diff --git a/examples/SFMExample.cpp b/examples/SFMExample.cpp
index eaabb3ea9..893454936 100644
--- a/examples/SFMExample.cpp
+++ b/examples/SFMExample.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   for (size_t i = 0; i < poses.size(); ++i)
     initialEstimate.insert(Symbol('x', i), poses[i].compose(Pose3(Rot3::Rodrigues(-0.1, 0.2, 0.25), Point3(0.05, -0.10, 0.20))));
   for (size_t j = 0; j < points.size(); ++j)
-    initialEstimate.insert(Symbol('l', j), points[j] + Point3(-0.25, 0.20, 0.15));
+    initialEstimate.insert<Point3>(Symbol('l', j), points[j] + Point3(-0.25, 0.20, 0.15));
   initialEstimate.print("Initial Estimates:\n");
 
   /* Optimize the graph and print results */
diff --git a/examples/SFMExampleExpressions.cpp b/examples/SFMExampleExpressions.cpp
index 8a59100da..30db9144d 100644
--- a/examples/SFMExampleExpressions.cpp
+++ b/examples/SFMExampleExpressions.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   for (size_t i = 0; i < poses.size(); ++i)
     initial.insert(Symbol('x', i), poses[i].compose(delta));
   for (size_t j = 0; j < points.size(); ++j)
-    initial.insert(Symbol('l', j), points[j] + Point3(-0.25, 0.20, 0.15));
+    initial.insert<Point3>(Symbol('l', j), points[j] + Point3(-0.25, 0.20, 0.15));
   cout << "initial error = " << graph.error(initial) << endl;
 
   /* Optimize the graph and print results */
diff --git a/examples/SelfCalibrationExample.cpp b/examples/SelfCalibrationExample.cpp
index 066b16e8a..1c5d155dc 100644
--- a/examples/SelfCalibrationExample.cpp
+++ b/examples/SelfCalibrationExample.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   for (size_t i = 0; i < poses.size(); ++i)
     initialEstimate.insert(Symbol('x', i), poses[i].compose(Pose3(Rot3::Rodrigues(-0.1, 0.2, 0.25), Point3(0.05, -0.10, 0.20))));
   for (size_t j = 0; j < points.size(); ++j)
-    initialEstimate.insert(Symbol('l', j), points[j] + Point3(-0.25, 0.20, 0.15));
+    initialEstimate.insert<Point3>(Symbol('l', j), points[j] + Point3(-0.25, 0.20, 0.15));
 
   /* Optimize the graph and print results */
   Values result = DoglegOptimizer(graph, initialEstimate).optimize();
diff --git a/examples/VisualISAM2Example.cpp b/examples/VisualISAM2Example.cpp
index c0b4b5b0a..78bc463ec 100644
--- a/examples/VisualISAM2Example.cpp
+++ b/examples/VisualISAM2Example.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
       // Add initial guesses to all observed landmarks
       // Intentionally initialize the variables off from the ground truth
       for (size_t j = 0; j < points.size(); ++j)
-        initialEstimate.insert(Symbol('l', j), points[j] +Point3(-0.25, 0.20, 0.15));
+        initialEstimate.insert<Point3>(Symbol('l', j), points[j] +Point3(-0.25, 0.20, 0.15));
 
     } else {
       // Update iSAM with the new factors