• Cecil D. Bykerk, FSA, MAAA, FCA
• President–Elect, Society of Actuaries

Professional Background:

Cecil is President at CDBykerk Consulting LLC. He was Executive Vice President and Chief Actuary at Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company prior to starting his consulting career in 2004. During his 25–year tenure at Mutual of Omaha, he served in various life and health actuarial positions, serving his last thirteen years as Chief Actuary. He also served on the Boards of several affiliate companies of Mutual. Prior to working for Mutual, he was Director of the Actuarial Science Program at the University of Nebraska from 1975 to 1979. He began his professional career at Metropolitan Life in 1970 receiving his FSA while working there. During his career, Mr. Bykerk has been actively involved regarding Genetic Testing and Major Medical insurance, having made presentations to various professional, academic and regulatory bodies including Congressional testimony, in addition to writing articles and white papers. He has also served on state guaranty association boards as well as Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the national organization, NOLHGA. Mr. Bykerk received his bachelor's degree from the University of Denver in 1966, and his master's degree from the University of Nebraska Lincoln in 1968. He currently serves as Executive Director of three state high risk pools, Alaska, Iowa and Montana as well as performing small actuarial consulting projects. In addition, he currently serves on the Board of Directors of a Nebraska domiciled life insurance company. He is completing his second year as Chair of the U. S. Actuarial Standards Board. He recently received his certification with ARIAS–US as a reinsurance arbitrator.

Volunteer Experience:

Cecil has served on the Board of Governors of the Society of Actuaries as vice president as well as on the Executive Committee during which time he focused on Education and Examination by leading an effort for major change to the system/processes. He has also served on the Board of Trustees of the AAA as well as playing a significant role in the development of a number of key AAA reports. While Chair of The Actuarial Foundation for three years, the Foundation took a major step forward by merging with AERF. As Chair of the IAA Education Committee for six years and during his 12 years on the Committee, negotiations on an approach for evaluating the education approaches of the various IAA members ended in its adoption demonstrating his ability to negotiate with and persuade individuals and organizations to come to a consensus on difficult matters. His expertise in health insurance and leadership were recognized when he was appointed to the Actuarial Standards Board in 2003 to provide a health focus. He moved up to Chair of the ASB at the beginning of 2006 which was a transition/challenge year due to the loss of the ASB's long-time legal counsel and also the chief staff person. He served on the Board and as Chair of the National Association of State Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans (NASCHIP) during 1996–1998, 2005–2007. More recently he served on the Board of Directors of the National Organization of Life and Health Guaranty Associations including serving as Treasurer.