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John E. Wade
Arthur R. Randolph II
Robert J. Walling III
Linda K. Brobeck
Timothy C. Mosler
Roosevelt C. Mosley Jr.
Kathryn A. Walker
Pinnacle was great to work with and cooperated well with my folks.
Pinnacle’s consultants have provided both testimony and expert reports in a wide variety of administrative hearings, lawsuits, arbitrations and other proceedings.
Pinnacle has consultants who are experienced as expert witnesses in arbitrations and also ARIAS-certified arbitrators.
Pinnacle strives to construct benchmarks for any analysis, whether ratemaking, loss reserving or some other use, as close as possible to replicating the nature of the underlying data being reviewed.
Pinnacle provides special interest seminars for attorneys that include loss reserving, ratemaking and valuation to explain key issues and best practices.
Pinnacle has experience working with large datasets and creating models to assess damages and develop scenario outcomes.
As property/casualty insurance and financial litigation continues to grow in complexity, it is essential that you have independent, credible and expert actuaries who can explain actuarial matters clearly and effectively.
From routine business support to complex litigation, you need independent actuaries you can trust and understand. Coupled with a solid reputation for credibility, we have extensive experience handling new license applications, complex litigation, class actions, arbitration, administrative hearings and other contractual disputes.
As well, we are seasoned actuarial litigation experts who can support your efforts to make your case as strong as possible through expert testimony where needed. To help you build a better case, we will successfully sort through challenging issues and finer details to identify key arguments, create resolution scenarios and assess financial damage.
Our actuarial litigation support team has extensive experience supporting insurer in-house legal staff for law firms and their clients, as well as presenting testimony before legislative bodies, administrative rate hearings, special panels and federal, state and county courts. We can serve in all US jurisdictions, and our clients include insurers, banks, self-insured companies, captives and state insurance departments.
Pinnacle’s experience assisting law firms includes coverages such as:
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Pinnacle has developed an excellent working knowledge of state rate regulatory requirements and in challenging states such as California, Florida and Texas.
In California, Pinnacle has provided expert witness testimony in support of insurer rate requests on numerous occasions, covering issues such as the treatment of reinsurance costs in catastrophe ratemaking, auto classification plans and appropriate trends for auto insurance.
In Florida, Pinnacle consultants have assisted insurers with homeowner rate filings before the Office of Insurance Regulation addressing such issues as territorial ratemaking, catastrophe loads and appropriate trend selections.
In Texas, Pinnacle provided expert witness testimony to the Insurance Commissioner as part of the 2003 rate regulatory reforms. Since then, Pinnacle has assisted insurers with contested personal lines rate requests.
Asbestos Liabilities More »
In 2009, Pinnacle provided expert testimony about the evolution of insurance industry asbestos liabilities in an arbitration hearing among several insurance companies and a pool manager. This assignment drew on our knowledge of the history of insurance industry asbestos liabilities, e.g., the evolution of the legal aspects surrounding coverage determinations, the interplay of primary, excess and reinsurance contracts, the history of failed attempts to control the problem and the impact of bankruptcies among other factors. The assignment also drew on our mass tort / latent liability reserving expertise.
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A state medical society asked Pinnacle to evaluate the impact of a change in the state’s damage caps for non-economic damages for medical professional liability. Pinnacle worked with the medical society to identify the most appropriate claims databases to assess the legislation’s potential impact. Our detailed analysis not only considered data from that state, but several others to stress test the results and provide a range of reasonable outcomes. In addition, we performed a thorough analysis of how the state compared to other states in terms of the availability and affordability of medical professional liability insurance coverage, insurer operating results for the line, and access to healthcare in the states. Through this industry analysis, we identified differences well beyond a simple loss limitation and provide a more complete review of potential environmental changes that could be expected in the state.
At Pinnacle, we partner with you to explore whatever path it takes to find the answers you need.
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June 24, 2018 NAMIC Management Conference
June 26, 2018 Underwriting Collaboration Seminar