Mr. Burrus has built his knowledge of cemetery perpetual care funds through eighteen months of research culminating in a three part research series published in International Cemetery and Funeral Management<\/em> published in 2001. He has also participated in industry conferences on this topic and has performed a detailed stochastic analysis of a large perpetual care fund covering a large group of cemeteries.<\/p>\n I have spoken with regulators in nearly every US jurisdiction on the topic of perpetual care adequacy.<\/p>\n I authored the acclaimed and widely referenced three part perpetual care series in International Cemetery and Funeral Management <\/em>(February to April, 2001):<\/p>\n Village Voice <\/em>(April, 2009) (extensively quoted)<\/p>\n Consumers Digest<\/em> (March, 2010) (extensively quoted)<\/p>\nResearcher<\/h4>\n
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\n\u201cThe Expenses Will Never End, but Some Revenue Sources Will\u201d (Part 2)<\/a>
\n\u201cDeveloping a Financial Plan for a Perpetual Care Fund\u201d (Part 3)<\/a><\/div>\n
![\u201cMake sure \u2018perpetual care\u2019 funds meet long-term needs\u201d<\/a><\/div>\nICCFA Magazine<\/em> (January, 2011)<\/p>\n\u201cEndowment Care Long-Term Adequacy Analysis: A Case Study\u201d<\/a><\/div>\nPresenter<\/h4>\nNorth American Cemetery Regulators Association Annual Meeting (2001) \u2013 \u201cEnsuring the Adequacy of Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds\u201d<\/p>\nNorth American Chevra Kadisha Conference (2008) \u2013 \u201cThe Future is Yours – Understanding the Cost of Perpetual Care\u201d<\/p>\nNorth American Chevra Kadisha Conference (2009) \u2013 \u201cPerpetual Care Funds \u2013 Parallels to Insurance Loss Reserves\u201d<\/p>\nICCFA Annual Convention and Exposition (2010) \u2013 \u201cYour Perpetual Care Fund: How Much is Enough?\u201d<\/p>\nDeath Care Management Council Spring Meeting (2011) \u2013 \u201cThe Importance of Perpetual Care Adequacy Studies\u201d<\/p>\nWork History<\/h4>\nPresident and Principal Actuary, HB Actuarial Services, Inc. 2001 to Present.<\/p>\n\n2001 – Founder of the firm (2001); manages all client relationships (2001 to present)<\/li>\nDeveloped a rigorous actuarial and statistical methodology to the study of the long term adequacy of perpetual care funds; accepted first perpetual care fund analysis engagement (2001).<\/li>\nPrepared expert deposition in litigation concerning the valuation of a perpetual care obligation (2008).<\/li>\nSignificant growth in perpetual care related speaking engagements and assignments (2008 to present).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nChief Actuary, AmCOMP Insurance Group, 2002 to 2007.<\/p>\n\nManaged entire actuarial department (2002 to 2007).<\/li>\nCreated a computer based insurance pricing tool to assist field underwriters in accepting \/ pricing risks (2002 to 2004).<\/li>\nLed preparation of insurance rate filings in all states (2002 to 2007).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAssociate Actuary, Insurance Data Resources, 1997 to 2001.<\/p>\n\nLed team to create computer based insurance rate making system for statewide workers\u2019 compensation rates (1999).<\/li>\nLed consulting team to provide a computer analysis of workers\u2019 compensation retrospective rating calculations for hundreds of policies under multiple rating scenarios (1998).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nActuarial Associate, National Council on Compensation Insurance, 1993 to 1997.<\/p>\n\nActuarial team leader to create computer based insurance rate making system for statewide workers\u2019 compensation rates (1996).<\/li>\nDeveloped numerous analytic reports for the actuarial department (1993 to 1997).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOther employers include CIGNA Property and Casualty Company, and Insurance Services Office.<\/p>\nCredentials<\/h4>\n\nMember of the American Academy of Actuaries (1997).<\/li>\nFellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society (2001).<\/li>\nPresident of Casualty Actuaries of the South East (2006).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nEducation<\/h4>\nBachelor\u2019s Degree, Applied Mathematics; Minor in Economics \u2013 University of Rochester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Introduction Mr. Burrus has built his knowledge of cemetery perpetual care funds through eighteen months of research culminating in a three part research series published in International Cemetery and Funeral Management published in 2001. He has also participated in industry conferences on this topic and has performed a detailed stochastic analysis of a large perpetual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pca.fisherstechtank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pca.fisherstechtank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pca.fisherstechtank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pca.fisherstechtank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pca.fisherstechtank.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/pca.fisherstechtank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54,"href":"http:\/\/pca.fisherstechtank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pca.fisherstechtank.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/pca.fisherstechtank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ICCFA-2010.jpg\"){kind=link}