Members of the Society of Actuaries have picked James Glickman to be the group's 2017-2018 president-elect.
Glickman is the president of LifeCare Assurance Company, a Woodland Hills, California-based long-term care insurance reinsurer.
Mike Lombardi, an actuarial consultant based in Vaughan, Ontario, is on track to take over as the 2017-2018 president in October, at the SOA's annual meeting in Boston.
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The SOA is a Schaumburg, Illinois-based professional group for actuaries — individuals who gather and analyze statistical information related to insurance matters or other financial concerns. The SOA provides exam and certification programs that help members show they have the skills and other qualifications needed to work as actuaries.
Members of the group play a role in shaping legislation and regulations that affect everything from the inner workings of annuity contracts to efforts to reshape the Affordable Care Act.
Both Lombardi and Glickman have said in SOA campaign videos, posted on the SOA YouTube channel, that they believe the SOA needs to do its part to ease the friction that has divided the SOA from some other actuarial groups in recent years.
