Christopher Merkel

About Christopher Merkel

With more than 20 years of insurance experience, specializing in managed health care and A&H products Chris’ experience has been involved in several areas in the health care sector. His expertise includes serving as an Appointed Actuary, Individual & Commercial group pricing, specialty product pricing, reserving, Medicare Advantage annual bid submission with CMS, M&A, provider contracting analysis, trend development, financial forecasting, experience studies, and rate filing submissions. Chris has hands-on experience assisting insurance companies to expand into new states and territories, as well as providing solutions for start-up clients.Chris also has several years of experience with Life and Annuity products. In both project management and Actuarial coding roles, Chris has worked with multiple insurance companies for their financial reporting and transformation needs utilizing FIS Prophet. In various capacities, Chris has developed illustration and quoting systems for all types of insurance products across various software platforms. of the American Academy of Actuaries.

Experience

1. Senior Vice President & Principal

   Lewis & Ellis - Actuaries and Consultants

   Jan 2013 — Present · Overland Park, KS, US

Education

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  BS, Actuarial Science

  1993 — 1998

Skills

• Risk Management
• Actuaries
• Microsoft Excel
• Valuation
• Insurance
• Project Coordination
• Employee Benefits
• Health Insurance
• Actuarial Science
• Forecasting
• Project Delivery
• Reinsurance
• Underwriting
• Pricing