Business Insurance magazine has named Kathy Antonello, FCAS, MAAA, to its annual “Women to Watch” list that recognizes outstanding women in the insurance and risk management sectors. Antonello is chief actuary at the National Council on Compensation Insurance and is the first woman in NCCI’s 100-year history to lead its actuarial team. Her department includes more than 100 actuaries, researchers, economists and support staff who generate state workers’ comp advisory rate and loss cost filings, legislative analyses, actuarial products, analytics and research.
Linda K. Brobeck, FCAS, MAAA, has joined Pinnacle Actuarial Resources as a senior consulting actuary in the group’s California office. Brobeck has specialized in P&C insurance since 1986; she has also been an actuarial consultant since 2011. Her areas of focus include ratemaking and predictive modeling for several lines of insurance including personal and commercial automobile, homeowners and professional liability.
Doug Smith, FCAS, MAAA, CPCU, will serve as executive vice president of product and sales for Erie Insurance. In this role, Smith will oversee Erie’s three product lines — personal, commercial and life insurance — a position he has held in an interim capacity since July 2016. Smith has spent the last eight years — half of his Erie tenure — as senior vice president of personal lines. Prior to that position, he served as a leader in Erie’s actuarial division.
Terrence D. Wright, ACAS, MAAA, has joined Pinnacle Actuarial Resources Inc. as a consulting actuary in the firm’s Atlanta office. Wright has been in the insurance industry since 1998 and has 14 years of consulting experience. His consulting and insurance career has focused on medical professional liability, workers’ compensation, commercial automobile, general liability, product liability, personal automobile and management liability.
