Josh Hammerquist, FSA, MAAA
Vice President & Principal
Dallas
Josh Hammerquist joined Lewis & Ellis in 2009 with a background in life reinsurance. Josh has been involved in all areas of health insurance including pricing, reserving, experience analysis, and regulatory filing. Recently, Josh has focused on pricing/filing supplemental benefits and reviewing rate filings for state insurance departments and CMS. At Angelo State University, Josh played offensive line and tutored other football players to strengthen his ability to communicate mathematics to non-technical people.
Publications
Costly Trends: Measuring Claim Cost Movement in Volatile Markets – The Actuary – January, 2019 The Voluntary Health Insurance Market—Old Market, New Growth New Rules to Expand Association Health Plans -The Actuary - May, 2018Speaking Engagements
- Virtual SOA Annual Meeting – October 2020: "Texting All Actuaries"
- Virtual SOA Health Meeting – June 2020: "Excuse Me, But Do You Speak Actuary?"
- Southeastern Actuaries Conference - November 2018: "Mistaking Noise for Signal: An Analysis of Health Spending and Trends"
- Society of Actuaries Webinar - June 2018: "Overview and Impact of New Rules to Expand Association Health Plans"
- Delta Dental 2016 Finance, Underwriting & Actuarial Conference – April 2016 – “Best Practices for ACA Regulatory Filings”
- Society of Actuaries Spring Health Meeting – June 2015 - “Rate Review Hot Topics”
- Actuaries' Club of the Southwest Fall Meeting - November 2014 – “ACA Rate Reviews from a State Perspective”
- Addressed actuarial students at the University of Texas at Dallas on the topic of "Do You Want to Be an Actuary?" – March 2014