Great American’s Property and Casualty Group has promoted Lisa A. Hays, FCAS, CPCU, to vice president and chief actuary. Hays has over 25 years of industry experience in the areas of pricing, reserving, reinsurance, product management, strategic planning and predictive analytics.
Terri Dalenta, FCAS, has joined Grange Insurance as executive vice president, CFO. In this role, Dalenta will lead Grange’s financial management, enterprise risk management and investments, as well as maintain the company’s financial strength. Dalenta most recently served as SVP of property product management for Allstate Insurance in Chicago. Prior to Allstate, Dalenta served as EVP and chief risk officer for Aviva North America and as chief risk officer and corporate chief actuary for Safeco Insurance.
Main Street America has appointed Daniel D. Blau, FCAS, as an assistant secretary in its Jacksonville headquarters. Blau is responsible for defining and directing actuarial efforts to achieve Main Street America’s desired loss ratio, production, profit and growth objectives in personal lines through pricing and rate structure strategies. Blau joined Main Street America in 2014 from Hartford Financial Services where he led research, product development and pricing efforts in personal lines.
Jamie Shooks, FCAS, MAAA, has joined Milliman, Inc. as a consulting actuary in the Philadelphia office. Prior to joining Milliman, Shooks worked at The RiverStone Group, supporting merger & acquisition due diligence and analysis of long-tail lines. He previously held positions in the risk management department of PulteGroup, Inc.
Longtime reinsurance executive, Kara Raiguel, FCAS, MAAA, has been named CEO for the Gen Re Corp. unit of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Ajit Jain, who oversees Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group, describes Raiguel as his “secret weapon” for ten years and a “true renaissance woman in the insurance and reinsurance industry.” Raiguel’s work includes the creation of a large California workers’ compensation program and a foray into India’s reinsurance market. Her first priority is to decide how best to add business without sacrificing underwriting discipline and business integrity.
Dustin Loeffler, FCAS, has been promoted to director with Aon Benfield. Loeffler is based in Aon Benfield’s Chicago office and has been an associate director with the reinsurance broker since February 2013. He provides analytic support to clients to aid in their reinsurance purchasing decisions with primary responsibility on all of Aon Benfield’s surety placements. Loeffler previously worked for CNA Insurance in Chicago and Horace Mann Insurance in Springfield, Illinois.
