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James F. Hughes III
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Personal Information
  • Address:
    12646 Taylorcrest
    Houston, TEXAS 77024 United States
  • Cell:
    8328762164
  • Email:
    hughesjfiii@gmail.com
Credentials
  • Attorney:
    No
  • Education:
    Harvard College
  • Degrees:
    AB (honors)
  • Designations:
    CPCU
    RPLU
Work Experience
  • Insurance Company: 6 years.
    Underwriting Department: 6 years. VP: underwrote as a MGA
  • Reinsurance Company: 2 years.
    Underwriting Department: 2 years.
  • Insurance-related Firms: 8 years.
    Broker: 3 years. AVP: placing broker and client executive
    Broker: 5 years. SVP , resource and client exec.
  • Independent/Other Relevant Experience: 31 years.
    Other : 26 years. risk manager
    Independent/Unaffiliated Arbitrator, Umpire and/or Mediator: 5 years.
Breakdown of Experience
  • Energy
    20%
  • Environmental/Pollution
    5%
  • Excess/Surplus Lines
    5%
  • Ocean Marine
    5%
  • Directors &, Officers
    5%
  • Contract Wording
    5%
  • MGA/MGU
    5%
  • Commercial Property
    5%
  • Commercial Liability
    5%
  • Catastrophes (Property)
    5%
  • Catastrophes (Casualty)
    5%
  • Captives/Risk Retention Groups
    5%
  • Alternative/Self-Insurance/Risk Management
    5%
  • Commutations
    1%
  • Aviation
    1%
  • Insolvencies
    1%
  • Toxic Tort
    1%
  • Political Risk
    1%
  • Fidelity &, Surety
    1%
By Market
  • U.S. Market:
    30%
  • U.K. Market:
    30%
  • Bermuda/Off-shore Market:
    30%
  • European Market:
    5%
  • Global Market:
    5%

Insurance vs. Reinsurance: 80/20%
Treaty vs. Facultative Reinsurance: 10/90%
Former Insurance or Reinsurance Company Officer
Former Insurance or Reinsurance Company Director

Mediation Experience
  • Number of Mediations
    As Mediator: 85
ARIAS Experience

Education Committee: 1 year

Workshops, as Trainee: 7; 2020 Arbitrator and Umpire Seminar, 2020 Spring Seminar, 4 Live Webinars, 2018 Intensive Arbitrator Training Workshop

Ethics Training, as Trainee: 1; October 2019

ARIAS Conference Faculty: 2; Spring 2019, Fall 2020

Arbitration Experience

Number of Arbitrations

As an Arbitrator: 2

As an Umpire: 80

As Corporate Representative: 2

Arbitrator Experience
Number of Arbitrations
1
Acted as an arbitrator through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage.
1
Acted as an arbitrator through the organizational meeting or the arbitration has only reached this stage and the resolution of significant pre-hearing motions.
Umpire Experience
Number of Arbitrations
79
Acted as an umpire through an evidentiary hearing of at least one full day and less than three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.
1
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.
Company Representative Experience
Number of Arbitrations
2
Company Representative in arbitration through evidentiary hearing of at least three full days regarding the substantive merits of the parties' dispute.
Biography

James (Jim) F. Hughes III is a practicing arbitrator and mediator as well as an expert witness and risk management and insurance consultant. In addition, he is an Executive Professor at the University of Houston's Bauer School of Business teaching risk management and insurance. Jim spent most of his career on the risk management side of the business, culminating in becoming the Risk Manager/Corporate Insurance manager for a major (Fortune 5) global energy company. Jim has also worked for insurers and retail and wholesale insurance brokers in executive capacities, and served on four insurance company boards several Bermuda entities. He earned the CPCU and RPLU designations and has been involved with many insurance industry groups.