Pinnacle Actuarial Resources (Pinnacle) has hired Gaétan Veilleux, Travis Murnan and Kunshan Yin to enhance its expertise in modelling, data science and risk analytics. Veilleux, Murnan and Yin have all joined Pinnacle from managerial and leadership roles at leading insurance organisations Veilleux, who will take on the role of senior consulting actuary, joins from USAA where he worked as an actuary since 2011. He has been in the property and casualty industry for more than 20 years and has experience in predictive modelling for personal and commercial lines of insurance. Murnan, who joins as consulting actuary, previously worked at Lockton Companies as a senior risk analyst. He has been present in the property and casualty industry since 2012 in a variety of actuarial, analytic and managerial roles, specialising in the design, development, implementation and management of analytical models for a variety of applications. Taking on the role of consulting actuary, Yin has extensive experience in predictive modelling and risk management and has been in the insurance and financial services industries since 2007. Yin is a data scientist with a comprehensive background in computational mathematics, economics and statistics. Commenting on the three new hires, Joe Herbers, managing principal, says: “Gaétan Veilleux, Travis Murnan and Kunshan Yin are talented professionals and we’re extremely pleased to welcome them to Pinnacle.” He adds: “They have many years of combined industry experience and are skilled and innovative actuaries. They will augment our deep bench of consultants and help us continue our leadership in the property and casualty industry.”
