Upcoming Employer Biographies

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Todd L. Laszewski - 03/03​

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Todd L. Laszewski, FSA, CLU®, MS, MAAA

Todd L. Laszewski, FSA, CLU®, MS, MAAA, is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and an Adjunct Professor at The American College of Financial Services. Todd graduated from UW-Madison in 1985 with a Master of Science in Actuarial Science. Upon graduation, he started working for Northwestern Mutual Life in Milwaukee, WI, with increasing levels of responsibility. Todd was responsible for pricing various insurance products offered by NM (life, DI, annuities), leading the Product Development corporate teams for life insurance and long-term care insurance, and being the company’s Product Tax Actuary. He recently retired from Northwestern Mutual as Vice President & Actuary after a nearly 39-year career. He enjoys spending time with his family (wife Ruth and daughters Sarah and Krista), all UW-Madison alumni. He is now also keeping quite busy teaching, doing volunteer work, mentoring, and squeezing in some golf whenever possible!

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KPMG - 03/13​

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Colin Liegel

Colin Liegel is a third year associate in the Life/Annuity practice at KPMG. He has also worked on some Group Life and Health projects. He graduated from University of Wisconsin Madison and lives in Chicago currently.

 

Simran Bhagat

Simran Bhagat is a first year associate (who also interned with KPMG) in the Life/Annuity practice at KPMG. She went to Drake University and also lives in Chicago.

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Cigna - 03/19​

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Nishani Patel

Nishani Patel graduated from UW Madison in 2023 with degrees in Actuarial Science, Risk Management & Insurance, and Marketing. Since graduating, she has been working full-time with The Cigna Group. Her current role is in Variable Annuity Death Benefit Valuation under Cigna's Reinsurance team. Her previous role was in New Product Pricing for Medicare Supplement under Cigna’s Supplemental Benefits team. Outside of work, Nishani enjoys traveling, watching football, watching sunsets, and playing New York Times games.

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Brett Schneider

Brett Schneider graduated from UW Madison in 2024 with degrees in Actuarial Science and Risk Management & Insurance. He has been working full time with The Cigna Group in their Denver office since July 2024. His current role is in Consulting & Sales Analytics under their Business Analytics team. In his free time, Brett enjoys cheering on Wisconsin sports, hiking, and spending time with family and friends.

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