Paul Feldsher
Certified Arbitrator
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Personal Information
| Address: |
16 Powder Mill Lane Trumbull, CT 06611 |
| Phone: | 203-377-1548 |
| Email: | pfeldsher@aol.com |
Current Employment
| Company: | Partner Reinsurance Company of the US |
| Position(s) and Responsibilities: | Senior Vice President Underwriting Practices Responsibilities include coordination of underwriting policy, providing technical underwriting expertise, liaising with Contract Wording/Legal/Calims, internal reviews, training and monitoring of emerging issues. |
| Address: |
One Greenwich Plaza Greenwich, CT 06830 |
| Phone: | 203-485-8139 |
| Fax: | 203-485-8140 |
| Email: | Paul.Feldsher@partnerre.com |
| Website: | www.partnerre.com |
Previous Employment
| Company: | Rossfield Advisors, LLC |
| Position(s) and Responsibilities: | Managing Director and Principal of (re)insurance consulting practice focusing on arbitration, mediation and dispute resolution; expert witness and litigation support; underwriting review, analysis and risk management; negotiation coaching and training. |
| Company: | Trenwick Group, LTD. 1983-2003 |
| Position(s) and Responsibilities: | Executive Vice President & Group Chief Underwriting Officer with advisory oversight of U.S. treaty reinsurance, U.S. specialty program insurance, catastrophe reinsurance underwritten in Bermuda and specialty insurance and reinsurance underwritten at Lloyd’s and in the London company market. |
| Company: | North American Reinsurance Corporation (now Swiss Re America) 1982-1983 |
| Position(s) and Responsibilities: | Assistant Secretary & Casualty Manager of New York City Branch Office responsible for facultative and program business. |
| Company: | MacCready & Gutmann Insurance Services, Inc. 1979-1982 |
| Position(s) and Responsibilities: | Vice President and Principal of Excess & Surplus Lines MGA |
Credentials
| Attorney: | No |
| Education: | A.B. Franklin & Marshall College (Phi Beta Kappa), M.A. Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Syracuse University Fellow). |
| Other Information: | Trained in conflict resolution and negotiation at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. Experienced industry speaker and educator. For additional information please see website: www.rossfield.com. |
Work Experience
Insurance Company: 10 years
Underwriting Department: 10 years. Underwriter, Regional VP-Casualty, VP-Underwriting
Reinsurance Company: 26 years
Underwriting Department: 11 years. Manager-Facultative Casualty, VP-Underwriting, Senior VP-Underwriting
Executive Officer (CEO, COO, CFO, Chief Actuary): 10 years. EVP-Chairman of UNderwriting Committee, Chief Underwriting Officer
Underwriting practices: 5 years. Senior VP
Insurance-related Firms: 2 years
Consultant: 2 years. Managing Director and Principal
Breakdown of Experience
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By Market
U.S. Market: 80%
U.K. Market: 9%
Bermuda/Off-shore Market: 10%
European Market: 1%
Insurance vs. Reinsurance: 25/75%
Treaty vs. Facultative Reinsurance: 80/20%
Current Insurance or Reinsurance Company Officer
Former Insurance or Reinsurance Company Director
Mediation Experience
Number of Mediations
As Mediator: 1
ARIAS Experience
Ethics Training, as Trainee: 1; May 25, 2009
Biography
Paul Feldsher has more than thirty-five years of underwriting and management experience across a broad spectrum of industry sectors including primary and excess insurance, facultative and treaty reinsurance and international as well as U.S. business. He has underwritten direct insurance in the company and Managing General Agency market segments and has been both a direct and broker market reinsurer.Mr. Feldsher is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Franklin & Marshall College and holds a master’s degree from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He has studied dispute resolution at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and has spoken at numerous industry forums, including the Strain Seminars.
During his diverse career, Mr. Feldsher has earned a reputation for technical expertise, analytical ability and integrity.
