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Work Experience
Former officer of an insurance or reinsurance company: Yes
Insurance Company: AIG - Corporate D&O claims 11 years; Alliance Atttorneys liability claims (3 years)
Insurance Company: Claim Department, Assumed Reinsurance Department
Reinsurance Company: AL Reinsurance - assumed treaty claims - all lines (9 years)
Reinsurance Department: Claim Department
Law Firm (insurance/reinsurance practice): Lane & Mittendorf (6 years); Sheft Wright & Sweeny (3 years)
Law Firm Experience: Associate
Breakdown of Experience
Architects & Engineers: Adjusted A&E claims for Allianz Corporate and Specialty
Bad Faith/Eco: Advised Excess Market on ECO exposure to Wiles Circuit and Tremblay and many others
Commercial Liability: Advised insurers of toxic waste and pollution claims
Brought an action against CGL carrier for damage and business interruption (time element)
Commercial Property: Environmental Claims
Contract Wording: Advised AIG on D&O liability form
Advised XL on treaty and slip wordings
Directors & Officers: Extensive experience with D&O including public company (Fortune 100), private and non-profit at AIG (the largest D&O carrier at the time).
Disability: Litigated dispute disability claims at Lane & Mittendorf. Wrote the brief to the Court of Appeals in Bravato v Berkshirre Life and the issue of "occupation"
Environmental/Pollution: While an associate at Sheft Wright & Sweeny I counseled AIG and London Market insurers on environmental risks.
Life: Brought declaratory judgement / rescission cases on life and disability policies
Professional Liability/Errors &, Omissions: Large Lawyers, Accountants, Brokers and Dealers
Arbitration Experience
Arbitration Experience: As Corporate Representative: Provided deposition testimony in successful arbitration brough by ceding company
Biography
I am a career insurance professional with deep subject matter experience in D&O and professional liability, but also professional experience in CGL, reinsurance (all lines), life and disability. As a coverage attorney for US and London based carriers I have obtained favorable outcomes in the great majority of my litigations and arbitrations. I take a practical approach to coverage especially when the wordings permit such an approach or are silent.