Upcoming Changes in Health

This session will cover two distinct but related topics in the area of health insurance policy and regulation. First, recent and emerging developments in state and federal health insurance regulation will be discussed. Second, the presenter will present a framework for thinking about health policy developments as discussed in his article, “Explaining Health Policy to your Facebook Friends,” to be published by the SOA in early 2017.

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Rowen Bell is a Senior Manager in the Insurance and Actuarial Advisory Services practice of Ernst & Young LLP’s Financial Services Office. Rowen has 20 years of experience working in and providing services to the health insurance and managed care industries, in both actuarial and finance roles.

At EY, Rowen’s leads, and/or plays a significant role in, the actuarial aspect of the financial statement audits for numerous health insurers, managed care organizations and life insurers that write disability income, group life, accident & health, and/or stop loss coverages. Additionally, Rowen also provides actuarial support to transaction advisory engagements with respect to liabilities associated with health insurance and/or self-funded health benefits exposures.

Prior to rejoining EY in 2015, Rowen served at various corporate roles including as a senior actuarial and finance roles at the nation’s largest customer-owned health insurer, also at one of the nation’s largest public company health insurers, led the financial regulatory services function for a major health insurance trade association, and also worked in corporate actuarial and finance roles at a mutual life & health insurer. His corporate experience includes significant exposure to health insurance M&A, securitization, accounting policy, and financial planning & analysis.

Rowen is widely recognized as a leading expert within the actuarial community on health insurance financial reporting and related regulatory issues. He has significant experience with health insurer solvency management issues, and co-authored the chapter on health risk-based capital in the textbook used by the Society of Actuaries (SOA) in its examination curriculum. Rowen is currently on the Board of Directors of the SOA, and previously served on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Actuaries (Academy). He has chaired a number of Academy groups, including its Financial Reporting Committee. In recognition of his accumulated service to the actuarial profession, the Academy made Rowen the youngest-ever recipient of its Jarvis Farley Service Award in 2010.

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