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   The Benecon Group
   147 W. Airport Road
   Lititz, PA 17543

   Phone: 717.723.4600 
   Toll-free: 888.400.4647

Actuary Management

Richard H. Burd, FSA, MAAA
Senior Vice President - Actuarial and Compliance Services
Mr. Burd has over 30 years of actuarial experience working with group medical plans and other employee benefit programs. Prior to joining The Benecon Group in 2001, he was Vice President and Corporate Actuary for Educators Mutual Life Insurance Company in Lancaster.

Mr. Burd's expertise is in the area of the mathematics of insurance programs, including trend analysis, claim modeling and projections, demographics, and credibility and statistical concepts. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA).

Mr. Burd has served as a Board Member of the Lancaster County Business Group on Health (LCBGH) since 1992, and was the 2001 Chair of LCBGH. In 2000, he was primary researcher and author of a report detailing local health care inflation trends, which was presented to the local congressional delegation in Harrisburg. He participated on a private industry task force appointed by Lancaster Mayor Janice Stork in 1996 to review the medical plan design and cost structure of the City medical plan. Mr. Burd currently serves on the Board of the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
 


Other actuary staff members include:

  • Brad Kopcha - Vice President
  • Jackie Fitzhugh - Actuarial Associate
  • Misty Ludewig - Actuarial Analyst
  • Samantha Barton - Actuarial Analyst