Expertise Description
I have over 40 years experience with Liability Insurance. My experience includes: insurance brokerage; consulting and underwriting, particularly with respect to Directors & Officers; and Professional Liability insurance. I have served clients as a broker, group captive administrator, and consultant, primarily handling complex, hard to place accounts for several large prominent international brokerage firms. I have helped clients of all sizes solve difficult coverage design and implementation challenges. I have broad experience in policy drafting and application design, insurance program structure, reinsurance, and marketing to insurers. I am skilled in coverage analysis, particularly for “claims made” Professional Liability, Directors & Officers (D&O), and related insurance products.Search other experts with similar areas of expertise.
Expert Witness
My expert witness experience includes: Interpreting language of workers compensation insurance, especially relating to coverage effective dates; Analyzing underwriting of professional liability policy, including effect of hiding knowledge of potential claims when applying for insurance; Interpreting customized clauses in products liability policies; Terms and conditions of following-form excess liability insurance policies.
Consulting Experience
My consulting services include: Expert witness on brokers' custom and practice for professional liability insurance; Expert witness on professional liability insurance; Expert witness on D&O insurance; Employment practices liability insurance; Crime insurance.
Relevant Experiences
As a broker from 1985 to 2009, I had a lot of experience with Risk Retention Groups, other forms of member-owned insurance companies, group purchasing programs and traditional insurance companies.
Education
| Degree | Subject | Institution | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.A. | Santa Clara University | |||
| M.S.F.S | Georgetown University | |||
| J.D. | University of San Francisco | |||
Licenses Certifications
| California State Bar Association (Inactive) |
| R.P.L.U. From Professional Liability Underwriting Society |
Awards & Affiliation
Primary Affiliation
Professional Liability Underwriting Society