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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Governmental risk pools serve a critical role for the availability and affordability of insurance coverage for all kinds of public entities, including cities, counties, school districts, and a host of others. Risk pools not only provide insurance coverage to their members but also add value with additional benefits such as loss control initiatives, grant programs, and supplemental training. Just like the private sector, the public entity insurance market is continually evolving. For this APEX, Senior Consulting Actuary Daniel Linton and Consulting Actuary Nicole McArdle will provide an
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Pinnacle team members Erich Brandt, Greg Fears, Brittany Henrich and Steve Jagodzinski will provide year-end 2022 updates to our annual Risk Retention Group Benchmarking Study. The group will do a deep-dive into the current state of RRGs, including a look at industry-level RRG financial statement data with trends and comparisons to the admitted market.
The natural language processing tool ChatGPT has captured great attention with its ability to compose essays, have philosophical conversations and even write code. This Pinnacle APEX Webinar will discuss ChatGPT from a predictive analytics perspective. Pinnacle Senior Consulting Actuaries Gary Wang and Michael Chen will discuss their concerns with the increased use of ChatGPT and what excites them most about the capabilities of ChatGPT. Gary and Michael will also discuss the immediately useful aspects of ChatGPT and how they view its future.
For this APEX Webinar, Pinnacle Consulting Actuaries Patrick Newell and Jordan Paszek will discuss various actuarial considerations when developing pricing indications, specifically for captives. The session will be an essential overview of several common captive rating techniques, and an analysis of the key considerations actuaries make when applying pricing methodologies and selecting particular techniques.