Jeffrey Rubin
Personal Information
  • Address:
    60 Cranbury Road
    Westport, Connecticut 06880
    United States
  • Phone:
    (203) 570-9142
  • Email:
Credentials
  • Attorney:
    Yes
  • Education:
    Juris Doctor, Cornell Law School, 1981; 1L, Tulane University School of Law, 1978-1979; Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, State University of New York at Oneonta College, 1978
  • Degrees:
    Juris Doctor
  • Additional Information:
    October 2021 - October 2024 Odyssey Reinsurance Company, Stamford, CT: Senior Vice President, Senior Counsel;
    July 2003 - October 2021 Odyssey Reinsurance Company, Stamford, CT: Senior Vice President, Director, Global Claims;
    April 1999 - July 2003 RiverStone Resources Services, LLC, Manchester, NH: Vice President, Director of Claims Litigation, Reinsurance Workout Specialist;
    June 1997 - April 1999 The Resolution Group, Chicago, IL: Senior Vice President, General Counsel;
    February 1996 - June 1997 Lovell, White & Durant, Chicago, IL: Counsel;
    September 1984 February 1996 Phelan, Pope & John, Ltd., Chicago, IL: Associate to Partner;
    June 1981 - September 1984 Abramson & Fox, Chicago, IL: Associate;
    ARIAS-US Certified Arbitrator
    National Futures Association Active Arbitrator
  • Offering Services as Expert Witness in:
    Reinsurance and Insurance Company claims handling; Reinsurance contract and Insurance policy interpretation; and bad faith claims handling
  • Certified Arbitrator:
    Yes
  • Qualified Mediator:
    Yes
Work Experience
Current director of an insurance or reinsurance company: No
Former director of an insurance or reinsurance company: Yes
Current officer of an insurance or reinsurance company: No
Former officer of an insurance or reinsurance company: Yes

Insurance Company: The Resolution Group/RiverStone Resources LLC - International Insurance Company, United States Fire Insurance Company, North River Insurance Company, Westchester Insurance Company, and International Surplus LInes Insurance Company
Insurance Company: Legal Department, Claim Department, Ceded Reinsurance Department, Assumed Reinsurance Department

Reinsurance Company: Odyssey Reinsurance Company Director of Global Claims (18 years) and Senior Claims Counsel 2 + years
Reinsurance Department: Reinsurance Department, Legal Department, Claim Department

Law Firm (insurance/reinsurance practice): Phelan Pope & John, Ltd.: Associate to Partner; Lovell's: Of Counsel; Abramson & Fox: Associate
Law Firm Experience: Counsel, Associate, Partner

