Who we are

Mike Jupe MSc FIA

Mike graduated in 1971 with a First Class honours degree in Mathematics. He went on to gain an MSc in Mathematical Statistics, before joining Britannic Assurance.

Mike qualified as an actuary in 1980 and was promoted to Assistant Actuary three years later. In 1990, he became Actuary to Britannic's staff pension fund and Deputy Actuary to the company. He remained Scheme Actuary for five years, after which time he became a trustee to the scheme. For a period of about 18 months, Mike also led Britannic's Pension Review team.

In June 1997 Mike accepted the position of Appointed Actuary at Britannic Assurance, a role which he enjoyed for three years before taking early retirement. During this time, Mike was involved in the high profile acquisition of Britannia Life. He was also the Appointed Actuary of Evergreen Retirement Assurance, a company specialising in impaired life annuities.

Since joining MJSAS, Mike has given high level actuarial advice to a variety of clients. He currently heads a team which acts as the Independent Actuary to a traded endowments fund, while also recently assisting in a litigation exercise for another company.

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Simon Jupe BSc

Simon graduated from Exeter University with a 2:1 honours degree in Chemistry. During the final year of his degree, he was awarded a prize for the quality of a mathematical equation solver which he designed in the Fortran programming language.

Simon worked for Britannic Assurance during his university vacations, gaining experience in the review of personal pensions. After leaving university, he spent a few months working in this area for London & Manchester, before returning to the team at Britannic. At the same time, Simon started studying for the actuarial exams and he is now a part-qualified actuary.

After about a year, Simon moved to PPP Lifetime Care, a specialist in long term care insurance. Working in a small actuarial department, he became experienced in several areas of actuarial work, including product pricing and profit testing.

Since joining MJSAS, Simon has concentrated on systems development, although his work often has an actuarial slant. He has also been involved in further contracts in both the pensions review and the long term care market.

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Alison Chalmers BSc DipAT

Alison studied Mathematics at the University of Warwick, where she was awarded prizes for excellent examination performance, before graduating with a First Class honours degree.

Her career started in the Life Product Development department at NFU Mutual, where she gained familiarity with the operations of life offices. Alison's work included writing product specifications and the advanced use of Access and Excel.

After gaining the Diploma in Actuarial Techniques, Alison decided to join the team at MJSAS. She led our work in the review of personal pensions and extended the contract to review free-standing AVC plans. As well as handling large software design projects, Alison has provided ad-hoc systems and actuarial support for a client in the long term care market.

Since joining MJSAS, Alison has gained the Certificate in Finance and Investment, and she expects to qualify as an actuary within a year.

Alison is a founding director of KiddiVouchers, an ethical provider of childcare voucher schemes. KiddiVouchers childcare vouchers save money for parents and employers, as well as raising funds for children's charities.

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Calum Chalmers BSc MSc

Calum gained his first degree in Mathematics at the University of Glasgow, before developing his studies with a masters degree at the University of Warwick.

He joined MJSAS in 2003, having spent six years in the Investment Consulting department of W M Mercer. Calum's role as an Investment Consultant included monitoring fund managers, producing performance reports and advising pension scheme trustees on a wide range of issues.

Calum has been instrumental in our work on traded endowments, where he used his extensive knowledge of Visual Basic programming to greatly automate the bidding process. He has also been heavily involved in a policy review project for a major life office. Calum holds the IMC qualification and is also a part-qualified actuary.

Calum is now focussing his attention on KiddiVouchers. To find out how KiddiVouchers childcare vouchers could help your business, follow the link.

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