People Moves: Pinnacle Hires Chen as Senior Consulting Actuary; Atain Names Habel VP and Head of Excess Casualty

Pinnacle Actuarial Resources Hires Chen as Senior Consulting Actuary

Pinnacle Actuarial Resources, Inc., based in Bloomington, Ill., hired Michael K. Chen as a senior consulting actuary.

Chen has 20 years of actuarial experience and is returning to Pinnacle. His previous roles include commercial pricing actuary for FBL Financial Group and actuarial analyst for American Republic Insurance Company. Chen is based in Des Moines, Iowa.

Atain Hires Habel as VP and Head of Excess Casualty

Atain Insurance Companies, based in Farmington Hills, Mich., hired Barb Habel as vice president and head of excess casualty. Habel is based in Phoenix, Ariz., and has over 15 years of industry experience.

Before joining Atain, Habel was an executive underwriter at HDI Global Specialty and served for seven years at Core Specialty and Starstone. Before joining the carrier side, she worked for RT Specialty and CRC in Chicago.