Dan Atkinson

Dan is a consulting actuary with BCG. In this role, Dan leads BCG’s Pension Risk Transfer analysis, where he is responsible for identifying and explaining cost and risk saving opportunities to plan sponsors, estimating current and future liabilities and costs for pension plans and serving as an ongoing resource for all pension-related questions that may arise. Dan also maintains BCG’s monthly “Customized Buyout Price Monitoring” analysis to improve plan and investment strategy; supports BCG’s annuity placement team, helping to drive the lowest possible annuity placement price and best plan sponsor experience during the process of placing annuities with insurers; and lends his expertise to BCG’s sales and marketing initiatives. With 20+ years of experience consulting with plan sponsors, Dan is uniquely positioned to help sponsors navigate their pension de-risking options, and make fully informed decisions regarding the future of their pension plan(s).

Dan is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and an Enrolled Actuary under ERISA. He has over 20 years of pension plan experience, most recently serving as chief actuary at River and Mercantile Solutions, and previously consulting with plan sponsors as a pension actuary at Mercer and Fidelity Investments. Dan’s pension experience covers all aspects of single-employer corporate plans, from plan terminations and annuity placements to day-to day administration. He has served as the signing actuary for 5500 and PBGC purposes for dozens of plans. Dan’s experience includes consulting on all plan sizes, from small to jumbo, as well as corporate plans, church plans, single, multiple, and multi-employer pension plans. Dan graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a BS in Actuarial Mathematics.