Current Employment

Company:	Self-employed Management Services Contractor, Consultant and Arbitrator
Position(s) and Responsibilities:	Recent assignments: served as a party-appointed arbitrator in an insurance/reinsurance dispute, served as the Interim President overseeing the wind-down and run-off of an insolvent HMO, currently serving as a Consultant overseeing the wind-down and run-off of a multi-university risk retention group in addition to serving as an expert witness in a complex D&O insurance lawsuit.
Address:	109 Allendale Way Camp Hill, PA 17011
Phone:	717-763-0230
Cell:	717-919-1678
Email:	georgegrode@gmail.com

Offering Services as Expert Witness in:

Accident and Health Claims, Medical Malpractice Claims, Insolvencies, Regulatory / Compliance

Previous Employment

Company:	Self-employed Management Services Contractor and Arbitrator
Position(s) and Responsibilities:	Interim CEO, Ion Health Inc., overseeing all financial, operational and regulatory aspects of the funded wind-down and run-off of an HMO in Erie, PA. Simultaneously serving as an arbitrator of disputes among independently licensed plans and their affiliates within the Blue Cross Blue Shield system and insurance/insurance and insurance/reinsurance disputes.

Company:

Highmark, Inc., Pittsburgh and Camp Hill, PA (1987 – 2003)

Position(s) and Responsibilities:

Executive Vice President for Government Business and Corporate Affairs. Served as one of three most senior officers of a diversified insurer (health, life and casualty, stop loss, workmen’s comp, dental and vision) with over 23 million policyholders nationwide. Responsibilities included oversight of government contracts, external affairs, most subsidiary operations and, for interim periods, legal services and corporate compliance.

Company:	Pennsylvania Insurance Department (1985 – 1987)
Position(s) and Responsibilities:	Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner. Oversaw the regulation of all licensed activity in a major state of domicile for the insurance industry.

Credentials

Attorney:	No
Education:	BA, University of Windsor, Ontario; MPA, City University of New York
Other Information:	Service on the Boards of a hospital malpractice carrier, a life and casualty carrier, three HMO’s, an agency/brokerage and a risk-retention group. Formal mediation training from: Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Work Experience

Insurance Company: 16 years

Executive Officer (CEO, COO, CFO, Chief Actuary): 11 years. EVP

Government Contracts: 5 years. SVP

Insurance-related Firms: 14 years

Run-off Manager: 2 years. Interim CEO

Broker: 5 years. Board Member

TPA: 5 years. Board Member

Consultant: 2 years. Expert Consultant on Defense Strategy, Legal Department of Insurance Holding Company

Independent/Other Relevant Experience: 6 years

Other: 2 years. State Insurance Commissioner

Independent/Unaffiliated Arbitrator, Umpire and/or Mediator: 4 years. Arbitrator

Breakdown of Experience

Accident & Health   25% Healthcare   25% Regulatory/Licensing   10% Professional Liability/Errors & Omissions   5% Insolvencies   5%

Alternative/Self-Insurance/Risk Management   5% Captives/Risk Retention Groups   5% Directors & Officers   5% Automotive Liability/Property   3% Life   3%

MGA/MGU   3% Personal Lines   3% Third Party Administrator   3%

By Market

U.S. Market: 100%

Insurance vs. Reinsurance: 95/5%
Treaty vs. Facultative Reinsurance: 50/50%
Former Insurance or Reinsurance Company Officer
Current Insurance or Reinsurance Company Director

ARIAS Experience

Workshops, as Trainee: 1; September 2005

Ethics Training, as Trainee: 1; December 2009

Arbitration Experience

Number of Arbitrations

As an Arbitrator: 3
As Employee Manager: 1

Arbitrator Experience

Number of Arbitrations

1	Acted as an arbitrator through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage.
1	Acted as an arbitrator through an evidentiary hearing of at least 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 one full day and less than three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.

Employee Manager Experience

Number of Arbitrations

1	Employee Manager of arbitration through evidentiary hearing of at least three full day regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.

Biography