Marc Howell, FSA, EA, Vice President – Custom Retirement Solutions, has over 20 years of experience working with sponsors of defined benefit and defined contribution plans. He leads a team of consultants tasked with providing custom design solutions within the defined benefit, defined contribution, and non-qualified markets.
Leveraging Big Data, Marc has led development of multiple proprietary capabilities within Prudential. These capabilities focus on predicting human behavior to allow for the creation of retirement designs which deliver the best possible outcomes for both employees as well as employers. He has redesigned retirement programs for numerous plan sponsors across the U.S., ranging from retail, manufacturing, healthcare, utilities, higher education, and professional services organizations.
Marc’s innovative approach to plan redesign won his clients 1st place in the PSCA Signature Awards, for both 2013 and 2015. Additionally he has spoken at numerous industry events and been interviewed multiple times on the topics of Big Data analytics, plan design and retirement program ROI.
In 2017, Marc was named a “Top 25 Rising Star in Retirement under 40” by LIMRA.
In 2019, Marc was issued a patent as co-inventor of a predictive modeling capability for retirement plans.
Marc was a Joseph Wharton Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, where he graduated with a B.S. in economics. He is a Fellow in the Society of Actuaries, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and an Enrolled Actuary.