Dave Moore, FCAS, CERA, MAAA, has started his own consulting practice, Moore Actuarial Consulting, LLC, in Elmhurst, IL. Moore is president and consulting actuary in the firm, which specializes in pricing and reserving for management and professional liability, warranty and other standard commercial lines. Moore previously was vice president and senior actuarial officer for CNA.
Timothy C. Mosler, FCAS, MAAA, has joined Pinnacle Actuarial Resources, Inc. as a senior consulting actuary in the firm’s Atlanta office. Since 2001, he was a senior consultant with Towers Watson, where his practice focused on medical professional liability (MPL) and workers’ compensation. Prior to that, Mosler was an actuarial consultant for the National Council on Compensation Insurance in Boca Raton, FL. Mosler currently serves on the CAS Member Advisory Panel and the CAS Committee on Health Care Issues. He is recognized in the industry for his work with MPL and workers’ compensation clients including health care systems, corporations and commercial insurers.
James L. Norris, FCAS, CERA, has been named the new chief actuary for Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC. Norris will be responsible for Atlas’ actuarial and analytic areas while helping to identify and research profitable growth opportunities nationwide. He will be based in Dallas, Texas. Prior to joining Atlas, Norris was the president of Lapis Resources, where he performed actuarial consulting for a variety of insurance and reinsurance companies as well as Atlas.
Stephen Lowe, FCAS, CERA, and coauthors Tim Hodgson and Liang Yin of Towers Watson, were awarded one of three prizes given for best paper in the category of financial and enterprise risk at the 2014 International Congress of Actuaries (ICA). The paper, “Risk Appetite Revisited,” was one of over 225 papers and presentations in seven tracks delivered during the Congress: life; pensions, employee benefits social security; professionalism and education; financial and enterprise risk; consulting; health; and non-life. Each paper was awarded a USD $1,000 prize. For a list of all the prize-winning papers, visit the ICA 2014 website at www.ICA2014.org.
