Richard Woollams

Biography

Richard Woollams is the President of Claims, Chartis Global Commercial Insurance, with worldwide responsibility for Claims operations supporting the five Commercial business lines -- Global Casualty, Global Financial Services, Global Property, Global Risk Solutions, and Global Specialty.Prior to that role he held the title of Chief Claims Officer of Chartis U.S. (formerly AIG Commercial Insurance), a position he assumed in April of 2008. In this capacity, he oversaw the operation of Chartis U.S.’s Primary Claims, P & C Severity Claims, Financial Lines Claims, Claims Resources and Solutions, Commercial Property Claims, Lexington Claims, Aviation Claims, Canadian Claims, Structured Settlements and Claims Operations and Systems.From 2002 to 2008, Rick was the President of P&C Severity Claims for AIG Domestic Claims Inc. In that capacity, he was responsible for the operations of the following Severity Claims units: Aviation, Canadian, Lexington, Excess, Environmental, Asbestos, Mass Tort, Healthcare, Excess Worker’s Compensation, Pollution Insurance Product (PIP), Risk Finance, AIG CAT Excess and Commercial Property.Rick began his career at AIG as Senior Vice President, leading the Excess Casualty Claims department of AIG Technical Services Inc. (AIGTS) - the predecessor to AIG Domestic Claims – a position he held for over four years. Prior to joining AIGTS, Rick was the Second Vice President for Strategic Claims at Travelers Property Casualty. He began his career in the insurance industry in 1988 with Travelers, holding a variety of claims positions there. Before that, Rick was an attorney in private practice in Ohio.?Rick graduated from the Cleveland State University John Marshall School of Law in 1979 and was admitted to the Ohio Bar in November of the same year. Rick was the Chairman of the Claim Committee for the American Excess Insurance Association and is a current member of the Claim Committee for American Nuclear Insurers.

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