Christopher S. Carlson 
FCAS, MAAA

Mr. Carlson is a Consultant with Pinnacle Actuarial Resources, Inc., in the Dublin, Ohio office. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Oregon in Eugene and also attended Valparaiso University. He has worked in the insurance industry since 1979.

Mr. Carlson is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. He is currently the President of the Casualty Actuarial Society. Previously, he has served the CAS in various other capacities including as a member of the Board of Directors, Vice President of Professional Education, member of the Executive Council, Chairman of the Ratemaking Research Committee, Chairman of the Ratemaking Seminar Committee and faculty member of the Ratemaking Seminar, Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar and Predictive Modeling Seminar. Mr. Carlson is a frequent speaker at industry meetings on topics related to personal lines pricing and actuarial standards of practice.

Mr. Carlson was a member of the Casualty Committee of the Actuarial Standards Board from 1997 through 2006 and served as the Committee Chair in 2005 and 2006. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Actuaries.

Prior to joining Pinnacle in 2005, Mr. Carlson was employed for over twenty-five years with the Nationwide Insurance Companies. His varied assignments included personal lines ratemaking in automobile and homeowners, rate filings and regulatory compliance, reserving in the personal and commercial lines as well as assumed reinsurance. He provided actuarial assistance to a subsidiary third party claims administrator. His involvement with assumed reinsurance included analysis of asbestos and environmental liability both in the U.S. and London Markets and analysis of various potential commutation opportunities. He was involved in due diligence teams in the review of potential acquisition candidates.



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Telephone: (614) 602-6594
Email: ccarlson@pinnacleactuaries.com