Breakdown of Experience
Accident & Health: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims, litigation, and arbitration with coverage issues with respect to Accident and Health business.
Alternative/ Self Insurance/ Risk Management: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company, responsible for claims arising from Alternative or Self Insured Risk Retention Groups.
Architects & Engineers: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company, responsible for claims with coverage issues relating from Architects & Engineers business.
Asbestos: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company, responsible for Asbestos claims, arbitrations, and litigation with respect to coverage and allocation issues. As Director of Claims Litigation at RiverStone Resources, LLC, was responsible for litigation strategies of all Declaratory Judgement cases involving asbestos claims.
Automobile Liability/Property: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims and litigation arising from Automobile Residual Value Coverage.
Aviation: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims with coverage issues related to Aviation and Aerospace business.
Bad Faith/Eco: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims involving our insurance company subsidiary with Bad Faith/ECO exposure and managed a very large claim involving our Lloyd's Syndicate with significant Bad Faith/ECO exposure. As Senior Claims Counsel advises on claims with potential Bad Faith/ECO exposure.
Captives/Risk Retention Groups: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims involving Captives and Risk Retention Groups.
Catastrophes (Casualty): As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company, responsible for claims with significant coverage and allocation issues arising from Catastrophes.
Catastrophes (Property): As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims and arbitrations regarding coverage issues arising from Catastrophes.
Commercial Liability: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims involving Commercial Liability coverage issues.
Commercial Property: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims with issues relating to Commercial Property Coverage.
Commutations: Yes. As Reinsurance Work-Out Specialist at RiverStone Resources, LLC, analyzed and negotiated a number of reinsurance commutations.
Construction Defects: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims with coverage issues relating to Construction Defect business.
Contract Wording: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company analyzed and drafted reinsurance contract wording in conjunction with coverage disputes, arbitration, litigation, and reinsurance agreement wording negotiations.
Directors & Officers: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims with coverage and allocation issues relating to Directors and Officers liability business. As Outside Counsel handled litigation relation to Directors and Officers coverage for regulator claims.
Employment Practices Liability: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims with Employment Practices Liability issues.
Environmental/Pollution: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims with Environmental/Pollution coverage and allocation issues. As Director of Claims Litigation oversaw the litigation strategy of all claims litigation involving Environmental or Pollution claims. As Outside Counsel handled litigation involving coverage and allocation issues with respect to Environmental and Pollution claims.
Excess/Surplus Lines: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims with coverage issues relating to Excess/Surplus Lines business.
Fidelity &, Surety: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims and arbitrations with Fidelity & Surety coverage issues.
Financial Guarantee: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims with coverage issues relating to Financial Guaranty coverage.
Finite: At RiverStone Resources LLC, managed a number of arbitrations involving coverage issues arising from Finite Reinsurance contracts.
Healthcare: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for Healthcare Claims brought against Insurance Subsidiary.
Insolvencies: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims against insolvent estates.
Intellectual Property: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims involving intellectual property.
International: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims across the Odyssey Group for 18 years. Managed litigation and arbitrations involving the Personal Accident Carve-Out Market in the United Kingdom and the United States on behalf of Sphere Drake Limited.
Libel/Slander/Media Liability: Responsible for claims involving Libel/Slander/Media Liability.
Lloyd's: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company experience with Lloyd's through Newline the London Syndicate for the Odyssey Group. Also experience with Lloyd's through management of relationships with insurance companies that were part of The Resolution Group and RiverStone Resources.
London Company Market: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company experience through Odyssey Group and London Company.
MGA/MGU: At Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims involving MGA's. As Senior Counsel at Odyssey Reinsurance Company, experience arbitrating a dispute involving business written by an MGA. In private practice at Phelan Pope & John Ltd., worked on litigation involving Directors and Officers policies issued to Savings and Loan Institutions that were underwritten by MGA's.
Ocean Marine: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for Ocean Marine claims both in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Political Risk : As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for Political Risk claims across the Odyssey Reinsurance Group.
Product Liability: As Outside Counsel at Phelan Pope & John Ltd. litigated and tried cases involving product liability.
Product/Consumer Warranties: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims arising from Product/Consumer Warranties.
Professional Liability/Errors &, Omissions: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for claims arising from Professional Liability/Errors & Omissions Info.
Regulatory/Licensing: As General Counsel of The Resolution Group, experience working with the Illinois Department of Insurance in connection with completing a management led buy-out of the company.
Third Party Administrator: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for reinsurance claims managed by Third Party Administrators for cedant companies and responsible for Third Party Administrators handling claims for Insurance Subsidiary.
Toxic Tort: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company responsible for Toxic Tort Claims. As Director of Claims Litigation at RiverStone Resources, LLC oversaw litigation strategy of all Declaratory Judgment Actions involving Toxic Tort Claims. As Outside Counsel at Phelan Pope and John, Ltd. handled litigation involving coverage issues arising from Toxic Tort Claims.
Workers' Compensation: As Director of Global Claims at Odyssey Reinsurance Company, responsible for claims with coverage issues relating to Workers Compensation business.
By Market
U.K. Market: 25-50%
U.S. Market: 50-75%
Mediation Experience
Minimum Number of Mediations as Counsel: 10
ARIAS Experience
ARIAS Conference Faculty: 3: Emerging Claims & Recent Developments on High-Stakes Claims; Attorney Client Privilege; ARIAS Neutral Rules
Ethics Training, as Trainee: 2
Other Approved Training: ARIAS Intensive Arbitrator Workshop;
Workshops, as Trainee: Yes
Arbitration Experience
Number of Arbitrations as an Arbitrator: 9
Number of Appointments as Arbitrator: 11
Completed Arbitrations as Arbitrator: 1
Number of Arbitrations as Outside Counsel: 1
Arbitration Experience: As Corporate Representative: 1
Arbitration Experience: As Employee Manager: 295
Umpire Experience
Number of Arbitrations as an Umpire: 4
Number of Appointments as Umpire: 4
Completed Arbitrations as Umpire: 3
Biography
Jeffrey M Rubin is an ARIAS US Certified Arbitrator, ARIAS-UK, FINRA (Financial Services Industry) Arbitrator, and NFA (National Futures Association) Arbitrator. Before becoming a full-time arbitrator, Mr. Rubin was Senior Vice President, Director of Global Claims, of Odyssey Re for eighteen years. Mr. Rubin also served as Senior Vice President, Senior Claims Counsel, of Odyssey Reinsurance Company (Odyssey Re). Before joining Odyssey Re, Mr. Rubin was General Counsel, Member of the Board of Directors, Director of Litigation, and Reinsurance Work-Out Specialist at The Resolution Group (TRG), now known as Riverstone Resources. Prior to joining TRG, Mr. Rubin practiced law in Chicago for 16 years where he was a partner at Phelan Pope & John, Ltd., Of Counsel at Lovell's, and an associate at Abramson & Fox. Mr. Rubin received his Juris Doctor from Cornell University and his Bachelor of Arts from the State University of New York, Oneonta College. Mr. Rubin is an ARIAS US Certified Arbitrator. Mr. Rubin is presently a member of the ARIAS US Strategic Planning and Finance Committees. He previously served on the Board of ARIAS US and as Chairman, President, and Vice President of ARIAS-US. Mr. Rubin is presently a member of the ARIAS Strategic Planning and Finance Committees. He previously served on the Board of ARIAS and as Chairman, President and Vice President of ARIAS.