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 session will be 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 will 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.
Watch Recorded Webinars
Join Pinnacle Principals and Consulting Actuaries Derek Freihaut and Aaron Hillebrandt as they provide an annual look at the changes of Statements of Actuarial Opinion (SAOs) for the year-end 2024. In this webinar, Derek and Aaron will discuss new SAO requirements and issues that actuaries may expect to manage this year.
Generalized Additive Models (GAMs) are a powerful tool for actuaries, offering a flexible, data-driven approach to modeling continuous variables while maintaining interpretability and avoiding overfitting. They provide a natural extension to Generalized Linear Models (GLMs), with many shared techniques and methods, making GAMs a useful addition to the actuarial toolkit. In this Pinnacle APEX Webinar, Senior Consulting Actuary Radost Wenman will provide a high-level conceptual overview of GAMs, highlighting their role as an extension of GLMs for modeling nonlinearity in continuous variables
Join Pinnacle Senior Consulting Actuary Darcie Truttmann, Consulting Actuaries Trenton Lipka and Juhyun Shin as they discuss the Actuarial Standard Boards recent developments of Actuarial Standards of Practice (ASOPs). The team will discuss updates to ASOPs over the last year, changes to come in 2025 and provide a deep dive into particular ASOPs and best practices. As with other Pinnacle APEX Webinars, professional continuing education (CE) credit may be available for this webinar.