Pinnacle Actuarial Resources has promoted Laura Maxwell to director and consulting actuary and Jordan Paszek to consulting actuary. Maxwell, who joined Pinnacle in 2005, has been in the property and casualty industry since 1987 and has served as a consultant since 2003. She has participated on a number of key committees within the profession and is a speaker and published author on a variety of essential insurance industry topics including automobile liability, homeowners, cyber risk and workers’ compensation, among others. The focus of her actuarial practice includes public entities, enterprise risk management, loss reserving, predictive analytics and others. Paszek has been with Pinnacle since 2015, most recently in an associate actuary role. He has contributed to the analyses for multiple group captives and insurance companies in a variety of roles and has extensive experience conducting actuarial studies for captives, self-insureds and traditional insurance companies involving loss reserving, loss cost projections, risk margin calculations, simulation methods and commercial lines ratemaking. Pinnacle’s managing principal Joe Herbers says: “These are two important promotions of key members of our outstanding professional staff. There are few in our industry with more industry knowledge and actuarial expertise than Laura Maxwell. She is a highly regarded consultant and authority on professionalism considerations and actuarial standards of practice. Maxwell is a model of integrity for our firm and industry.” Herbers adds: “The firm is delighted to congratulate Jordan Paszek on his promotion to consulting actuary. He is a talented practitioner with a commitment to delivering a high-level of customer service. We believe Paszek will be an excellent addition to our consulting team,” Herbers concludes.
