Pinnacle Actuarial Resources (Pinnacle) appoints Mitch Caster as consulting actuary, effective February 2026. In his new role, Caster serves as the lead analyst and project manager for insurance companies, performing both interim and year-end loss reserve analyses. He also provides funding studies for prospective captive group members and single-parent captive programmes. Caster brings extensive experience in assignments involving loss cost projections and financial analyses of insurance companies. He has worked extensively with feasibility studies for group captive insurers, with experience ranging from traditional lines, such as workers' compensation and general liability, to unique coverages tailored specifically to the group or single-parent captive. Prior to his current appointment, Caster served as an associate actuary at Pinnacle from August 2024 to February 2026. He first joined the firm in September 2019 and was promoted to senior actuarial analyst in August 2022. His earlier career includes serving as a statistical reporting analyst at State Auto Insurance and completing an insurance internship at Verbarg Risk Management-Allstate. Pinnacle is an independent actuarial consulting firm that maintains a significant market presence within the captive and alternative risk sectors. The firm provides specialised expertise in the design and analysis of various alternative risk transfer (ART) programmes, including single-parent, group, and association captives, as well as risk retention groups and segregated cells.
