Michael Chen has returned to Pinnacle Actuarial Resources (Pinnacle) as a senior consulting actuary. Based in Iowa, Chen will focus on applying predictive analytics techniques to the insurance process, performing actuarial analyses and furthering machine learning research. From 2014 to 2020, Chen served as a consulting actuary at Pinnacle. Chen has more than 20 years of actuarial experience including as a commercial pricing actuary for FBL Financial Group and actuarial analyst for American Republic Insurance Company. Prior to his reinstatement at Pinnacle, Chen worked as an associate director then director at Willis Towers Watson. Pinnacle’s managing principal Joe Herbers, comments: “It gives us great satisfaction when accomplished professionals like Michael return to our organisation.”