Chris Madsen
Chris Madsen is the Head of the Global Underwriting Center at Aegon N.V. based in The Hague, Netherlands.
He holds a Masters in Engineering from Princeton University in Princeton, USA. His undergraduate degree is in Mathematics and Economics. He is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries and a Chartered Financial Analyst.
His career spans almost three decades and several countries, working as first as Consulting Actuary for a global consulting company and later Principal in a start-up. He joined Aegon in 2007 and in 2010 became Chairman and CEO of Blue Square Re N.V., Aegon’s internal reinsurer and a company he co-founded in 2010.
Mr. Madsen is an avid proponent and driver of integrating start-up and insurtech expertise into data driven insurance solutions - including internet-of-things applications as well as distributed ledger initiatives such as B3i. He was recently appointed to EIOPA’s Expert Group on Digital Ethics.
He has published numerous articles on innovative underwriting risk and product solutions and is a frequent speaker on the topic and related developments.