An academic from the Warsaw School of Economics, he established, in 1995, and became the first Department Head of the Social Insurance Department at the Collegium of Socio-Economics of the Warsaw School of Economics. He later became Head of the Department of Health Insurance at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Medical University of Łódź. A Member of the Scientific Committee on Labour and Social Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, he wasawarded the title of “Insurance Man of the Year 2005”. Author of numerous books, articles, and expert opinions, on social policy and insurance.