Expert Details
Insurance and Reinsurance
ID: 733735
Pennsylvania, USA
He has over 40 years' experience in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance underwriting, company startup, marketing, management, and product research and development.
Expert has extensive knowledge of property and casualty reinsurance underwriting and claims. He has been retained as insurance and reinsurance arbitrator or umpire.
Underwriting audit; due diligence, annotation of insurance policies; review of manuscript policies for Fortune 100 companies; evaluation of reinsurance treaty. Currently under long term consulting contract with a US Government agency.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1970 | Degree: BA | Subject: Economics | Institution: Temple University |
| Year: 1976 | Degree: CPCU | Subject: Insurance | Institution: The Institutes |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2000 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Principal | Department: Operations |
Responsibilities:Expert's firm conducts consulting, arbitration and expert witness work in the spaces of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance consulting and outsourcing services, including company startup and runoff, arbitration, mediation and expert witness services, feasibility studies, product R&D, policy reviews and underwriting audits. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1999 to 2000 | Employer: Kemper | Title: Senior VP | Department: Property |
Responsibilities:Expert started up and established the property department. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 1999 | Employer: E-Cert, Inc. | Title: Principal | Department: Operations |
Responsibilities:Expert was responsible for commercial insurance verification. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1989 to 1997 | Employer: SOREMA | Title: Senior VP and CUO | Department: Underwriting |
Responsibilities:During his tenure as its Senior Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer, premiums grew to over $200 million, while loss ratios remained below industry average. During his last two years at position, Expert was Senior Vice President of Services, for which his duties included corporate marketing, claims, retrocessions and liaison with industry organizations. He was also Executive Vice President of a wholly owned excess and surplus lines subsidiary and served on the board of both companies. He was also an alternate board member of BRMA (Brokers and Reinsurance Markets Association). |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1986 to 1989 | Employer: SCOR | Title: Senior VP | Department: Research and Special Risks |
Responsibilities:Expert was responsible for research and underwriting. Specifically, he established and managed a facultative casualty unit for insureds domiciled outside the U.S. and a surety and fidelity bond unit. He also developed a building guarantee product during this time. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1970 to 1986 | Employer: CIGNA | Title: Variious to VP | Department: Underwriting |
Responsibilities:Expert's insurance career began in International operations, where he was underwriting and supervising builder’s risk business and continued after merger, where he was Vice President, in charge of construction and energy-related business. He also developed a system performance product. |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2015 to 2018 | Agency: USA/IRS | Role: Consultant | Description: Micro-captives |
International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 2015 to 2017 | Country / Region: Brazil | Summary: Reinsurance arbitration |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Expert, ARIAS, AAIMCo |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Expert Insurance producer licenses in several U.S. states |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert has been a speaker at Risk and Insurance Management Society and International Risk Management Society and Expert Society conferences. He has written articles for insurance industry publications, including the National Underwriter, Business Insurance and Industry Focus, about rescission, underwriting information and documentation of insurance negotiations. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Retention in over 142 cases to date. More information available upon request. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Continuous education to maintain insurance producer licenses |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Hungarian | Fluent |
Fields of Expertise
P&C insurance, liability insurance, insurance coverage, insurance underwriting, property insurance, general liability insurance, insurance claim, excess and surplus insurance, errors and omissions insurance, construction insurance claim, claims made policy, casualty insurance, builder's risk insurance, bad faith insurance, reinsurance, treaty reinsurance, facultative reinsurance, startup, research and development, marketing