Objective is to make significant contribution to success of claims or risk management department of large organization.

COMPANY	POSITION HELD	DATES WORKED
SAFECO Insurance Companies	Individual Contributor	1/1996 - 5/2002
Metropolitian Property and Casualty Companies	Individual Contributor	4/1991 - 8/1992
CIGNA Property and Casualty Companies	Individual Contributor	5/1989 - 2/1991
Gay and Taylor Inc	Individual Contributor	1/1985 - 4/1989
Harleysville Insurance Companies	Individual Contributor	2/1980 - 1/1985
Gay and Taylor Inc	Individual Contributor	11/1975 - 2/1980
GAB Business Services	Individual Contributor	11/1974 - 11/1975

SCHOOL	MAJOR	YEAR	DEGREE
Webster University	Finance	2003	Master Degree
IIA	Insurance designations	1999	Certification Degree
AICPCU	Insurance	1997	Certification Degree
Georgia State University	Risk Management and Insurance	1995	Master Degree
Pfeiffer University	Business Administration and Economics	1974	Bachelor Degree

TYPE	TITLE	URL	DESCRIPTION
Magazine	Business insurance		Weekly insurance publication
Magazine	Best's Review		Monthkly Insurance Publication
Magazine	Risk Magazine		monthly publication on Risk Management
Website	National Underwriter		daily insurance news e-mail alert
Website	CPCU E- Journal		monthly e-mail publication on insurance topics

Highlights:

Successfully concluded 95% of mediations / arbitrations attended at SAFECO. Identified the need for $6M in added claims cash reserves for an acquired company at SAFECO Twice awarded Outstanding Course Leader for IIA/CPCU courses Led company adoption of software tools to accelerate claim settlement response time at SAFECO

Companies I like:

GE, Target, Wal-mart, Fortune 100 company

Classroom Setup and Planning
MS Excel, Word and Power Point
Professional Development and Coaching
Power Point Presentations
Excel Spreadsheet

• claims management
• risk management
• litigation management
• Negotiation
• Mediation and Arbitration
• Project management
• Investigation
• Training
• Productivity Improvement
• Financial Analysis
• Reinsurance
• Budgeting

Responsible and accountable for proper investigation, evaluation and negotiation of complex, high dollar casualty claims in both commercial and personal lines of business. Prepared litigation plans of action and actively participated in arbitrations, mediations and trial attendance.