Peter Riihiluoma, FCAS, has been appointed senior vice president, head of specialty reinsurance at Hamilton Re, the company’s Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance underwriting platform. Riihiluoma has held underwriting, pricing and portfolio management responsibilities across a diverse portfolio of specialty reinsurance lines since joining Hamilton in 2019 as vice president, specialty reinsurance. Prior to Hamilton, he was with Chubb for nine years, most recently as vice president, ceded reinsurance, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Ralph Blanchard, FCAS, has been appointed to the Federal Reserve Board’s Insurance Policy Advisory Committee. Blanchard is a delegate for the CAS at the International Actuarial Association and CAS past president. Prior to his recent retirement, Blanchard served as assistant vice president at Aetna’s property and casualty companies from 1978 to 1998. He also served as vice president and actuary, accounting policy at Travelers from 1998-2023.
Michael Stephens, ACAS, FSA, MAAA, has been appointed chief actuary at Trawick International. Stephens is a seasoned insurance leader with nearly 30 years of experience across diverse lines of international insurance business. Before joining Trawick International, Stephens served in a range of actuarial roles, most recently as chief actuary at Best Doctors Insurance, where he was responsible for all aspects of actuarial work for the company and managed the actuarial cost center. Additionally, he held the role of chief actuary at BUPA, LATAM, and served in various roles of escalating responsibility during his 13 years at Assurant.
Ann Chai, FCAS, has been appointed chief risk officer for Zurich North America. Chai will be responsible for leading all aspects of Zurich North America’s risk function. In her most recent position with U.S. Middle Market, Chai was responsible for financial planning, metrics and reporting to ensure delivery of underwriting results and expense management. Prior to that, she was vice president and actuary for Zurich North America’s finance and actuarial team. She joined Zurich in 2010 after working in several actuarial roles in both finance and data. Chai is a board member of Abacus Actuaries.
Serhat Guven, FCAS, has been appointed vice president, actuary of pricing and product analytics at USAA. Guven previously served as global proposition leader for Willis Towers Watson’s P&C pricing, product, claims and underwriting propositions, where he had the opportunity to work with pricing experts in solving problems for the insurance industry.
Roosevelt Mosley, FCAS, has been promoted to managing principal at Pinnacle Actuarial Resources, Inc. Mosley has over 30 years of experience in the insurance industry and has worked for Pinnacle since 1999. He has been a principal at Pinnacle since 2006 and has led several of the firm’s functions, including IT and strategic partnerships. Mosley’s practice is focused on predictive analytics. He is currently the immediate past president of the CAS. He has also volunteered with many industry organizations over the years, including the American Academy of Actuaries, the Actuarial Foundation and the International Association of Black Actuaries.
Jake Akstins, ACAS, has been appointed senior manager, inclusion and diversity analytics at Visa. Akstins will serve in a cross-functional, dynamic position in a consultancy model between the Inclusion and Diversity Center of Excellence and the firm’s data and analytics team. He will also work across each discipline of the data and analytics team, acting as a thought partner to security role design, dashboard development, and planning process changes.
