Personal Information

Address:	286 Sheridan Road Winnetka, IL 60093-1542
Phone:	847-446-3296

Current Employment

Company:	Sheridan Ridge Advisers LLC
Position(s) and Responsibilities:	Insurance and reinsurance consulting, including arbitrations, mediation and expert witness practice. Officer and Director of Apollo Casualty Company.
Address:	5th Floor 626 W. Jackson Blvd Chicago, IL 60661
Phone:	312-239-2809
Cell:	312-543-4159
Fax:	847-446-4604
Email:	johndore@sheridanridge.com
Website:	www.sheridanridge.com

Offering Services as Expert Witness in:

Automobile Warranty Underwriting, Directors and Officers Liability Underwriting, Fidelity/Surety Underwriting, Professional Liability Underwriting, Captives, Financial Guarantees, Fronting Arrangements, Regulatory / Compliance

Previous Employment

Company:	American Country Holdings, Inc.
Position(s) and Responsibilities:	Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of this NASDAQ listed insurance holding company,including American Country Insurance Company

Company:	Financial Institutions Insurance Group, Ltd.
Position(s) and Responsibilities:	President and Chief Executive Officer of this NASDAQ listed Insurance Holding Company, including The First Reinsurance Company of Hartford

Credentials

Attorney:	No
Degrees:	Yale University-BA; Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management-MBA; DePaul University College of Law-Center for Dispute Resolution-Certificate
Designations:	State of Illinois Producers License; ARIAS-US Umpire and Mediator
Other Information:	Experienced insurance executive involved in many different facets of insurance operations; currently, Director and Officer of Apollo Casualty Company.

Work Experience

Insurance Company: 22 years

Underwriting Department: 6 years.

Executive Officer (CEO, COO, CFO, Chief Actuary): 12 years.

Ceded Reinsurance Department: 2 years.

Assumed Reinsurance Department: 2 years.

Reinsurance Company: 6 years

Executive Officer (CEO, COO, CFO, Chief Actuary): 6 years.

Insurance-related Firms: 8 years

Consultant: 8 years. President, Consulting

Breakdown of Experience

Directors & Officers   15% Excess/Surplus Lines   15% MGA/MGU   15% Professional Liability/Errors & Omissions   15%

Regulatory/Licensing   5% Worker's Compensation   5% Fidelity & Surety   5% Financial Guarantee   5%

Automotive Liability/Property   5% Bad Faith/ECO   5% Commercial Liability   5% Contract Wording   5%

By Market

U.S. Market: 60%

U.K. Market: 20%

Bermuda/Off-shore Market: 10%

European Market: 10%

Insurance vs. Reinsurance: 60/40%
Treaty vs. Facultative Reinsurance: 70/30%
Current Insurance or Reinsurance Company Officer
Current Insurance or Reinsurance Company Director

ARIAS Experience

Workshops, as Faculty: 2; March 2006, September 2009

Workshops, as Trainee: 1; February 2004

Ethics Training, as Trainee: 1; March 9, 2009

ARIAS Conference Faculty: 2; Spring 2005, Spring 2007

Arbitration Experience

Number of Arbitrations

As an Arbitrator: 17
As an Umpire: 6
As Corporate Representative: 1

Arbitrator Experience

Number of Arbitrations

3	Appointed as an arbitrator.
2	Acted as an arbitrator through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage.
6	Acted as an arbitrator through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage and the resolution of significant pre-hearing motions.
3	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.
3	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.
2	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 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.
2	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.

Company Representative Experience

Number of Arbitrations

1	Company Representative in arbitration through pre-hearing briefs.

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