Diane Parker recently retired as Vice President, North American Claims Group at Allied World Assurance Company. Diane began her career with the Washington, D.C. law firm of Ross, Dixon & Masback, where she litigated D&O and insurance coverage matters, as well as media liability and other complex civil cases. Subsequently, she became Claims Manager at Executive Risk, where she oversaw D&O, professional liability, healthcare, and media liability claims, and also was responsible for the company’s non-U.S. claims. After Executive Risk was acquired by Chubb, Diane served as Assistant Vice President and Claim Counsel at Chubb for the next ten years. At Chubb, Diane was responsible for overseeing the company’s complex healthcare D&O and E&O claims, as well as high-exposure commercial D&O, financial D&O and E&O, fiduciary, employment, and other professional liability claims across the United States. She has extensive experience managing coverage litigation involving D&O, E&O, and related claims. She has spoken at industry conferences on insurance coverage, D&O, and healthcare liability topics.

Diane received her law degree, with honors, from the University of Texas in 1991, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. She is a member of the Texas bar.