Legal & General America

Mary Bahna-Nolan, FSA, CERA, MAAA, has joined Legal & General America as senior vice president and chief actuary. In her new role, Bahna-Nolan will have responsibility for IFRS, US GAAP and US statutory valuation, embedded value, economic capital, financial modeling and forecasting, and experience analysis and assumptions.

In her 25-year career, Bahna-Nolan has most recently worked for Pricewaterhouse­Coopers, where she provided audit and advisory services to life insurance and reinsurance clients. Prior to PwC, Bahna-Nolan was at North American Company for Life and Health Insurance, where she held several positions including chief risk officer, chief actuary, chief product officer, and head of underwriting. She earlier worked at Transamerica Reinsurance, where she was responsible for pricing and treaty negotiation. Bahna-Nolan began her career at Sun Life of Canada.

Bahna-Nolan has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan in actuarial mathematics and economics. She is both a fellow and chartered enterprise risk analyst in the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

In addition to being a frequent speaker at industry meetings and author of several papers and articles, Bahna-Nolan is quite active in various industry activities. 

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