Actuarial Litigation Service

Sheldon Wishnick is an economic expert in CT 800.344.6014

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ACTUARIAL
LITIGATION
SERVICE                  

Sheldon Wishnick FSA, MAAA, FLMI
94 Stagecoach Lane
Newington, CT 06111-5314

Telephone:  (860) 667-3649
Fax:            (860) 667-0083
E-Mail:       ActLit@cox.net

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Fellow, Society of Actuaries
Member, American Academy of Actuaries
Fellow, Life Management Institute
Member, National Association of Forensic Economics

BA Mathematics, Pace University New York, NY

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Consulting Firms:

• Actuarial Litigation Service
  - Valuation of financial losses in legal matters
  - Expert witness testimony
• Associated Pension Actuaries
  - Pension plan valuations
  - Participant benefit calculations
• Hay-Huggins
  - Mathematical profitability modeling
  - Insurance product design

Insurance Companies:

• MassMutual
  - Financial forecasting and analysis of gain by insurance product line
  - Allocation and analysis of financial returns by investment type
• American United Life
  - Financial maintenance of annuity products.
  - Calculation of premiums, reserves and annual statement support
• Aetna Life and Casualty
  - Pension plan design and review
  - Actuarial assignments in life, health and group insurance
• Metropolitan Life
  - Calculation of premiums, claims and reserves for personal health insurance

Publications:

• Confessions of a Financial Expert
  Employee Rights Quarterly, Autumn 2001
• Personal Injury: What is it Worth?
  CT Law Tribune    August 17, 1998
• A Peek Inside the Financial Expert's Report
  New York State Bar Journal    February, 1998
• Myths About Financial Experts
  CT Law Tribune    August 4, 1997
• Wrongful Employment Termination - An Actuary's View
  MA Bar Association Lawyers Journal    October 1996

Notes: The Society of Actuaries is an educational, research and professional membership organization. The status of fellowship is earned by passing exams requiring knowledge in the following areas (among others):

• Probability & Statistics            
• Compound Interest                       
• Actuarial Mathematics
• Risk Theory                                    
• Financial Management           
• Pension Valuation
• Actuary as Expert Witness           
• Social Insurance                       
• Employee Benefits

Membership in the Academy of Actuaries is awarded to Fellows of the Society of Actuaries who have completed the professional experience requirements.Fellowship in the Life Management Instituteis earned by passing exams related to the structure and operation of life insurance companies, the types of life, health and disability insurance available, actuarial calculations and numerous miscellaneous topics.

The National Association of Forensic Economics is an association of over 800 professionals who practice in the field of forensic economics. Its goals are to promote research and continuing professional development.