Dale S. Frediani Sr.
Certified Arbitrator
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Personal Information
| Address: |
7 Gunston Court Morris Plains, NJ 07950 |
| Phone: | 973-539-7553 |
| Email: | dsf1545@aol.com |
Current Employment
| Company: | RMG Consulting, LLC (1999 – present) One of three founding Principals |
| Position(s) and Responsibilities: | Principal/Partner. Providing expert services primarily relating to commercial and personal lines property insurance, boiler & machinery, and marine claims as an expert witness in litigation and arbitrations, audits of claim files for insurers and reinsurers, best practices reviews, analysis and training. |
| Address: |
1280 U. S. Route 46 Parsippany, NJ 07054 |
| Phone: | 973-394-1730 |
| Cell: | 973-632-8783 |
| Fax: | 973-394-1734 |
| Email: | Frediani@insuranceaudits.com |
| Website: | www. insuranceaudits.com |
Previous Employment
| Company: | Reliance National Risk Specialists, New York, NY 1989 - 1999 |
| Position(s) and Responsibilities: | First Vice President, Property/Custom Casualty Claims. Managed Fire and Allied Lines, Inland Marine, Boiler & Machinery, Engineered Property, Technical Risk Property & Casualty, Entertainment Risks and Custom Casualty claims for the U.S. with oversight responsibility for foreign offices, and including reinsurance reporting and technical aspects of collecting. Managed Special Investigation Unit and Central Recovery Unit (Salvage & Subrogation). |
| Company: | CNA Insurance Companies, Chicago, IL. 1985 - 1989 |
| Position(s) and Responsibilities: | Senior Manager, Property/Casualty Claim Operations. National management responsibility for Personal and Commercial Lines Property Claims, Automobile Physical Damage, the Special Investigation Unit, Recoveries and the “Fast Track” claim operation. |
| Company: | Chubb & Son, Inc., Warren, NJ. 1971 - 1985 |
| Position(s) and Responsibilities: | Assistant Vice President, National Manager, Non-Marine Property Claims (last position 1981-1985). National Claim Audit Manager (1979-81), Home Office PropertyClaim Examiner (1977-79),Branch Claim Manager (1974-77) |
Credentials
| Attorney: | No |
| Education: | B.A. in Economics (Business Administration), Duke University, Member Loss Executives Association 1980 - present, National Forum Property Loss Professionals Advisory Committee, 1997 – present. |
| Designations: | Property/Casualty Claims management and technical, including reinsurance reporting from a cedent’s perspective. |
| Other Information: | Also has been involved in five other arbitrations as an arbitrator, including 4 that were between policyholders and insurers, and one among insurers in a layered program, in addition to the 12 insurer/reinsurer arbitrations noted above, and has also been an appraiser under property policies’ “Appraisal” clauses in 21 matters, 10 of which have been decided through deliberations and/or hearings. |
Work Experience
Insurance Company: 28 years
Claim Department: 28 years. First Vice-President Property/Custom Casualty Claims, Senior Manager, Property/Casualty Claim Operations, A.V.P. Property Claims
Insurance-related Firms: 3 years
3 years. Fire/Inland Marine Adjsuter (GAB)
Independent/Other Relevant Experience: 9 years
Other: 9 years. Principal, RMG Consulting
Breakdown of Experience
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By Market
U.S. Market: 90%
U.K. Market: 5%
Bermuda/Off-shore Market: 5%
Insurance vs. Reinsurance: 90/10%
Treaty vs. Facultative Reinsurance: 50/50%
Former Insurance or Reinsurance Company Officer
ARIAS Experience
Ethics Training, as Trainee: 1; February 2010
Arbitration Experience
Number of Arbitrations
As an Arbitrator: 16As an Umpire: 1
As Employee Manager: 1
Arbitrator Experience
Number of Arbitrations
| 4 | Appointed as an arbitrator. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 6 | 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 and the resolution of significant pre-hearing motions. |
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
