Rick Lassow

Rick Lassow is vice president, Actuarial & Underwriting at Summit Reinsurance Services Inc. He has worked as a consulting and employed actuary for health plans, state agencies, and providers. He has expertise in health policy actuarial analysis, cell and gene therapy modeling, ACO risk sharing, product development, health status-based risk adjustment, fully-insured and excess pricing, and data management.

Prior to joining the ASB in 2023, Lassow served on the ASB Health Committee, including a term as chairperson; was chairperson of the Task Force to Revise ASOP No. 5; and was Vice Chairperson of the Task Force to Revise ASOP No. 42.

Lassow earned degrees in mathematics from St. Olaf College and the University of Nebraska and was a policy fellow at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. He is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.