Personal Information

Address:	79 Mudge Pond Rd PO Box 245 Sharon, CT 06069
Phone:	860-364-5816
Cell:	860-866-7145
Fax:	860-364-5318

Current Employment

Company:	Azure Advisors, Inc
Position(s) and Responsibilities:	Principal and Sole Shareholder
Address:	445 Park Avenue 9th Floor New York, NY 10022
Phone:	212-223-1606
Cell:	860-866 -7145
Fax:	212-223-1607
Email:	pedassenko@aol.com

Offering Services as Expert Witness in:

Casualty Underwriting, Excess of Loss Reinsurance Agreements, Facultative Certificates, Insurance Underwriting, Liability Underwriting, Professional Liability Underwriting, Pro Rata / Quota Share Reinsurance Agreements, Insurance Claims, Commutations, Finite / Financial Reinsurance / Alternative Risk, Fronting Arrangements, Insolvencies, Surplus Relief Contracts

Previous Employment

Company:	Converium Reinsurance (North America) Inc.
Position(s) and Responsibilities:	President & CEO

Company:	GIO Insurance Ltd., Sydney, Australia (1999-2000)
Position(s) and Responsibilities:	Managing Director

Company:	Transit Casualty Company in Receivership (1989 - 1994)
Position(s) and Responsibilities:	Director of Insurance Operations & Senior Officer

Company:	Tretis Group, Inc. (Reinsurance Intermediary) (1986 - 1988)
Position(s) and Responsibilities:	Principal

Credentials

Attorney:	Yes
Education:	Advanced Management Program, IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland - 2002 Juris Doctor, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law - 1982 B.A., Walla Walla University, Majors in Business Administration & Spanish - 1974
Degrees:	J.D., B.A.
Designations:	Admitted to State Bar of California - 1979
Languages:	Spanish - Experience in conducting a hearing with testimony in Spanish, documents in Spanish and a written decision in Spanish.
Other Information:	Liquidation: Six years of insurance experience were as Senior Officer of property-casualty company in liquidation. Arbitration: Sixteen years of experience is as an arbitrator.

Work Experience

Insurance Company: 12 years

Underwriting Department: 2 years.

Executive Officer (CEO, COO, CFO, Chief Actuary): 10 years.

Reinsurance Company: 14 years

Underwriting Department: 8 years.

Executive Officer (CEO, COO, CFO, Chief Actuary): 6 years.

Insurance-related Firms: 4 years

Broker: 4 years. Senior Broker & Executive Office, Production

Independent/Other Relevant Experience: 4 years

Independent/Unaffiliated Arbitrator, Umpire and/or Mediator: 4 years. Arbitrator, Umpire, Mediator, Expert Witness & Consultant

Breakdown of Experience

Commutations   15% Asbestos   7% Finite   7% Insolvencies   5% MGA/MGU   5% Product Liability   5% Toxic Tort   5% Worker's Compensation   5% Commercial Liability   5% Environmental/Pollution   5% Commercial Property   3%

Construction Defects   3% Excess/Surplus Lines   2% Fidelity & Surety   2% Directors & Officers   2% Energy   2% Automotive Liability/Property   2% Agricultural   2% Catastrophes (Casualty)   2% Catastrophes (Property)   2% Professional Liability/Errors & Omissions   2% Personal Lines   2%

Product/Consumer Warranties   2% Intellectual Property   1% Libel/Slander/Media Liability   1% Accident & Health   1% Alternative/Self-Insurance/Risk Management   1% Architects & Engineers   1% Bad Faith/ECO   1% Captives/Risk Retention Groups   1% Contract Wording   1%

Insurance vs. Reinsurance: 60/40%
Treaty vs. Facultative Reinsurance: 80/20%
Current Insurance or Reinsurance Company Director

Mediation Experience

Number of Mediations

As Mediator: 5

As Counsel: 1

ARIAS Experience

Ethics Training, as Trainee: 1; September 2009

ARIAS Conference Faculty: 5; Fall 2002, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2009

Arbitration Experience

Number of Arbitrations

As an Arbitrator: 149
As an Umpire: 47
As Employee Manager: 14

Arbitrator Experience

Number of Arbitrations

11	Appointed as an arbitrator.
5	Acted as an arbitrator through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage.
61	Acted as an arbitrator through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage and the resolution of significant pre-hearing motions.
2	Acted as an arbitrator through an evidentiary hearing of at least one full day and less than three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.
2	Acted as an arbitrator through an evidentiary hearing of at least three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.
14	Acted as an arbitrator through to final award after completion of an evidentiary hearing of at least one full day and less than three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.
54	Acted as an arbitrator through to final award after completion of an evidentiary hearing of at least three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.

Umpire Experience

Number of Arbitrations

1	Appointed as an umpire.
5	Acted as an umpire through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage.
18	Acted as an umpire through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage and the resolution of significant pre-hearing motions.
2	Acted as an umpire through to final award after completion of an evidentiary hearing of at least one full day and less than three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.
21	Acted as an umpire through to final award after completion of an evidentiary hearing of at least three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.

Employee Manager Experience

Number of Arbitrations

4	Employee Manager of arbitration through evidentiary hearing of at least one full day and less than three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.
10	Employee Manager of arbitration through evidentiary hearing of at least three full day regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.

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