Pinnacle Actuarial Resources announced that three CAS Fellows have joined the firm as consulting actuaries. Legaré W. Gresham, FCAS, MAAA, has over 10 years of experience in the property-casualty practice area. Jing Liu, FCAS, MAAA, is a consulting actuary in the San Francisco office; she has over 15 years of experience in property-casualty insurance in actuarial and underwriting capacities. Radost Wenman, FCAS, MAAA, is a consulting actuary in the San Francisco office. She has over nine years of experience as a pricing actuary in the personal lines segment.
Capital Insurance Group has promoted Andrew J. Doll, FCAS, to vice president and chief operating officer. In his new position, Doll will be responsible for personal, commercial and agriculture lines of business, sales, field operations and customer service. Doll began his insurance career as an actuarial analyst in 1990.
Ben Turner, ACAS, has been named president of Windhaven Insurance, a Texas- and Florida-based company. Turner, who most recently served as senior vice president/chief actuary of Texas Mutual Workers’ Compensation Insurance, was Windhaven’s first chief actuary. He also held senior actuarial roles at Bristol West Insurance and Farmers Insurance Group.
Capital Insurance Group has appointed Brian Janitschke, ACAS, as chief actuary. His responsibilities will include directing the actuarial functions through analysis, evaluation and program development to address all areas of financial risk. Janitschke has over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry in property, casualty and professional liability.
Allen Long, FCAS, was promoted to director, advanced analytics at Amerisure Insurance Co. Long joined Amerisure in 2006 and previously was manager, actuarial predictive analytics.
Argo Group International named Robert Katzman, FCAS, as its chief actuary. Katzman will be responsible for leading the Hamilton, Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer’s global actuarial function. Previously, he served as head of global casualty pricing and analytics at AIG. Katzman will succeed Michael Fusco, FCAS, CERA, who plans to retire after more than 40 years in the insurance industry.
The General Reinsurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway named longtime reinsurance executive Kara Raiguel, FCAS, as its new chief executive officer. Raiguel’s accomplishments at the company have included the formation of a large California workers’ compensation program and entry into India’s reinsurance market.
