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James F. Dowd

Certified Arbitrator

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Current Employment

Company: Fairfax Inc., Fairfax Asia Limited, Odyssey Re Holding Corp.
Position(s) and Responsibilities: Fairfax Inc. - President & CEO; Fairfax Asia Limited – Chairman & CEO; Odyssey Re Holding Corp - Vice Chairman;
Address: Fairfax, Inc.
300 First Stamford Place
Stamford, CT 06902
Phone: 203-977-8001
Fax: 203-965-7981
Email: jdowd@fairfaxinc.com

Previous Employment

Company: Willis Re, 1993-1995
Position(s) and Responsibilities: Chairman & CEO
Company: Skandia America Group, 1984-1992
Position(s) and Responsibilities: Chairman & CEO

Credentials

Attorney: Yes
Education: Member of the Bar of the State of New York, admitted March 1969. Member of the American Bar Association and former Chairman of its committee on the Public Regulation of Insurance, 1980-81. Member of the New York State Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, as well as of the Federation of Insurance Corporate Counsel.
Other Information: Uniquely have served in Senior Executive positions in both insurance and reinsurance underwriting and brokerage firms with extensive international experience.

Work Experience

Reinsurance Company: 35 years

Legal Department: 12 years. General Counsel, Executive Vice President

Executive Officer (CEO, COO, CFO, Chief Actuary): 23 years. President & Chief Executive Officer

Law Firm (Insurance/Reinsurance Practice): 4 years

Associate: 4 years.

Insurance-related Firms: 2 years

Broker: 2 years. Chairman & CEO, Executive

ARIAS Experience

Workshops, as Trainee: 1; September 2002

Ethics Training, as Trainee: 1; January 2010

ARIAS Conference Faculty: 2; 2005, 2006

Arbitration Experience

Number of Arbitrations

As an Arbitrator: 32
As an Umpire: 20

Arbitrator Experience

Number of Arbitrations

9 Appointed as an arbitrator.
2 Acted as an arbitrator through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage.
8 Acted as an arbitrator through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage and the resolution of significant pre-hearing motions.
5 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.
8 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

3 Appointed as an umpire.
4 Acted as an umpire through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage.
4 Acted as an umpire through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage and the resolution of significant pre-hearing motions.
1 Acted as an umpire 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 umpire through an evidentiary hearing of at least three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.
4 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.
3 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.

Biography

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