Arbitration and Mediation
Caleb Fowler's experience with the insurance / reinsurance industry is life-long:
Arbitration & Mediation*
- Participant in over 175 arbitrations involving insurance and reinsurance disputes between policyholders and insurers, insurers and reinsurers, reinsurers and retrocessionaires, managing agents/underwriters and insurers, pools and syndicates (served as umpire in about 25% of these disputes)
- ARIAS-US Certified Arbitrator and member of Umpire Listing
- American Arbitration Association Neutral
- Retired President of a multi-company insurer (including over 50 individual insurance, reinsurance, claims servicing, etc., companies)
- Retired officer of property-casualty, life, reinsurance companies, both domestic and international
- Speaker and Panelist at ARIAS-US, Reinsurance Association of America, and Mealey’s, and other seminars on insurance / reinsurance arbitration
- Member of the Insurance and Reinsurance Dispute Resolution Task Force on arbitration improvements
- Former Co-Chair Board of Trustees: Center for Conflict Resolution at Salisbury University
Insurance Industry Experiences
- President - CIGNA Property & Casualty Companies (CIGNA P & C)
- Culmination of 28 year career with the Insurance Company of North America (INA) and its successor, CIGNA P&C
- Responsible for multi-billion dollar property and casualty insurance operations, US and international, direct and reinsurance
- International responsibilities included disability, accident and health coverages
- Responsibilities included ceded reinsurance; personally supervised and participated in the purchase of treaty protections in worldwide markets
- Chief Financial and Claims Officer - CIGNA P & C
- Responsible for all claims functions, including major claims involving toxic substances
- Responsible for all financial and planning functions, including actuarial, accounting, and financial reporting, business and strategic planning
- President - International Reinsurance, CIGNA P&C
- Responsible for global reinsurance, with 13 offices worldwide
- Responsible for Bermuda captive management organization
- President - INA Re S.A. (Brussels based European Reinsurer)
- Majority of time spent outside the US overseeing these operations
- Regional Vice President - INA
- Responsible for INA’s Western Region insurance operations, headquartered in California
- Responsibilities included underwriting, marketing, claims, processing, planning and control
- $500 million+ direct book of business
- Vice President and Associate General Counsel - INA
- Responsible for the majority of legal functions
- Vice President and Claims Counsel - INA
- Responsible for claims litigation, including 120 person staff counsel operation
- Vice President and Contracts Counsel
- Responsible for drafting and review of broad range of contracts
- American Insurance Association (AIA) - Board of Directors
- Special Board Committees on Superfund and Workers Compensation
- American Institute of Property and Liability Underwriters
(CPCU)
- Board of Directors and Executive, and Finance Committees
- Board of Ethical Inquiries
- Constructed and graded CPCU examinations
- Insurance Services Office (ISO) - Board of Directors
- Insurance Information Institute (III) - Board of Directors
- Terra Nova Insurance Co. Ltd. (London Reinsurer) - Board of Directors
- Board of Directors of two large Managing General Agents/Underwriters
Law Firm
- Partner - Holland & Knight - Washington, D.C.
Academic Degrees, Professional Accreditations and Associations
- Bachelor of Arts - University of Pennsylvania
- Master of Business Administration - the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- Juris Doctor - Temple University School of Law
- Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU)
- Member of the Bars of Pennsylvania [inactive] and the District of Columbia
- Member - American Bar Association - Torts and Insurance Section
- Former Member - Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel
- Certified Arbitrator and Umpire – ARIAS-US
*Please note: Mr. Fowler does not serve as expert witness or consultant.
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