2019 Claims College
2019 School of Professional Lines
Faculty
Robert Baer Claims Executive, Arrowpoint Capital
Mark Bernstein VP, Regional Claims Advocate-California, HUB International
Robert Bowers Chief Claims Officer, Westfield Insurance
Jeffrey Chen Vice President, Employers Mutual Casualty Company
Sally Combs Manager, Third Party Administrator Oversight, North America, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty
Andrew Davitt Attorney, Marshall Dennehey
Kevin Fisher Senior Vice President, Head of Healthcare Professional Liability and Programs Claims, Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd.
Rob Galbraith Director, Innovation, AF Group
Joseph Garin Attorney, Lipson Neilson P.C.
Larry Goanos Executive Vice President, Professional Lines, AmWINS Group, Inc.
Ron Goldstein Managing Director, Aon
Stanley Greenspan Director - Coverage, Crum & Forster
Melissa Hill SVP, Head of Claims Industry Practice Group, Sompo International Insurance
Guy Hollingsworth Architects and Engineers Professional Liability Claims, Hanover Insurance
Haralyn Isaac Vice President Claims , Great American Insurance Group
Dennis Jay Executive Director, Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
Richard E. King Managing Member, Melchiode Marks King LLC
Charles Kinney Attorney, Cozen O’Connor
Michael Leahy Consultant/expert, Retired
Gary Leonard Executive Vice President, GB Specialty (Division of Gallagher Bassett)
Fausto Martin Senior Vice President of Claims , FedNat
Felicia McDonnell Property & Casualty Claims Advocate, HUB International
William Mitchell Founding Partner, Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet LLP
Deborah Molitz Senior Complex Claims Specialist, Self Employed
Christopher Morrison Senior Vice President, Head of Casualty Claims, NA, Swiss Re
Stephen M. Murphy Shareholder, Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard P.C.
Kim Noble VP – Lawyers and Accountants, Applied Financial Lines
Frances O'Meara Partner, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP
Hedy Linette Ranieri SVP, Chief Claims Officer, Berkley Technology Underwriters
Allan Robinson Executive Vice President of Field Operations and Sales management and Chief Claim Officer, Horace Mann Insurance Company
Ronna Ruppelt Chief Executive Officer, CLM
Deborah Saunders Senior Director Claims Management, Comcast NBCUniversal
Susan Schwartz Attorney, Wilson Elser
Laura Shimshidian AVP, Claim Manager, Chubb
Caryn Siebert VP - Carrier Practice; Director - Carrier Engagement, Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.
Jaynie Spies Claims Supervisor, Network Adjusters, Inc.
Melisa Thompson Senior Counsel, Complex Claims, Markel Service, Incorporated
David Topol Partner, Wiley Rein LLP