Personal Information

Address:	MG Re Arbitrator & Mediator Services, LLC 26 Copper Kettle Rd Trumbull, CT 06611
Phone:	203-378-1230
Cell:	203-556-4049
Email:	gurevitz@aol.com

Current Employment

Company:	The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
Position(s) and Responsibilities:	Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel. Responsible for ceded and assumed reinsurance matters.
Address:	Hartford Plaza 690 Asylum Avenue Hartford, CT 06115
Phone:	860-547-5498
Fax:	860-723-4305
Email:	mgurevitz@thehartford.com

Previous Employment

Company:	White and Williams LLP, Philadelphia, PA
Position(s) and Responsibilities:	Attorney in Commercial Litigation Department. Practice concentration in professional liability and environmental coverage litigation and reinsurance.

Company:

Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, PA

Credentials

Attorney:	Yes
Education:	JD, Temple University School of Law; BA, The Pennsylvania State University
Designations:	Admitted to practice in United States Supreme Court, Third Circuit Court of Appeals, District Courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey and State Courts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut
Other Information:	Founding Board Member, Member of Board of Directors (1994-2002), former President and Chairman of ARIAS-U.S.; original Co-chairman Forms and Procedures Committee; Associate Editor, ARIAS Quarterly; Chairman of ARIAS-U.S. Long Range Planning Committee.

Work Experience

Insurance Company: 19 years

Legal Department: 19 years. Currently Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel (at The Hartford 1991 - present)

Reinsurance Company: 12 years

Legal Department: 12 years. Chief lawyer for Hart Re (concurrent with Insurance Company experience)

Law Firm (Insurance/Reinsurance Practice): 6 years

Associate: 6 years. White and Williams, Philadelphia, PA (1985-1991)

Independent/Other Relevant Experience: 6 years

Other: 6 years. Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, PA (1980-1985); Associate, McNees, Wallace & Nurick (1979-1980)

Breakdown of Experience

Asbestos   10% Commutations   10% Contract Wording   10% Environmental/Pollution   10% Excess/Surplus Lines   5% Captives/Risk Retention Groups   5% Finite   5%

Insolvencies   5% Life   5% MGA/MGU   5% Professional Liability/Errors & Omissions   5% Regulatory/Licensing   5% Toxic Tort   5% Catastrophes (Property)   5%

Alternative/Self-Insurance/Risk Management   2% Worker's Compensation   2% Catastrophes (Casualty)   2% Bad Faith/ECO   2% Fidelity & Surety   2%

By Market

U.S. Market: 75%

U.K. Market: 10%

Bermuda/Off-shore Market: 10%

European Market: 5%

Insurance vs. Reinsurance: 25/75%
Treaty vs. Facultative Reinsurance: 50/50%
Current Insurance or Reinsurance Company Officer
Current Insurance or Reinsurance Company Director

Mediation Experience

Number of Mediations

As Counsel: 4

ARIAS Experience

Ethics Training, as Trainee: 1; February 2010

ARIAS Conference Faculty: 6; Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010

Arbitration Experience

Number of Arbitrations

As an Arbitrator: 16
As an Umpire: 3
As Employee Manager: 85
As Corporate Representative: 15

Arbitrator Experience

Number of Arbitrations

7	Appointed as an arbitrator.
6	Acted as an arbitrator through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage.
1	Acted as an arbitrator through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage and the resolution of significant pre-hearing motions.
1	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.
1	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.
1	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.
1	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

55	Employee Manager of arbitration through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage.
20	Employee Manager of arbitration through pre-hearing briefs.
10	Employee Manager of arbitration through evidentiary hearing of at least three full day regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.

Company Representative Experience

Number of Arbitrations

10	Company Representative in arbitration through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage.
5	Company Representative in arbitration through evidentiary hearing of at least three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.

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