MGAC Member - RZP beratende Aktuare GbR

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About Us

RZP in its present form was founded in 1986, when two actuarial firms in Hamburg decided to merge. Nevertheless, the firm's roots go back almost 70 years, to when Rudolf Meisch and Julius Ischebeck went into business as independent actuaries in the late 1940s. Some of their original clients are still with us today.

RZP is an independent partnership wholly owned by its partners, all practising actuaries. Today, we have three partners, and a staff of 32 people - including 21 qualified or graduate actuaries and three lawyers.

Services

We provide the following main services for our clients - based on independent and objective advice:

  • Full actuarial and consultancy services to book reserve plans (‘Direktzusagen’), support funds (‘Unterstützungskassen’), direct insurances (‘Direktversicherungen’), staff pension funds (‘Pensionskassen’) and pension funds (‘Pensionsfonds’).
  • Advice on labour laws, tax laws, insolvency laws and social security arrangements with respect to pension matters.
  • For non-insured pension schemes we look for appropriate reinsurance coverage.
  • When an employer wants to set up a new pension plan or to change their existing plan we help to set and achieve objectives in plan design, costs and valuations, and to reach the plan members through various communication channels.
  • We carry out calculations for IAS19, FAS87, FRS17 and SSAP24 purposes.
  • Advice on due diligence processes (with respect to the recognition of pension plans in mergers and acquisitons).
  • We also provide a full range of administrative services from one-off calculations to day-to-day administration.
  • For any special services not directly provided by ourselves, we use carefully selected co-operation partners.

Corporate philosophy

Each client is looked after by a team headed by one of the partners, using a modern computer network and a range of self-developed, purpose-designed software. Each team member is fully involved on behalf of the clients at every stage. This ensures that all staff are skilled, experienced and thoroughly conversant with the work of a consulting actuary in all its aspects.

MGAC's Network

The MGAC was founded in 1991 by independent actuarial and consulting firms from around the world who have ever since been working closely with one another in order to meet their client’s needs for international actuarial advice. The network meets regularly to discuss trends, share ideas and foster strong business relations. 

Comprising 25 actuarial consulting firms and employing over 6000 people across six continents the MGAC enables our member firms around the globe to work together to provide clients with high-quality services related to the design, administration and communication of employee benefit plans. The MGAC also has extensive links with organizations in other countries not formally represented, and is ready to assist wherever required.

The map below shows where our member firms are located. 

Member Services

Comprising 25 actuarial consulting firms and employing over 6000 people across six continents the MGAC enables our member firms around the globe to work together to provide clients with high-quality services related to the design, administration and communication of employee benefit plans. The MGAC also has extensive links with organizations in other countries not formally represented, and is ready to assist wherever required. 

Retirement & Actuarial

  • Actuarial Accounting
  • Actuarial Consulting
  • Defined Benefit Pension Plan Consulting
  • Defined Contribution Plan Consulting
  • Pension Administration
  • Pension Scheme Design
  • Pensions Tax Consulting
  • Retirement Planning 

Compensation & Benefits

  • Benefits Auditing            
  • Compensation Consulting          
  • Concepts for Communicating to Employees        
  • Employee Benefits Consulting  
  • International Benefits  
  • International Transfers

Investment & Risk

  • Governance and Compliance Strategies
  • Investment Consulting
  • Investment Management Services        
  • Legal Services  
  • Mergers and Acquisitions            
  • Post-Employment Healthcare Consulting

Insurance

  • Life Insurance  
  • Disability Insurance        
  • Risk Benefits Consulting              
  • Risk Benefits Re-broking

General Enquiries

If you have any queries on any of our services, including:

  • Corporate governance & global benefits consulting, strategy & audits
  • Executive pensions for multinationals, expatriates & International Pension Plans
  • IAS19 & Local GAAP accounting co-ordination
  • International M&A
  • Multinational Pooling

please use the form below to make a general enquiry, or contact your local MGAC member. 

Shaun Southern
Shaun Southern

Partner

Simon Coomber
Simon Coomber

Partner

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