Janet Jennings

ASA, MAAA

Consulting Actuary

Boise, ID, US

Janet Jennings is a consulting actuary with the Boise office of Milliman. She joined the firm in 2006. Janet manages the actuarial analysts in the Boise office and has over 25 years of actuarial experience.

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Experience

Janet works with corporate, public, and multiemployer clients on conducting Other Post Employment Benefit (OPEB) experience studies, valuations, and GASB 74/75 disclosures. Her other consulting assignments include plan and assumption studies, RFP analysis, and estimations of liabilities and reserves utilizing IBNR. Janet works on Medicare Part D attestations and Retiree Drug Subsidy (RDS) administration.

Janet also has experience with project management, Six Sigma process management, and software development.

Publications and Presentations

Janet has spoken before consultants and professional associations on postretirement benefit valuations, project management, and the RDS process. Janet has provided legislative updates to the Employers’ Health Coalition of Idaho.

"Case study: Real ways to reduce GASB 45 liability and cost." Published July 9, 2010 at this link: https://us.milliman.com/en/insight/case-study-real-ways-to-reduce-gasb-45-liability-and-cost
"Considerations for better health and wealth planning." Published January 6, 2020 at this link: https://us.milliman.com/en/insight/considerations-for-better-health-and-wealth-planning
"Understanding the connections between health and financial wellness." Published January 6, 2020 at this link: https://us.milliman.com/en/insight/understanding-the-connections-between-health-and-financial-wellness
"A very expensive sandwich: How multigenerational care affects women's health costs." Published October 27, 2020 at this link: https://us.milliman.com/en/insight/a-very-expensive-sandwich-how-multigenerational-care-affects-womens-health-costs

Professional Designations

Associate, Society of Actuaries
Member, American Academy of Actuaries

Education

BS with honors in Mathematics and Physics, William and Mary

Affiliations

Member, Employers' Health Coalition of Idaho

Publications

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Article

A very expensive sandwich: How multigenerational care affects women's health costs

27 October 2020 - by Janet Jennings, Sheila Jelinek, Suzanne Norman

While it is too soon to quantify all the effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper could help women become more aware of resources and solutions to help them and their loved ones be more financially secure.

Article

Understanding the connections between health and financial wellness

06 January 2020 - by Joseph Boschert, Janet Jennings, Robert L. Schmidt

This paper examines the various connections between health and wealth as well as the repercussions of ignoring those connections.

Article

Considerations for better health and wealth planning

06 January 2020 - by Joseph Boschert, Janet Jennings, Robert L. Schmidt

People are looking for ways to protect their long-term health and wealth, and they expect their financial advisers to create more comprehensive financial plans that will help them achieve this goal.

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Case study: Real ways to reduce GASB 45 liability and cost

09 July 2010 - by Janet Jennings

Now that many public employers have had their GASB 45 valuations completed, it's probably no surprise that a large public employer wanted to reduce its GASB 45 liabilities.