An insurance brokerage and underwriting expert with more than 30 years of experience specializing in surplus lines insurance, fine art and collectibles coverage, underwriting practices, and insurance broker standards of care. His background includes placement of specialty insurance products through domestic and non-admitted markets, with extensive experience involving high-value artwork, collectibles, cargo exposures, and transportation-related risks. He has also provided expert witness services for more than 10 years in matters involving insurance brokerage practices, underwriting duties, surplus lines placement, broker errors and omissions, and coverage-related disputes.

Throughout his career, he has held executive and leadership responsibilities within specialty insurance operations focused on fine arts, special risks, and wholesale insurance markets. His professional experience includes underwriting, account development, marketing strategy, client advisory services, and placement of complex commercial and specialty insurance accounts. Earlier positions included casualty underwriting responsibilities within national insurance environments as well as senior marketing and brokerage work involving property, casualty, and specialty insurance programs.

In addition to his brokerage and underwriting work, he has participated in presentations and panel discussions involving museums, collector associations, and arts organizations regarding insurance protection, valuation concerns, and risk issues affecting artwork and collectibles. He has placed hundreds of specialty accounts through surplus lines and wholesale markets and is recognized for experience involving fine art transit, collectibles protection, and insurance solutions for galleries, museums, and private collections. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts and has completed graduate-level studies in Governance as well as coursework in Art History. He maintains active Fire and Casualty Broker-Agent and Surplus Lines Broker licenses, supporting his expertise in specialty insurance brokerage, underwriting, and risk management for fine art, collectibles, and commercial insurance programs.