Boal & Co
Actuaries & Consultants





Our Firm


Boal & Co was established in January 1995 and operates from offices in Castletown (Isle of Man) and Dublin (Ireland). Our consultancy team has both actuarial and non-actuarial skills and expertise.


GARY BOAL
BSc FFA FSAI
Managing Director
gboal@boal.co.uk

+44 (0)1624 824181
+353 (1) 676 9868


Gary Boal BSc FFA FSAI
is an expert in the offshore insurance industry, and is a well-known industry figure and author.

Gary graduated BSc 1st Class honours in Actuarial Science at The City University, London in 1984 before training in Edinburgh, Scotland. He qualified as a Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries in 1986 and is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland.

He moved into the offshore insurance sector in 1987 to become the actuary of one of the leading offshore insurance companies in the Isle of Man, where he was later promoted to the board and was appointed actuary, director, compliance officer and company secretary.

Gary founded Boal & Co in January 1995 to satisfy the unfulfilled demand for specialist offshore actuarial advice. He has led the growth of the firm and seen it through significant expansion, and has advised many successful start-up life assurance companies. He is appointed actuary to insurers in Ireland, the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.

In 1995, Gary was co-author of the prize-winning paper "An Introduction to Offshore Life Assurance Business" presented to the Faculty of Actuaries. He also served as president of the Manx Actuarial Society in 1995 and 1998-1999.


Simon Feely
MA FIA FSAI
Director
sfeely@boal.co.uk

+44 (0)1624 824181
+353 (1) 676 9868


Simon Feely MA FIA FSAI is a Mathematics graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge. Simon commenced his actuarial career in a UK life assurance company before joining Boal & Co in 1999. He qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in 2000 and is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland.

Simon has extensive experience of actuarial model office systems, valuation and profit-testing client work. His experience covers a whole range of products from with-profits, through PHI and term, to annuity and unit-linked business and traded endowment policies.

Simon's client work includes valuation and planning for several appointed actuary clients, as well as profit-testing, embedded values and start-up plans. He advises several life assurance companies and is expert on the actuarial requirements for life assurance companies in Ireland. He travels extensively to advise our clients around the world.


Mark Kiernan
Director
mkiernan@boal.co.uk

+44 (0)1624 824181


Mark Kiernan joined Boal & Co in 1997 and was promoted to the board in 2004. Mark works in both our Pensions and Insurance practices. In the Insurance practice he works primarily with product research and other assignments for our international life assurance company clients. His responsibilities include management of system data and customer support for our LifeBase Offshore software systems. Mark heads our Pensions practice working with our larger pension clients and our many SSAS/SIPP schemes.


Daniel Hall
BSc MSc

Consultant
dhall@boal.co.uk

+44 (0)1624 824181


Daniel Hall, Consultant, heads up our Technology division. Daniel is in charge of e-development and programming, and works extensively on the ongoing development and support of :

  • Our in-house pension administration software
  • LifeBase Offshore
  • Computer Based Training (CBT) packages for life offices in relation to product training and anti-money laundering training.

Daniel also works as a consultant in our Pensions team.


Sharron Clucas
Consultant
sclucas@boal.co.uk

+44 (0)1624 824181


Sharron Clucas is our consultant responsible for the management and administration of our large portfolio of small self-administered pension scheme clients. Sharron also assists in the administration of our occupational pension scheme clients.


Mia King
Consultant
mking@boal.co.uk

+44 (0)1624 824181


Mia King joined Boal & Co in 2006 and is a key member of our Pensions team, servicing our many small self-administered SSAS/SIPP clients together with our larger occupational pension scheme clients. Mia has more than 15 years’ banking experience from previous employment on the Island.



Allie Boal
Administrator
aboal@boal.co.uk

+44 (0)1624 824181


Allie Boal works as part of our Pensions team, helping to administer our many small self-administered SSAS/SIPP pension schemes.