William Boeck Email & Phone Number

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Lead Lockton's cyber insurance product creation efforts. Serve as primary liaison and partner with insurers regarding new cyber products. Act as Lockton's senior global cyber claims leader.

Senior legal and claims resource within Lockton for cyber, D&O, E&O, crime, fiduciary liability, and employment practices liability policies and claims under those policies.

Managed all aspects of claims under D&O, E&O, fiduciary, crime, and other policies.Acted as the senior claim attorney on the West Coast, and served as the national center of expertise for all claim staff nationwide on issues arising under fiduciary liability policies.Educated underwriters and claims staff concerning legal developments affecting coverage and liability of insureds. Also assisted underwriters to evaluate and prepare new policy language.

Assisted Marsh FINPRO clients to anticipate, understand, and resolve complex claim issues arising under D&O, E&O, fiduciary, crime, and other policies.Heavily involved with development of insurance program content and structure. Focused on identifying weaknesses in policy language, creating revised wording to improve coverage for clients and eliminate grounds for potential coverage disputes, and negotiating that wording with underwriters and their counsel.Trained as a consultant to corporate boards in the area of board effectiveness evaluations.

Acted as coverage and monitoring counsel for D&O, E&O, fiduciary liability, and crime insurers.Supervised counsel defending insureds (guided litigation strategies, actively participated in settlement negotiations with claimants, reviewed and approved defense counsel fee invoices).Litigated insurance claims (coverage disputes, "bad faith," and subrogation) for insurer clients.

Served as coverage and monitoring counsel to insurers with respect to claims under general liability, professional liability, employment practices liability, fidelity, inland marine, fiduciary liability, and homeowner's policies.Litigated claims under insurance policies.Audited and advised insurers regarding compliance with California Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Regulations.Hired, trained, and supervised associate attorneys and paralegals.Administrator for Los Angeles Office Financial Institutions Insurance Practice Group.

Researched and prepared coverage opinions under comprehensive general liability policies.Litigated lawsuits involving product liability, premises liability, professional negligence, insurance coverage and "bad faith".Hired, trained, and supervised a ten member staff of law clerks.

Analyzed documents and created database of key documents and information relevant to anticipated litigation with U.S. Government over production of new air-to-air missile system.

J.D., Law

B.A., History