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Elliot S. Orol
Personal Information
  • Address:
    200 East 82nd Street, Apt. 24G
    New York, NEW YORK 10028 United States
  • Phone:
    212-628-9182
  • Cell:
    917-974-6203
  • Email:
Credentials
  • Attorney:
    Yes
  • Education:
    J.D. (1980, University of Chicago Law School); M.B.A. (1981, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business);
    Member of the New York Bar (admitted 1981);
    Certified Arbitrator, National Association of Securities Dealers (2000); Member of the Dispute Resolution, International and Business Law Sections of the American Bar Association.
Work Experience
  • Insurance Company: 25 years.
    Legal Department: 11 years. VP and General Counsel/Associate Corporate Counsel
    Executive Officer (CEO, COO, CFO, Chief Actuary): 14 years. SVP and General Counsel
  • Reinsurance Company: 2 years.
    Executive Officer (CEO, COO, CFO, Chief Actuary): 2 years. General Counsel
  • Law Firm (Insurance/Reinsurance Practice): 8 years.
    Partner: 3 years. Partner
    Associate: 6 years. Associate
  • Independent/Other Relevant Experience: 1 year.
    Independent/Unaffiliated Arbitrator, Umpire and/or Mediator: 1 year. Private Legal and NASD Arbitration Practice
Breakdown of Experience
  • Life
    25%
  • Captives/Risk Retention Groups
    10%
  • Employment Practices Liability
    10%
  • Contract Wording
    5%
  • MGA/MGU
    5%
  • Intellectual Property
    5%
  • Ocean Marine
    5%
  • Commutations
    5%
  • Professional Liability/Errors &, Omissions
    5%
  • Regulatory/Licensing
    5%
  • Financial Guarantee
    5%
  • Finite
    5%
  • Alternative/Self-Insurance/Risk Management
    5%
  • Directors &, Officers
    5%
By Market
  • U.S. Market:
    55%
  • U.K. Market:
    25%
  • Bermuda/Off-shore Market:
    15%
  • European Market:
    5%

Insurance vs. Reinsurance: 50/50%
Treaty vs. Facultative Reinsurance: 75/25%
Current Insurance or Reinsurance Company Officer
Former Insurance or Reinsurance Company Director

Mediation Experience
  • Number of Mediations
    As Counsel: 1
ARIAS Experience

Workshops, as Trainee: 1; September 2008

Ethics Training, as Trainee: 1; May 2010

Arbitration Experience

Number of Arbitrations

As an Arbitrator: 5

As Employee Manager: 6

As Corporate Representative: 1

Arbitrator Experience
Number of Arbitrations
1
Appointed as an arbitrator.
3
Acted as an arbitrator through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage and the resolution of significant pre-hearing motions.
1
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.
Employee Manager Experience
Number of Arbitrations
2
Employee Manager of arbitration.
1
Employee Manager of arbitration through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage as well as significant motions before the panel, panel consultations, and interim awards, but not through the hearing briefs.
3
Employee Manager of arbitration through evidentiary hearing of at least three full day regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.
Company Representative Experience
Number of Arbitrations
1
Appointed to act as Company Representative.
Biography