Lauren Efferding CEBS

Lauren Efferding is a senior benefits consultant in Milliman Omaha’s

employee benefits health and welfare practice. Efferding works closely

with employers and their advisors and vendors on the design, budgeting,

funding and implementation of employee benefit plans for medical,

dental, life, disability, paid time off, stop-loss and other ancillary

coverage. She manages seven senior and junior staff members and

oversees quality risk management for the Omaha health practice.

Since joining Milliman in 2013, Efferding has been involved in a wide

range of projects. She was instrumental in developing consulting

products and tools for midmarket employers (200-5,000 employees)

that present high-level data analyses in an understandable form. She

continues to work with clients and other Milliman consultants in the

delivery and ongoing enhancements of these products. In her current

position as a senior benefits consultant, Efferding specializes in managing

client relationships to ensure strategic goals are achieved, determining

the financial impact of combining multiple benefit

arrangements alongside mergers and acquisitions, projecting financial

results and more. She holds a B.S.B.A. degree in finance and a minor

in marketing from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.