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Work Experience
Current director of an insurance or reinsurance company: No
Former director of an insurance or reinsurance company: Yes
Current officer of an insurance or reinsurance company: Yes
Former officer of an insurance or reinsurance company: Yes
Insurance Company: Claim Department
Reinsurance Department: Claim Department
Other Work Experience: Consultant, Independent/Unaffiliated Arbitrator, Umpire and/or Mediator
Breakdown of Experience
Alternative/ Self Insurance/ Risk Management: Have handled numerous assumed claims involved a deductible or SIR including the nationwide book of fraternity claims.
Architects & Engineers: Have handled assumed A&E claims for over 25 years
Asbestos: Managed numerous assumed reinsurance accounts involving asbestos losses. Also, participated in an arbitration on an asbestos matter.
Automobile Liability/Property: On direct side handled auto/property claims for Liberty Mutual. On the reinsurance side, handled hundreds of auto/property claims for cedents in US. Also audited UK auto claims.
Aviation: Have audited the claims of an aviation company many years ago. No current experience.
Bad Faith/Eco: Served as Expert Witness in a BF matter. Have experienced dozens of BF related matters as an assumed reinsurer.
Captives/Risk Retention Groups: As a Consultant, managed TPA for Risk Retention Group writing nationwide fraternity business.
As a reinsurer, audit and handle assumed claims for numerous medical malpractice RRG's.
Catastrophes (Casualty): As an assumed reinsurer.
Catastrophes (Property): As a reinsurer, have handled numerous property catastrophe losses as well as audited numerous cedents.
Commercial Liability: Handle all commercial casualty claims
Commercial Property: As an assumed reinsurer and arbitrator.
Commutations: Evaluated and negotiated numerous commutations for assumed and ceded business.
Construction Defects: As an assumed reinsurer.
Contract Wording: Served on the RAA Contract Wording Committee many years ago. Have testified as an expert on various contract wording issues.
Directors & Officers: As an assumed reinsurer.
Employment Practices Liability: As an assumed reinsurer.
Environmental/Pollution: As an assumer reinsurer and arbitrator.
Excess/Surplus Lines: Responsible for managing assumed claims and auditing XS Lines companies.
Fidelity &, Surety: As an assumed reinsurer.
Financial Guarantee: none
Finite: Have managed assumed claims and reported to a finite reinsurer on claims developments.
Healthcare: Significant experience handling and auditing medical malpractice claims.
Insolvencies: Have experience managing the insolvent reinsurers/retrocessionaires including filing proofs of loss and dealing with the Trustee in Bankruptcy and Guaranty Funds.
International: Have experience auditing UK, Ireland and Scotland Motor claims
Libel/Slander/Media Liability: As an assumer reinsurer.
Life: none
Lloyd's: Worked for Chartwell Advisers Ltd conducting due diligence reviews of Lloyd's Syndicates seeking corporate capital.
London Company Market: Have worked as a consultant performing claims reviews on behalf of the Lloyd's Company Market.
MGA/MGU: Significant experience with managing and/or auditing the claims staff of MGA's writing liability business.
Ocean Marine: Handled Jones Act claims as an adjuster for Liberty Mutual. Audited OM accounts as a consultant for the Bermuda Market
Personal Lines: Have handled all personal lines claims as a claims adjuster including auto, homeowners and personal umbrella
Political Risk : None
Product Liability: As an assumed reinsurer.
Product/Consumer Warranties: As an assumed reinsurer.
Professional Liability/Errors &, Omissions: As an assumed reinsurer.
Regulatory/Licensing: None
Third Party Administrator: Significant experience. See above.
Toxic Tort: As an assumed reinsurer.
Workers' Compensation: Handled WC as a claims adjuster for Liberty Mutual.
Managed two TPA's for fronting companies writing nationwide WC business for over 20 years.
ARIAS Experience
ARIAS Conference Faculty: 1
Other Approved Training: ARIAS Member since 2004
Workshops, as Trainee: No
Arbitration Experience
Number of Arbitrations as an Arbitrator: 16
Number of Appointments as Arbitrator: 16
Completed Arbitrations as Arbitrator: 6
Number of Arbitrations as Outside Counsel: n/a
Arbitration Experience: As Corporate Representative: 25
Biography
Claims consultant and former insurance and reinsurance company senior executive with significant experience in casualty lines of business including Worker's Compensation, Commercial Automobile, Medical Malpractice and other professional including Architects and Engineers and E&O/D&O.
Have extensive experience auditing and managing third party administrators. Created and managed environmental unit at former company to handle large and newly acquired book of asbestos and environmental losses.
Have knowledge of and experience working in London Market. Have performed claims reviews at both London Companies and Lloyd's Syndicates.
Have been retained as expert witness on ECO, Workers Compensation claims handling and reserving, and an arbitration involving black car losses.
Have performed numerous pre-binding, active and run-off claims reviews as both claims executive and reinsurance consultant.
Have performed numerous due diligence claims reviews involving potential acquisitions of both companies and loss portfolios.
Have participated in the analysis and negotiation of both assumed and ceded commutations.
Have extensive experience auditing and managing third party administrators. Created and managed environmental unit at former company to handle large and newly acquired book of asbestos and environmental losses.
Have knowledge of and experience working in London Market. Have performed claims reviews at both London Companies and Lloyd's Syndicates.
Have been retained as expert witness on ECO, Workers Compensation claims handling and reserving, and an arbitration involving black car losses.
Have performed numerous pre-binding, active and run-off claims reviews as both claims executive and reinsurance consultant.
Have performed numerous due diligence claims reviews involving potential acquisitions of both companies and loss portfolios.
Have participated in the analysis and negotiation of both assumed and ceded commutations.