Founder: Actuary and Author Pete Neuwirth, FSA, FCA

Founder and Manager of Neuwirth Associates Consulting LLC, Pete Neuwirth, specializes in retirement plans, QDROs, executive benefits and post-retirement benefits. He graduated from Harvard College with a BA in Mathematics and Linguistics. After leaving Harvard, he went to work at Connecticut General Life Insurance, now CIGNA.

Pete has over 35 years of experience in local, regional and national leadership roles spanning major employee benefits consulting firms, including, Aon, Hewitt Associates, Watson Wyatt, Towers Perrin and Towers Watson. He also held senior leadership roles at Price Waterhouse, Godwins, and Coates Kenney – a small actuarial firm that he ran.

He continues to research various financial wellness issues, including the use of home equity to generate retirement income. In 2018, Pete taught a graduate seminar on this subject for the actuarial science department at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is currently associated with the Academy for Home Equity in Financial Planning at the University of Illinois.

In addition to his books Money Mountaineering: Use the Principles of Holistic Financial Wellness to Thrive in a Complex World, and What’s Your Future Worth? Using Present Value to Make Better Decisions, Pete’s research has been published in professional journals, including the Journal of Deferred Compensation, Contingencies, and Journal of Financial Planning.

His articles have also been published in numerous online actuarial publications. He is a frequent speaker at professional conferences, including the Conference of Consulting Actuaries, Enrolled Actuaries, and Western Pension and Benefits Conference. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and the Conference of Consulting Actuaries.

Pete is available for speaking engagements to discuss innovative strategies in Retirement Income, Silver Divorce and Actuarial Consulting.

To contact or book a speaking engagement with Pete:
Email: Pete Neuwirth