• Directly handled, reviewed and coordinated complex environmental, asbestos, and latent type claims, including resolution of coverage issues and establishment of adequate reserves.• Reviewed loss notices; confirmed and interpreted policy coverages; established adequate reserves; investigated claims involving primary, excess, and umbrella coverages.• Worked with the reinsurance department to provide notice of new accounts, updated on existing accounts and respond to specific reinsurer inquiries.• Responsible for assignment to and control of work of defense and coverage counsel, assignment of expert witnesses, and interfacing with peer carriers including design and execution of defense and indemnity contracts, evaluation of liability and damages, participation in settlement conferences, and proper allocation of indemnity and expenses over applicable years of coverages and to appropriate corresponding carriers.• Ensured proper file setup, exposure evaluation and reservation required for claims, general handling, and coverage interpretation.• Participated in developing claim handling techniques, including defense coordination, expense control, and strategy.• Provided specific claims information to senior management relative to all new notices of loss. Maintained specific financial and general statistical records used in reporting to management.• Ensured that information in existing claim management system was current, accurate, and complete.

• Managed federal and state court litigation for various Forbes 500 companies • Coordinated global settlement agreements including analyzing settlement history based on disease/identification/testimony/occupation for purposes of developing settlement matrix • Prepared yearly budgets, trial evaluations, monthly and quarterly status reports • Constant communication with in-house counsel, national counsel and carriers. • Ongoing interaction with various experts including causation, state of the art and industrial hygiene experts. Prepared case/medical information for expert witnesses• Coordinated large document productions • Conducted fact investigations including reviewing fact witness disclosures and deposition testimony in order to what witnesses to contact for purpose of executing affidavits • Researched and analyzed law sources such as statutes, recorded judicial decisions, legal articles, treaties, constitutions, and legal codes • Prepared legal documents, including briefs, pleadings, motions, discovery, and settlement documents, for review, approval, and use by attorney • Collaborated with attorneys in preparation for hearings, depositions and trials • Regularly attended Madison County motion calls for the asbestos docket• Analyzed, summarized, and abstracted depositions of fact and expert witnesses• Prepared claim trend data including filing by disease, plaintiff counsel, and plaintiffs home state • Monitored Madison County, Illinois rulings, including Forum Non Conveniens, Choice of Law and Personal jurisdiction rulings• Tracked number of cases per trial settings in Madison County and overall quarterly Madison County filings