Robert L. Schmidt
Experience
Robert has over 25 years of experience working with a variety of corporate, public, and multiemployer clients, with member bases that range from a few hundred to more than 100,000 individuals. He specializes in healthcare and retirement plan consulting. His healthcare consulting assignments have included general consulting, health care reform strategy analysis, benchmarking analysis and surveys, estimation of liabilities and reserves, benefit design, self-funding feasibility studies, health vendor RFP consulting, Medicare and nonMedicare exchange consulting, and post-retirement benefit valuations. His retirement plan consulting assignments have included actuarial valuations, assumption studies, asset/liability studies, defined benefit and defined contribution plan design, and administrative consulting.
Robert consults to boards of directors, special committees, legislative groups, financial directors and staff, administrative directors and staff, and collectively bargained groups.
Professional Designations
- Fellow, Society of Actuaries
- Member, American Academy of Actuaries
- Enrolled Actuary under ERISA
Education
- BS, Applied Mathematics, Walla Walla University
- Member, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
- Member, Employers’ Health Coalition of Idaho
- Chair, Actuarial Committee of the Idaho Small Employer and Individual Health Reinsurance Program
Publications