Professional designations
Fellow, Casualty Actuarial Society
Member, American Academy of Actuaries
Current responsibility
Joel is a principal with the Boston office of Milliman. He joined the firm in 1987.
Experience
Joel's property and casualty insurance experience includes loss reserving, premium reserving, valuation studies, funding studies for captives and self-insureds, rate filing reviews for regulatory authorities, and expert testimony. Joel also has considerable expertise in the areas of investments and taxes from prior work experience.
Joel specializes in alternative market issues. He has assisted with the formation and/or ongoing actuarial needs of many self-insurers, captive insurers, and risk-retention groups. He reviews captive and risk retention group applications for the Missouri, Vermont, and Washington, D.C., insurance departments.
In addition to the alternative market, clients have included traditional property and casualty insurers, reinsurers, insurance departments, attorneys general, trade associations, municipal bond insurers, underground storage tank insurers, Lloyd’s of London, and syndicates on the New York Insurance Exchange.
Affiliations
Faculty, International Center for Captive Insurance Education
Board member, Captive Insurance Council of the District of Columbia
Board member, Arizona Captive Insurance Association
Former board member, National Risk Retention Association
Past chair of the Casualty Actuarial Society Joint Program Committee for the CIA/CAS Appointed Actuary Seminar
Presentations and publications
Joel is a frequent speaker on the topics of captives, risk-retention groups, and alternative risk financing.
Education
BA, Mathematics, Dartmouth College |