Anusha Anantharaju, FCAS, MAAA, has joined IFG Companies as assistant vice president in the corporate actuarial department. She will be responsible for the strategic application of predictive analytics for use in underwriting, production processing and other targeted areas. Anantharaju brings seven years of progressive experience in predictive modeling, pricing, reserving and reporting within the property-casualty insurance industry. Most recently, Anantharaju worked as an assistant actuary at Liberty International Underwriters in its energy and construction areas.
Kinsale Capital Group has promoted Brian D. Haney, FCAS, MAAA, to the position of chief operating officer. Haney’s responsibilities will include Kinsale’s underwriting operations and investor relations. Haney has been Kinsale’s chief actuary since the company’s founding in 2009. Prior to joining Kinsale, Haney held the chief actuary position at James River Insurance Company and Colony Insurance Company.
R. Berkley Corporation has appointed Dana R. Frantz, FCAS, MAAA, as vice president-corporate actuary. Frantz, who joined W. R. Berkley Corporation in 2010 as assistant vice president – corporate actuary, has over 15 years of actuarial experience. She holds a BS in mathematics from the Pennsylvania State University and a MBA from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Ted Wagner, FCAS, MAAA, has joined The Warranty Group as executive vice president and global chief underwriting and actuarial officer. In this role, he will be responsible for the organization’s global underwriting and actuarial functions. Wagner brings nearly 25 years’ experience to the role having previously held a variety of positions at Amerisure Insurance Company including both chief actuary and chief underwriting officer.
Vincent T. Donnelly, FCAS, MAAA, received the 2015 Franklin Award from the Philadelphia CPCU Society Chapter. The annual award recognizes individuals, groups or organizations for outstanding achievements and contributions to the insurance industry in the Delaware Valley. Donnelly is the president and chief executive officer of PMA Companies, a role he has held since 2004. He also serves as president and chief operating officer of the PMA Insurance Group.
Charles F. “Chap” Cook, FCAS, CPCU; Bob Daino, FCAS; Owen Gleeson, FCAS, Ph.D; and Lawrence Williams, ACAS, have organized their consulting practice as MBA Actuaries LLC, and are now located in Parsippany, New Jersey. All are insurance, reinsurance and expert witness veterans, as well as members of the American Academy of Actuaries. Their combined years of experience as seasoned property-casualty actuaries create an excellent dynamic when complex, new and unusual solutions are required. Insurance, reinsurance and expert witness veterans.
Tom DeFalco, FCAS, MAAA, retired from NJM Insurance Group on May 1, 2015 as vice president and chief actuary after 30 years of service. During his tenure at NJM, the actuarial function grew from one actuary to a total of 14 employees and four members of the department achieved ACAS and three FCAS. DeFalco served on essentially all New Jersey-specific actuarial committees over the past 30 years. He was most notably involved in the transition from the large residual market of the 1980s and his work on the Territorial Study Commission in the early 2000s. He will continue to serve on several CAS and Academy committees, panels and task forces, including the Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting and the Actuarial Standards Board Casualty Committee.
