Our team
Bill Hansen, FCAS, MAAA, CERA
Principal & Owner
With over 35 years of experience, Bill’s actuarial expertise spans the full spectrum of pricing, reserving, and risk management. On top of 12 years of actuarial consulting with Oliver Wyman, Bill’s experience also includes leading the ERM and Reserving functions at insuretech Root and serving as VP of Risk Management and Chief Actuary for State Auto, where he led all of the actuarial, reinsurance, reporting, and risk modeling functions for the multi-line insurer.​​
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You can reached Bill at: bill.hansen@hansenactuarial.com
Jeff Scholl, FCAS, MAAA
Principal
With over 25 years of actuarial consulting experience, Jeff's client focus is on loss reserving for property and casualty lines including workers' compensation, auto liability, general liability, property, medical & professional liability, and construction defect liability. He also has deep expertise in self-insured programs for large corporations and captives, providing loss forecasting, loss funding, collateral estimates, and reserving analyses, as well as retention and insurance optimization decisions.
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Jeff can be reached at: jeff.scholl@hansenactuarial.com
Samantha Taylor, FCAS, MAAA
Director & Actuary
Samantha's work experience ranges from startup insurance operations to large multi-line insurance companies. She has a proven track record in developing insurance pricing models, rating plan reviews, and conducting reserving analyses. She also has deep expertise in building and using telematics for insurance pricing. Her 15 years of actuarial experience spans the gamut of property & casualty lines of insurance, with expertise in commercial auto and other commercial lines products.
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Reach out to Sam at: samantha.taylor@hansenactuarial.com
Matthew has deep expertise in reserving and loss funding for property and casualty loss exposures. He has over 26 years of actuarial consulting expertise supporting self-insured corporations and captive insurers with programs in workers' compensation, professional liability, and healthcare exposures, His projects include loss reserving studies, loss funding, loss forecasting, captive feasibility studies, and economic cost of risk analysis for alternative insurance options.
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You can reach Matt at: matthew.gatsch@hansenactuarial.com
Matthew Gatsch, ACAS
Director & Actuary
Stacey Bitler, ACAS
Associate Actuary
Stacey brings a unique perspective with her mix of actuarial, pricing, and product management experience. During her 24 years with a large regional carrier, she served as both an Actuarial Manager and Product Director for personal lines insurance products.
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Stacey can be reached at: stacey.bitler@hansenactuarial.com
Andy Hufford, ACAS
Associate Actuary
Andy​ brings over a decade of expertise in farm, home, and property insurance products, from creating innovative pricing structures to incorporating new data. He also brings a wealth of experience across broader property products, as well as farm auto and umbrella.
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You can email Andy at: andy.hufford@hansenactuarial.com
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Kristen Creek
Senior Actuarial Analyst
Kristen has worked in both personal and commercial lines of business including: automobile, homeowners, workers’ compensation, professional liability, property and general liability, and products liability. Prior to joining Hansen Actuarial, she worked at Root Insurance Company as an actuarial analyst on the reserving team, and previously as an intern on their pricing team.
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Kristen can be contacted at: kristen.buzaki@hansenactuarial.com
Andrew Stathulis
Actuarial Analyst
Andrew has experience in reserving, ratemaking, and data modeling. He has worked with public insurance companies to develop data-driven strategies. His work includes personal and commercial lines of business including homeowners, automobile, and general liability.
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Contact Andrew at: andrew.stathulis@hansenactuarial.com
Bryan Croft
Chief of Staff
Bryan supports our business operations and strategy. With a background in actuarial, data science, and software engineering recruitment, he also leads our hiring and talent development programs.
Don't hesitate to reach out to discuss any of our current or potential career opportunities!​ He can be reached at: bryan.croft@hansenactuarial.com
