David Braza

David Braza is Executive Vice President of Healthcare Informatics and Chief Actuary at Premera.In these roles, he provides leadership over Finance and Investments, Underwriting, Actuarial Services and Healthcare Economics. Additionally, he leads all theData Analytics functions within Premera, including oversight of the Data Warehouse, Data Science Platform and other data assets.

Braza has had increasing leadership responsibilities since joining Premera in 1999, assuming the Chief Actuary role in 2009. He brings over 25 years of experience in the actuarial profession. He started his career working for a subsidiary of Zurich Insurance as a Casualty Actuary. In 1994 he moved into the healthcare industry, working at Milliman USA, HealthNet, and Premera.

He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, an Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society, and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries. Braza has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Georgia State University, majoring in Actuarial Science.