Jeff Lenhart

Currenlty, he directs all claim-related litigation and panel counsel relations for Builders Mutual Insurance Company, a North Carolina-based insurer of contractors and construction-related trades and suppliers in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. His team handles all litigated matters involving the company’s insureds and suits filed by and against the company arising from claim-related activities and decisions. Given Builders Mutual’s exclusively construction-related portfolio, this involves mostly construction defect related lawsuits but also includes other commercial general liability and commercial auto litigation. 
 
Jeff graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science/Pre-Law. He holds an executive certificate in law from Vanderbilt University Law School and has obtained several other professional designations and certifications including his CPCU, SCLA, CLMP, CRIS, and AIC-M designations.
 
A member of several indurtry organiztaions, he has been a featured speaker and panelist at several professional conferences and meetings, speaking on additional insured coverages; litigation strategies; handling and managing complex claims and litigation; and strategies for combating large verdicts. He has also lent his experience to multiple training seminars across a wide-range of claim handling topics.

Jeff lives just outside Raleigh, NC, with his wife, Susan, and their two Golden Retrievers, Gracie and Ellie. He enjoys golf, movies, reading, and all things UNC, including, despite the pain it often causes him, attending Tar Heel home football games in the fall.