STEVEN JOSEPHSteven Joseph is an accomplished Senior Executive and Consultant, an Award Winning Author, with more than 30 years of success spanning insurance and related verticals (miscellaneous professional liability, public and school officials, employment practices, financial services, for profit and non profit D & O, legal malpractice, accounting malpractice, general liability). His broad areas of expertise include litigation, mediation, negotiation, business evaluation, professional liability, insurance law, product liability, legal liability, reinsurance, claims management, D&O insurance, underwriting, legal malpractice, and property & casualty.Throughout his executive career, Steven has held leadership positions with organizations including Western World Insurance Group, American International Group Inc, Private Practice, and an internship with the Honorable Gustave Diamond in the United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. In his current role as Second VP with Western World Insurance Group, Steven is responsible for the overall functions of the Professional Liability, Cyber, Financial Institutions and Directors & Officers Claims Division. Steven also regularly conducts seminars for claims and underwriting staff and is a certified Texas Course Provider.As Claims and Underwriting Counsel, he negotiates high exposure claim files. Steven is a recognized industry speaker, has written and presented on the topics of Managing Professional Liability Actions and Negotiation Techniques for the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Practicing Law Institute, Corporate Counsel of America, and the American Bar Association.Steven attained his JD in Law from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law . As an experienced executive committee member, Steven has served as chairperson with the Professional Liability Committee, and the Dispute Resolution Committee of the American Bar Association. He is an avid runner and has completed 50 marathons. He has also published a children's book The Last Surviving Dinosaur: The TyrantoCrankaTsuris, and a second adult book A Grownup Guide to Effective Crankiness: The CrankaTsuris Method. His website is www.StevenJosephAuthor.com.