Experience

Specialty Risk Services

• Insurance
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Litigation Consultant

  • Nov 2000 - Present

  Litigation Consultant. Directing and working with Defense Counsel to bring claims to a resolution/conclusion. Claims involve: general liability, personal automobile, commercial automobile, tractor/trailer claims for a National Trucking/Transportation Company, in the capacity of a TPA. Investigate, evaluate and negotiate litigated bodily injury claims. Caseload contains high exposure claims across the United States involving high exposure and/or catastrophic injuries and/or fatalities. Licensed… Show more Litigation Consultant. Directing and working with Defense Counsel to bring claims to a resolution/conclusion. Claims involve: general liability, personal automobile, commercial automobile, tractor/trailer claims for a National Trucking/Transportation Company, in the capacity of a TPA. Investigate, evaluate and negotiate litigated bodily injury claims. Caseload contains high exposure claims across the United States involving high exposure and/or catastrophic injuries and/or fatalities. Licensed in all mandated States. Show less



Cigna Insurance Services

• United Kingdom
• Insurance
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Senior Claim Examiner

  • May 1994 - Sep 2000

  Responsibilities include the investigation, evaluation, negotiation and settlement, (if appropriate) of product liability claims nationwide. Interface with GM Legal as well as GM Engineering to facilitate timely and accurate investigation of allegations of product failure, daily contact with field investigators in the administration of field file investigation, review of expenses to avoid unnecessary expenses for the client, provide support as needed. The specialties I was responsible for… Show more Responsibilities include the investigation, evaluation, negotiation and settlement, (if appropriate) of product liability claims nationwide. Interface with GM Legal as well as GM Engineering to facilitate timely and accurate investigation of allegations of product failure, daily contact with field investigators in the administration of field file investigation, review of expenses to avoid unnecessary expenses for the client, provide support as needed. The specialties I was responsible for included, but not limited to: ABS system, brakes, master cylinders, rim/tire mismatch, axles, tie rods, wheels, Air Bag Restraints, batteries and Powertrain. In addition to the above, responsibilities included assisting in file set up in the team leader’s absence, training new ESIS employees in policy and procedures. Traveled throughout the States for participation in Mediations and settlements of highly exposure cases. Show less



Amerisure Insurance

• United States
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Claims Supervisor

  • Feb 1988 - May 1994

  Responsibilities: 1) Staff direction and support. I was responsible for a staff of commercial liability adjusters whose caseload included Commercial General Liability, Commercial Auto, Garage-Keepers, Commercial Trucking, Business Owners and Personal Lines files. In this area I was responsible for employee selection, training and development, and performance reviews/issues. 2) Client Relations: Interface with clients, Brokers, Underwriters, Risk Managers to ensure that our… Show more Responsibilities: 1) Staff direction and support. I was responsible for a staff of commercial liability adjusters whose caseload included Commercial General Liability, Commercial Auto, Garage-Keepers, Commercial Trucking, Business Owners and Personal Lines files. In this area I was responsible for employee selection, training and development, and performance reviews/issues. 2) Client Relations: Interface with clients, Brokers, Underwriters, Risk Managers to ensure that our client’s needs were satisfied, concerns resolved and clients remained satisfied with our work product. 3) Expense Control/Auditing: Conduct 60 and 120 day audits, in addition to case file reviews of a minimum of 30 files per adjuster to insure that files remained within Amerisure’s policy and procedure guidelines as they pertained to expenses, reserving and file handling. 4) Legal: Due to my experience as a legal secretary, I was often called in to review litigated cases and to interface with legal staff, attend court hearings as well as attend bulk file roundtables at our local law firms. Show less