Insurance
10 actuarial consultants
These ten actuarial consultants have held consulting actuarial roles on pension, employee benefit and insurance work. Readers can learn how an actuarial consultant approaches plan valuations, funding and plan design questions, and actuarial modeling for insurers.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alan Parikh
LinkedInExperience: Partner and Consulting Actuary · Aon
Partner and Consulting Actuary at Aon since 2010. Former Principal and Consulting Actuary at Marsh People Solutions (2001–2010), Principal and Consulting Actuary at JPMorgan Compensation and Benefit Strategies (1996–2001) and Consulting Actuary at WTW (1988–1995). His profile describes him as an actuary specializing in pension, pension finance and insurance.
Bennie Zhuang
LinkedInExperience: Consulting Actuary · KPMG Canada
Former Consulting Actuary at KPMG Canada (2017–2021), and Consulting Actuary at Valani Global since 2021. Former Actuarial Consultant - AXIS modeller (2015–2016) and Senior Actuarial Analyst (2010–2015) at Foresters Financial. The profile lists AXIS modeling, IFRS 17 implementation, actuarial audit, financial reporting, valuation and pricing among his actuarial experience.
Boris Vaynblat, FSA, EA, MAAA
LinkedInExperience: Owner, Consulting Actuary · RAE Actuarial Consulting
Owner, Consulting Actuary at RAE Actuarial Consulting since 2020, where the profile says he provides actuarial services to group pension and health benefit plans for clients across various industries. Former Pension Actuary and Consultant at The McKeogh Company (2012–2019) and Pension Consultant at WTW (2001–2012).
Edmund Guan, FSA, FCIA
LinkedInExperience: Principal, Senior Consultant, Group Benefits Consulting Actuary · Marsh People Solutions
Principal, Senior Consultant, Group Benefits Consulting Actuary at Marsh People Solutions since April 2025. Former Consulting Actuary at WTW (2018–2025), Actuarial Consultant at Morneau Shepell (2014–2018), and Associate (2013–2014) and Actuarial Analyst (2008–2013) at Marsh People Solutions. The profile describes consulting and actuarial experience serving large and complex clients.
Ellen Kleinstuber
LinkedInExperience: Principal and Chief Actuary Senior Consulting Actuary · Bolton
Founder of Infinity Actuarial Consulting LLC since December 2024, and former Principal and Chief Actuary Senior Consulting Actuary at Bolton (2019–2024). Former Principal SVP and Director, DB Plan Compliance at The Savitz Organization (acquired by CBIZ in 2016) from 2009 to 2017. Her profile describes her path to becoming an expert in retirement plan management.
Rupa Desai
LinkedInExperience: Actuarial Consultant · Newport
Actuarial Consultant at Newport since December 2021. Former Actuarial Consultant at Shore Tompkins Actuarial Resources, LLC (2014–2021), at Verisight (2011–2014) and at RSM US LLP (2009–2011). The profile describes pension consulting for small and mid-size plan employers, including funding valuations, financial accounting, IRS, DOL and PBGC annual reporting for qualified plans, and plan termination.
Ryan Rowland
LinkedInExperience: Principal & Consulting Actuary · Milliman
Principal & Consulting Actuary at Milliman since 2019, where the profile says he leads Milliman's Southern California corporate pension plan consulting practice. He specializes in pension consultation including plan termination, risk management, cost management and plan design strategies. Former Principal at Marsh People Solutions (2011–2019) and Consulting Actuary at Towers Watson (1997–2006).
Scott Striegel
LinkedInExperience: Actuarial Consultant · VIA Actuarial Solutions
Actuarial Consultant at VIA Actuarial Solutions since December 2020. Former Principal (2018–2020) and Senior Associate (2011–2018) at Marsh People Solutions. The profile describes a consulting actuary with domestic and international experience on corporate and governmental defined benefit and retiree medical plans, including accounting and funding work.
Shannon Patershuk
LinkedInExperience: Principal · SEP Actuarial Consulting
Principal at SEP Actuarial Consulting since 2017, and a Board Member at Management Employees Pension Plan since 2018. Her profile describes an actuarial consultant with actuarial, benefit consulting and risk management experience in the insurance, employee benefit, pension, retiree benefit and expert witness sectors. Former Regional Manager Retiree Program Relations at Johnson Insurance (2001–2017).
Zachariah Muhlenkamp, FSA, MAAA
LinkedInExperience: Actuarial Consultant · Milliman
Actuarial Consultant at Milliman since 2018, and former Actuarial Associate there (2015–2018). The profile says he serves clients as an expert MG-ALFA modeller and project manager and has completed 5-10 major actuarial system conversions, often enhancing MG-ALFA for use as a valuation system on multi-billion dollar blocks of business. Former Assistant Actuary at Western & Southern Financial Group (2012–2015).
Choose the right perspective
Match the consultant's practice area to your need, since pension and retiree benefit valuation work differs from insurance pricing, reserving and modeling. For a plan termination, funding decision or accounting valuation, prefer someone whose own role covers that type of plan and client size.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What assumptions drive our plan's funding and accounting valuations, and which ones should we revisit first?
- 02How would you evaluate whether terminating or de-risking our pension plan makes sense now?
- 03What does an actuarial system conversion or model review involve, and how long does it usually take?
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