Lauren Okum, ASA, EA, MAAA, MSPA
Lauren Okum is the founder and chief actuary of Premier Actuarial Solutions. She provides actuarial services to small and mid-sized organizations in a variety of industries. She has had a wide range of experiences, including design, funding, accounting, and administration for pension plans. Lauren has a strong reputation within the actuarial community for being a highly qualified actuary.
Summary of experience
Lauren has over twenty years of experience in the defined benefit arena. She has in-depth experience in both the small plan and large plan markets. During her career, she held advanced positions at a large human resource consulting firm, a large accounting firm, and a third-party administrator. In late 2007, she formed Premier Actuarial Solutions.
Lauren is active with the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA). She is currently serving a 3-year term on ASPPA’s College of Pension Actuaries (ACOPA) Leadership Council. She was on the ASPPA Annual Conference Committee in 2014 and is the Committee Co-Chair in 2015 and 2016. She was on the ACOPA Actuarial Symposium Conference Committee in 2011 and 2012, and she was the Committee Chair in 2013 and 2014. Lauren was also on the Editorial Board of Plan Consultant magazine in 2013 and 2014.
As an expert in her field, Lauren is a nationally recognized speaker and author of qualified retirement plans. She speaks on a variety of topics at various conferences:
-Cash balance plans
-Nondiscrimination testing
-Maximum deductible contributions
-Financial accounting for pension plans
-Plan terminations
-Benefit calculations
-Actuarial Standards of Practice No. 41, Actuarial Communications
Professional affiliations
-Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA)
-Enrolled Actuary (EA)
-Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA)
-Member of the Society of Pension Actuaries (MSPA)
Education
-Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration
-University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, summa cum laude with highest distinction in Actuarial Science
Summary of experience
Lauren has over twenty years of experience in the defined benefit arena. She has in-depth experience in both the small plan and large plan markets. During her career, she held advanced positions at a large human resource consulting firm, a large accounting firm, and a third-party administrator. In late 2007, she formed Premier Actuarial Solutions.
Lauren is active with the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA). She is currently serving a 3-year term on ASPPA’s College of Pension Actuaries (ACOPA) Leadership Council. She was on the ASPPA Annual Conference Committee in 2014 and is the Committee Co-Chair in 2015 and 2016. She was on the ACOPA Actuarial Symposium Conference Committee in 2011 and 2012, and she was the Committee Chair in 2013 and 2014. Lauren was also on the Editorial Board of Plan Consultant magazine in 2013 and 2014.
As an expert in her field, Lauren is a nationally recognized speaker and author of qualified retirement plans. She speaks on a variety of topics at various conferences:
-Cash balance plans
-Nondiscrimination testing
-Maximum deductible contributions
-Financial accounting for pension plans
-Plan terminations
-Benefit calculations
-Actuarial Standards of Practice No. 41, Actuarial Communications
Professional affiliations
-Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA)
-Enrolled Actuary (EA)
-Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA)
-Member of the Society of Pension Actuaries (MSPA)
Education
-Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration
-University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, summa cum laude with highest distinction in Actuarial Science