Ruth E. Salzmann, FCAS, was recognized by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and Sentry Insurance with the naming of the Ruth E. Salzmann Center for Women’s Leadership in her honor. Salzmann broke barriers more than 60 years ago, becoming the first woman president at the CAS, as well as Sentry’s first woman vice president and board member. She later earned recognition as one of the top 100 women in business by Business Insurance magazine.
Rade Musulin, FCAS, MAAA, will receive the Jarvis Farley Service Award — a lifetime achievement award from the American Academy of Actuaries that honors a member whose volunteer efforts on behalf of the Academy have made significant contributions to the advancement of the profession. His work has included advancing knowledge and public acceptance of hurricane and catastrophe models and broadening the P&C conversation to include climate risk, cyber risk, and sustainability.
Mick Vassilev, FCAS, FCIA, has been appointed chief actuary at Fair. Vassilev brings more than two decades of actuarial and insurance experience to Fair. He led LGM Financial Services for more than 13 years as chief actuary, overseeing product pricing, claims liability estimation, underwriting profit projections, and risk management for their auto warranty products. Before that, he spent 7.5 years at the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC), where he specialized in P&C underwriting, bodily injury claims analysis, loss reserving, and rate indications.
Dan Latinsky, FCAS, has been appointed chief risk officer at Bishop Street Underwriters. In this role, Dan will be responsible for furthering Bishop Street’s capabilities in underwriting excellence, profitability monitoring, actuarial and pricing discipline, and overall portfolio composition and strategy. Dan joins the organization with experience from Obsidian Insurance Holdings, where he oversaw pricing and profitability monitoring across the company’s program portfolio.
Keith Lau, FCAS, has been appointed chief actuary at the Western Investment Company of Canada Limited. Lau is an accomplished actuarial leader with more than 10 years of experience in the Canadian P&C insurance sector. He brings significant expertise in pricing, reserving, and reporting and provides a valuable strategic addition to Western’s growing decentralized insurance platform. Lau has served in a range of actuarial roles, most recently as Cover Genius’ head of Americas pricing. Lau also held various roles at PwC, where he led actuarial and audit engagements, played a central role in IFRS 17 implementation, and served as a trusted advisor to executive teams on matters related to capital, reserves, and solvency.
Vincent Senia, FCAS, MAAA, has announced his retirement from his role as executive vice president, chief actuary at Selective Insurance, effective January 20, 2026. Senia has held the position since 2017 and has been instrumental in shaping Selective’s actuarial reserving, pricing, and planning strategies, as well as enhancing its data analytics capabilities. Senia joined Selective in 2010 as senior vice president, actuarial reserving.
Nathan Rugge, FCAS, MAAA, has been named executive vice president, chief actuary at Selective Insurance. Rugge joined Selective in 2009 and has played a key role in the company’s pricing and reserving strategies. He has held various actuarial roles of increasing responsibility, including assistant vice president, personal lines pricing, and senior vice president, actuarial reserving.
Gloria Gilliam, ACAS, MAAA, was named board president for the International Association of Black Actuaries (IABA). Gilliam has dedicated many years to IABA’s mission, including past roles as board secretary and vice president. She is vice president and reserving actuary at Chubb. Prior to her current role, she held multiple positions at PwC and Deloitte, specializing in financial reporting, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and risk advisory for P&C insurers and self-insured clients. Her work has spanned traditional reserving as well as emerging areas like ESG risk analysis.
Gary Haase, FCAS, MBA, has been named executive vice president and CEO of legacy operations at Everest Group Ltd. Haase brings more than two decades of experience across insurance, reinsurance, and financial services. Most recently, he has served as executive advisor to private equity and technology firms, guiding them through insurance M&A and AI transformation. Previously, he led enterprise technology, data and analytics, operations, and the development of cloud-native analytics and automation platforms at CNA Financial Corporation. Haase spent more than a decade with Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd. He also held actuarial and reinsurance roles at Quanta U.S. Holdings and Aon Benfield.
