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Diane M. Nergaard
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Credentials
  • Attorney:
    Yes
  • Other Information:
  • Admitted to practice in New York, Southern and Eastern Districts in 1984
  • Admitted to practice in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Work Experience
  • Insurance Company: 8 years.
    Legal Department: 3 years. Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
    Executive Officer (CEO, COO, CFO, Chief Actuary): 2 year. Director
    Claim Department: 1 year. Vice President
    Ceded Reinsurance Department: 2 year. Vice President
    Finance Department: 2 year. Senior Vice President
  • Reinsurance Company: 7 years.
    Legal Department: 4 years. Vice President
    Claim Department: 2 years. Vice President
    Finance Department: 2 year. Senior Vice President
  • Law Firm (Insurance/Reinsurance Practice): 7 years.
    Associate: 7 years.
  • Insurance-related Firms: 9 years.
    Consultant: 9 years. President , N/A
  • Independent/Other Relevant Experience: 18 years.
    Independent/Unaffiliated Arbitrator, Umpire and/or Mediator: 18 years. Aribtrator
Breakdown of Experience
  • Financial Guarantee
    8%
  • Finite
    8%
  • Workers' Compensation
    5%
  • Life
    5%
  • MGA/MGU
    3%
  • Directors &, Officers
    3%
  • Healthcare
    3%
  • Intellectual Property
    3%
  • Catastrophes (Property)
    3%
  • Catastrophes (Casualty)
    3%
  • Captives/Risk Retention Groups
    3%
  • Political Risk
    3%
  • Professional Liability/Errors &, Omissions
    3%
  • Asbestos
    3%
  • Alternative/Self-Insurance/Risk Management
    3%
  • Energy
    3%
  • Excess/Surplus Lines
    2%
  • Product Liability
    2%
  • Insolvencies
    2%
  • Toxic Tort
    2%
  • Accident & Health
    2%
  • Fidelity &, Surety
    2%
  • Commercial Liability
    2%
  • Contract Wording
    2%
  • Commutations
    2%
  • Aviation
    2%
  • Commercial Property
    2%
  • Bad Faith/ECO
    2%
  • Architects &, Engineers
    1%
  • Third Party Administrator
    1%
  • Regulatory/Licensing
    1%
  • Automobile Liability/Property
    1%
  • Product/Consumer Warranties
    1%
  • Personal Lines
    1%
  • Environmental/Pollution
    1%
  • Ocean Marine
    1%
  • Agricultural
    1%
  • Libel/Slander/Media Liability
    1%
  • Construction Defects
    1%
  • Disability
    1%
  • Employment Practices Liability
    1%
  • Long Term Disability
    1%
By Market
  • U.S. Market:
    60%
  • U.K. Market:
    15%
  • Bermuda/Off-shore Market:
    15%
  • European Market:
    5%
  • Global Market:
    5%

Insurance vs. Reinsurance: 50/50%
Treaty vs. Facultative Reinsurance: 60/40%

Mediation Experience
  • Number of Mediations
    As Counsel: 15
ARIAS Experience

Workshops, as Faculty: 2; March 2009, September 2013

Ethics Training, as Trainee: 1; October 2009; December 2011

ARIAS Conference Faculty: 5; Spring 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015

Other Approved Training:

Fall 2013 Educational Seminar - FACULTY

Arbitration Experience

Number of Arbitrations

As an Arbitrator: 144

As an Umpire: 27

As Outside Counsel: 21

As Employee Manager: 8

As Corporate Representative: 13

Arbitrator Experience
Number of Arbitrations
23
Appointed as an arbitrator.
4
Acted as an arbitrator through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage.
63
Acted as an arbitrator through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage and the resolution of significant pre-hearing motions.
54
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
2
Appointed as an umpire.
14
Acted as an umpire through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage and the resolution of significant pre-hearing motions.
11
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.
Lead Counsel Experience
Number of Arbitrations
2
Retained and Acted as Lead Counsel, up to, but not including, the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage.
11
Acted as Lead Counsel through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage and the resolution of significant pre-hearing motions.
8
Acted as Lead Counsel through to final award after completion of an evidentiary hearing of at least three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.
Employee Manager Experience
Number of Arbitrations
8
Not available or unwilling to provide. ARIAS recognizes that in an effort to protect the respective company(ies) that you work(ed) for, you may not be able to divulge the status of the arbitrations that you participated in. Indicate such arbitrations here.
Company Representative Experience
Number of Arbitrations
13
Not available or unwilling to provide. ARIAS recognizes that in an effort to protect the respective company(ies) that you work(ed) for, you may not be able to divulge the status of the arbitrations that you participated in. Indicate such arbitrations here.
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