Ben Wadsley

Ben Wadsley is Head of Product Development & Pricing for Transamerica’s Annuity business. He leads annuity product development, product engineering, quarterly new business reporting, margin analysis, pricing, and rate setting. Ben’s mission is to develop meaningful solutions for customers, at a reasonable price, while ensuring Transamerica’s obligations to both current and future clients. Since joining Transamerica as an intern in 2002, he has served in key roles guiding product, asset/liability management, pricing, investments, new ventures, modeling and economic capital across various businesses. Ben is a council member of the Product Development Section of the Society of Actuaries and a former member of the ACLI Life Insurance Committee. He is actively engaged in his community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa as a board member of the Zach Johnson Foundation, a youth basketball coach, and a school volunteer. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics/actuarial science from University of Northern Iowa.