What Are Pinnacle APEX Webinars?
Pinnacle's APEX Webinar is a free, monthly webinar series discussing some of the most timely, interesting and important issues facing the property and casualty industry. Our APEX Webinars are hosted by Pinnacle thought leaders and cover a variety of subjects, key sectors and lines of business. Topics in recent years have included inflation, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, cyber security, medical professional liability, predictive analytics, Florida homeowners insurance updates and so much more.
The dives are deep, and provide attendees with critical details from every corner of the property and casualty industry. Now in our second decade, Pinnacle APEX Webinars remain a go-to source of high-quality information and discussion. Generally held on the third Thursday of every month, APEX Webinars as so well regarded they often qualify for the actuarial profession's continuous education requirement.
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Upcoming Webinars
This webinar will provide a foundational understanding of simulated and synthetic tabular data and their value propositions. Senior Consulting Actuaries Gary Wang and Michael Chen will cover the key concepts, generation methods, and explore the value, considerations and limitations of simulated and synthetic tabular data through examples.
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This session is an overview of captive insurance coverages and a deep dive into the various actuarial considerations when developing pricing indications. Consulting Actuaries Jordan Paszek and Sara Chen cover several common captive rating techniques and walk through a few examples of the key considerations actuaries make when applying pricing methodologies and selecting particular techniques.
The backstop behind a captive insurance company's premium and loss reserves is its capital and surplus. For this APEX Webinar, Pinnacle Director and Consulting Actuary Daniel Linton and Consulting Actuary Nicholas Gurgone discussed the adequacy of a captive’s capital and how the capital need can change over its life span. Daniel and Nick also covered how both underwriting risk and asset risk impact a captive’s capital position, and explored deterministic and stochastic methods, as well as potential uses of free capital.
Pinnacle Principal and Consulting Actuary Rob Walling was joined by Nate Reznicek, president of Captives.Insure, and Jeff Simpson, partner at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, to discuss recent IRS regulations impacting captives taking 831(b) elections. The group touched on all the relevant changes, including the important regulations related to classifying micro-captive transactions. The presenters also covered updated loss ratio thresholds, reporting requirements and potential penalties and detail how the new IRS regulations may impact captive insurance strategies.