United Kingdom
RGA International Reinsurance Company
UK Branch Office
RGA UK Services
Leadership

Peter Banthorpe
Managing Director
RGA UK
RGA UK
Before coming to RGA, Peter was Head of Pricing and Reinsurance for Ageas Protect (formerly Fortis). He was one of its first employees and a member of its senior management team, and led the development of its actuarial, management information and reinsurance capabilities from initial creation until several years after its launch. Before then, Peter held various pricing and new business roles for Munich Re’s U.K. Life Branch.
Peter is a graduate of Cambridge University and qualified as an actuary in 2003. He has previously been a long-standing member of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries’ (IFoA) CMI Executive Committee and has chaired the IFoA’s mortality research steering committee. Peter is a regular presenter at industry events on a diverse range of subjects.

Hamish Galloway
FIA
Senior Vice President
Lines of Business and Innovation
Global Financial Solutions
Senior Vice President
Lines of Business and Innovation
Global Financial Solutions
In 1998, Hamish was the first employee hired by RGA in the United Kingdom. He was an integral member of the team that took RGA’s UK operations from a startup to its current status as the market’s leading life reinsurance provider. He spent the first 10 years as Chief Pricing Actuary. He was named Head of Longevity and Financial Reinsurance in 2009, and later became Senior Vice President, GFS.
Hamish came to RGA from Gerling Global (UK), where he headed up its Pricing and Valuation areas. He began his career at Manulife Financial, and stayed on when it was bought by Canada Life, working as the valuation actuary for the unit-linked subsidiaries.
Hamish graduated from Cambridge University’s Sidney Sussex College, and qualified as an actuary in 1993. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (FIA).

Cormac Galvin
FIA
Senior Vice President, EMEA,
Global Financial Solutions
Senior Vice President, EMEA,
Global Financial Solutions
Prior to joining RGA, Cormac worked in investment banking at the Royal Bank of Scotland, where he focused on structuring and marketing solutions for insurers across Europe and Asia. He also worked in private banking at AIAC where he managed the actuarial team, and began his insurance career at Aviva.
Cormac is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (FIA).