Wouter Elshof, Kurt Lambrechts, Henny Verheugen
What the requirements may mean for firms participating in the assessment.
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Evaluating the solvency capital requirement of interest rate risk in Solvency II

31 October 2012 - by Wouter Elshof
Does the Solvency II standard formula provides a good measure for the interest rate risk faced by insurers?