Profile
Pierre Charles
Personal Information
  • Address:
    10, rue Joseph Bara
    Paris, ALABAMA 75006 France
  • Phone:
    + 33 1 43549871
  • Cell:
    + 33 6 73737091
  • Email:
Credentials
  • Attorney:
    No
  • Education:
    - Engineering degree ENSEM Nancy , France
    - Master of Science CALTECH California Institute of Technology Pasadena Calif USA
    - M B A
    Master of Business Administration: INSEAD - Fontainebleau - France
  • Degrees:
    Engineer /
    Master of Science /
    M B A
  • Designations:
    - Underwriting / Claims Management
    - Management of Distribution networks : General Agents , brokers , direct Insurance Cy
    - Global programs( international) : property, casualty, D& O, financial lines
    - Personal lines : Motor insurance , Home-owners , Personal Accident
  • Languages:
    French: mother tongue /
    English
  • Other Information:
    -Certified Arbitrator CEFAREA -ARIAS/CMAP-France
    - Certified Arbitrator ARIAS UK
    - Member of INREM ( Insurance & Reinsurance Mediation)
    - Member of the CEFAREA Board
    - Member of APREF ( French Reinsurers Association)
    - Member of AIDA France
    - Member of CFA (French Arbitration Committee)


    PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
    -President & CEO of 2 Reinsurance Companies in Bermuda and in the USA
    - President & CEO of a brokerage Company
    - President of a Reinsurance Captive Management Company
    - President of a Legal Defense Insurance Company
    - Member of the Executive committee of different companies in UK, Spain , Switzerland , Italy, Belgium , Luxembourg, Germany,US
Work Experience
  • Insurance Company: 29 years.
    Underwriting Department: 13 years. U/W Personal Lines , Global Programs , Financial lines
    Legal Department: 3 years. General Secretary , Corporate affairs
    Executive Officer (CEO, COO, CFO, Chief Actuary): 7 years. Executive Boards in different subsidiaries
    Claim Department: 3 years. European Claims Management
    Ceded Reinsurance Department: 1 year. Manager Captive reinsurance Company
    Strategy Developpement:2 years.
  • Reinsurance Company: 9 years.
    Claim Department: 9 years. EVP Claims , Commutations , Litigations ,Run-off
  • Insurance-related Firms: 1 year.
    Broker: 1 year. President of captive broker Companies
Breakdown of Experience
  • Commercial Liability
    9%
  • Automobile Liability/Property
    9%
  • Commercial Property
    9%
  • Personal Lines
    7%
  • Commutations
    7%
  • Accident & Health
    6%
  • Energy
    6%
  • Product Liability
    5%
  • Workers' Compensation
    5%
  • Environmental/Pollution
    4%
  • Alternative/Self-Insurance/Risk Management
    4%
  • Catastrophes (Casualty)
    3%
  • Asbestos
    3%
  • Product/Consumer Warranties
    3%
  • Life
    3%
  • Catastrophes (Property)
    3%
  • Fidelity &, Surety
    3%
  • Captives/Risk Retention Groups
    3%
  • Directors &, Officers
    2%
  • Finite
    2%
  • Aviation
    2%
  • Excess/Surplus Lines
    1%
  • Ocean Marine
    1%
By Market
  • U.S. Market:
    15%
  • U.K. Market:
    25%
  • Bermuda/Off-shore Market:
    5%
  • European Market:
    45%
  • Global Market:
    10%

Insurance vs. Reinsurance: 65/35%
Treaty vs. Facultative Reinsurance: 50/50%

Mediation Experience
  • Number of Mediations
    As Mediator: none
    As Counsel: none
ARIAS Experience

Workshops, as Trainee: 1; September 2006

Ethics Training, as Trainee: 1; July 2010

ARIAS Conference Faculty: 1; Fall 2013

Arbitration Experience

Number of Arbitrations

As an Arbitrator: 1

As an Umpire: 1

As Employee Manager: 4

As Corporate Representative: 11

Arbitrator Experience
Number of Arbitrations
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.
Umpire Experience
Number of Arbitrations
1
Acted as an umpire 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
4
Employee Manager of arbitration through evidentiary hearing of at least one full day and less than three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.
Company Representative Experience
Number of Arbitrations
6
Company Representative in arbitration through evidentiary hearing of at least one full day and less than three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.
4
Company Representative in arbitration through evidentiary hearing of at least three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.
1
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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