Current Employment

Company:	Disputes Resolved, LLC
Position(s) and Responsibilities:	President Providing Arbitration/Mediation/Consultation services for the insurance and reinsurance professions
Address:	374 Cassell Court Wilmington, DE 19803-6400
Phone:	302-475-2373
Cell:	302-507-3238 (preferred)
Fax:	302-475-8980
Email:	jdattner6163@verizon.net

Offering Services as Expert Witness in:

Asbestos Claims, Pollution Claims, Reinsurance Claims, Toxic Tort Claims

Previous Employment

Company:

General Reinsurance Corp., Stamford, CT: July, 1978 to January 2006 (retired)

Position(s) and Responsibilities:

Vice President, Manager of Environmental Mass Tort Claims Unit since 1984, the first such unit in the U.S. reinsurance industry to handle asbestos, pollution and other mass tort claims. Promoted to Assistant Vice President in 1984, Second Vice President in 1986, and Vice President in 1990. Supervised all assumed reinsurance, direct excess and primary level environmental and mass tort (EMT) claims and operations involving all domestic members of the General Re Group. Duties included: (1) Manager of unit, technical supervision of all major EMT claims; (2) Primary retrocessional claim reporting and recovery responsibility from London and all domestic retrocessionaires on ceded business; (3) Administrative responsibilities, including personnel evaluation and budgeting for EMT Unit; (4) Public speaking on major insurance/reinsurance issues at seminars; (5) Preparation and presentation of training programs for internal and external clients. Employed since 1978---prior positions held included Claim Attorney and Assistant Secretary (1981).

Company:	North American Reinsurance Corp., New York City, July,1977-July, 78
Position(s) and Responsibilities:	Claim Consultant, responsible for supervision of treaty reinsurance claims arising out of assigned accounts.

Company:	Market Facilities, Inc., New York City, Sept. 1973-Dec. 1974
Position(s) and Responsibilities:	Claim Supervisor, responsible for supervision of property/casualty excess and surplus lines claims in NY branch office.

Company:	Royal Globe Insurance Company, New York City, June 1970-Sept 1973
Position(s) and Responsibilities:	Home Office Claim Examiner

Credentials

Attorney:	Yes
Education:	Licensed to practice law in New York and Connecticut (voluntarily suspended practice rights in Connecticut in 2009)
Other Information:	Other Credentials Education: 1) St John’s University School of Law, J.D. Degree 1977; 2) St. John’s University, M.A. Degree in Government 1974; 3) Queens College City University of NY, B.A. Degree in Political Science 1969. Professional Organizations: 1) Association for Conflict Resolution, New England Chapter; 2) American Bar Association---TIPS and Dispute Resolution Sections; 3) New York State Bar Association; 4) Environmental Claims Manager Association. Industry Organizations: 1) General Re representative to Coalition for Litigation Justice; 2) Past Chairman of Environmental Liability Committee of the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA); 3) Emerging Issues Working Group of the RAA Civic Associations: President, Village at Brandywine Civic Association, Wilmington, DE Other Experience Editor of the annual edition of the General Re “Environmental Claims Case Law” book 1995-2001 Speaker at numerous internal and industry-sponsored seminars in the United States, Great Britain and Germany on reinsurance and environmental coverage topics Formal mediation training: July 2005--Completed 40 Hour Mediation Training Program sponsored by the University of Connecticut and Quinnipiac University School of Law Center on Dispute Resolution.

Work Experience

Insurance Company: 5 years

Claim Department: 5 years. H.O. Claim Examiner (3 yrs), Branch Claim Supervisor (1.5 yrs)

Reinsurance Company: 29 years

Claim Department: 29 years. Claim Attorney (1 yr); Claim Consultant (6 yrs); Manager of Environmental/Mass Tort claim Unit (21.5 yrs)

Breakdown of Experience

Asbestos   35% Environmental/Pollution   35%

Toxic Tort   25% Product Liability   5%

By Market

U.S. Market: 90%

U.K. Market: 10%

Insurance vs. Reinsurance: 20/80%
Treaty vs. Facultative Reinsurance: 33/67%
Former Insurance or Reinsurance Company Officer

ARIAS Experience

Workshops, as Trainee: 1; March 2005

Ethics Training, as Trainee: 1; May 28, 2009

ARIAS Conference Faculty: 1; Spring 2007

Arbitration Experience

Number of Arbitrations

As an Arbitrator: 25
As an Umpire: 1
As Corporate Representative: 1

Arbitrator Experience

Number of Arbitrations

15	Appointed as an arbitrator.
6	Acted as an arbitrator through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage.
2	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	Acted as an umpire through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage.

Company Representative Experience

Number of Arbitrations

1	Company Representative in arbitration through evidentiary hearing of at least three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.

Biography