Josh is a partner in the Philadelphia office. He advises companies, including members of the insurance and insurtech industries, on a wide array of data privacy and security compliance issues under such laws as CCPA/CPRA, HIPAA, New York’s DFS Cyber Regulations and the SHIELD Act, BIPA, and GDPR. He also advises clients on emerging threat and risk vectors, development and implementation of privacy and security programs, big data licensing, and data transfers. He also assists companies with national and international cybersecurity incident response matters.

In addition, Josh advises insurance carriers on media and cyber liability coverage at trial and appellate levels throughout the country, including winning two cases involving matters of first impression before the Third Circuit, and litigating one of the first cyber coverage matters in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. His matters involve all manners of complex risk involving cyberattacks, data breaches, ransomware, and business email compromises (BECs), as well as media and privacy claims and litigation on behalf of media entities, film productions, Top 40 music, reality television programming, newspaper liability, software and gaming developers, banks, and casinos.

He regularly writes and lectures on cybersecurity and data privacy and coverage issues. He has guest-lectured on cyber law and insurance at Temple University Fox School of Business and Rutgers Law School, and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Law360, Business Insurance, and Compliance Week. He also served as an editor for a working group of X9, an ANSI-accredited standards developing organization, to develop a universal standard for data protection and data breach notification in the financial services industry.

Education:
• Georgetown University Law Center, JD, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2000
• University of Cambridge, Girton College, MPhil, 1994
• Loyola University Maryland, BA, cum laude, 1993
 

As chief claims officer, Morrison oversees MSIG USA’s enterprise claims function, with responsibility for claims strategy, operations, technical quality, litigation management, and organizational development. He works closely with underwriting, legal, and distribution leadership to ensure claims outcomes align with portfolio intent, support disciplined risk-taking, and deliver timely, fair resolutions for policyholders.

Prior to joining MSIG USA, Morrison held senior claims leadership roles at Great American Insurance Group, where he most recently served as divisional senior vice president overseeing property claims and large-loss operations. Earlier in his career, he held progressively senior roles at The Cincinnati Insurance Companies, managing high-exposure casualty and litigation claims, and served as a complex claims specialist at Selective Insurance. Across his career, he has been recognized for strengthening governance, improving claims efficiency, developing high-performing teams, and fostering close collaboration across underwriting and legal functions.