Vice President at Florida Special Risks
June 2004 - March 2013 | Tampa, FL
Florida Special Risks is a grass roots startup intermediary/consulting firm providing tailor-made solutions for US and international clientele providing in-depth insurance/risk management expertise.
Provided underwriting, claims, policy design, and surplus line insurance placement consulting services. Conducted risk analysis surveys, implemented risk controls and provided alternative solutions for clients.
Managed underwriting and insurance rules and regulations, reviewed agency books of business and tracked trends to recommend and implement action plans. Developed and administered a portfolio of reinsurance placements. Cultivated relationships with brokers, customers, and Reinsurers. Investigated, recommended, and led product development efforts.
Design and/or direct and/or execute major projects and research (e.g., retention management, enterprise content management, reinsurance restructuring,, business continuity) and other projects and research (e.g., system and procedural changes to accommodate new reinsurance agreement structures, new products designs, new valuation/accounting or practices, new reinsurance communication methods)
Vice President - International at International Special RIsks, Ltd.
January 1998 - June 2004 | New Orleans, LA
Provided risk/reinsurance for the Middle East and South America emerging markets. Calculated risks and coordinated the reinsurance loss control program, including loss prevention, risk/capital improvement, plan reviews, and administered reinsurance carrier’s recommendations. Managed internal business continuity planning between the corporate and local offices and formalized the organization’s risk strategy to maximize cost savings. Prepared RFPs, annual budgets, premium allocations and audit responses. Oversaw fiduciary accounts and claims funding for clients.
Responsibilities Included Select, train, develop, supervise and motivate staff of 12 who provide services to brokers, insurance companies, large employer groups.
Vice President at International Special RIsks, Ltd.
1990 - 2004
ISR is a privately held organization which specializes in insurance, reinsurance in the areas of Accident/Health/Life. Services include Actuarial Services, Insurance/Reinsurance Consulting & Brokerage, Product Development, and M&A on a multinational basis.
Vice President at International Special RIsks, Ltd.
January 1990 - January 1998 | New Orleans, LA
Enhanced coverage while lowering client premiums. Managed risk transfers and employed internal risk control services to decrease claim frequency. Implemented internal risk controls and liaised between client and external vendors. Negotiated and amended business contracts to ensure alignment with current business strategies. Drove the growth of the company’s portfolio, which grew from $5 million to over $280 million in reinsurance premiums. Administered claims funds and fiduciary accounts relative to the treaties, binding authorities and line slips held with various Lloyds and London Market Reinsurer's.
Responsible for the reinsurance systems as well as the ancillary processes that link the reinsurance systems to other systems within the company.
Direct development of enhancements and modifications to reinsurance administration.
Direct department operations to provide accurate, prompt, and fair, service to all internal and external customers; includes, but is not limited to:
o Develop, train and empower department staff for assuming greater responsibilities and for becoming increasingly independent
o Ensure conformity of department operations and practices with contractual language of reinsurance agreements and amendments and corporate policies/practices
Lloyd's Broker - Intern at Manning Beard Ltd.
January 1991 - December 1991 | London, England
Internship for one of the leading international Accident/Health reinsurance brokers , Specialist Reinsurance, Financial Institutions/Contingency reinsurance Lloyds Brokers, who specialize in North American/European Facultative and Treaty Reinsurance business. Day to day responsibilities included:
• Reinsurance contract wordings review/preparation and placement for facultative and treaty reinsurance business in the areas of Self-funded Medical, Accident Classes and Sports Accident.
• Sports Personal Accident placements within Lloyds and Company Market, for permanent total disability for various sports organizations including NFL, NHL, NBA and Professional Tennis Players.
• Reinsurance claims preparation, reinsurance submission and reinsurance collection in LIRMA and LPSO including settlement authority for various company clients in the areas of Accident/Health, Disability, sports, contingency risk and Self funded.
• Reinsurance preparation and placement of new Accident/Health reinsurance risks for company’s multinational clients, in the London reinsurance market and Lloyd’s reinsurance market.
Account Executive at JR&R, Inc.
October 1987 - January 1990 | Houston, TX
Global HR consulting firm assisting Oil/Energy clients in establishing overseas operations, pension liability, labor, benefits/compensation, in Europe, Asia, Middle East and Latin America with sales/administration offices in Germany, United Kingdom and Norway.
Responsible for enhanced coverage while lowering client premiums. Managed risk transfers and employed internal risk control services to decrease claim frequency. Implemented internal risk controls and liaised between client and external vendors. Negotiated and amended business contracts to ensure alignment with current business strategies.
Introduced a mandatory State Occupational Pension Scheme covering all employees, which guaranteed a minimum pension entitlement and profit sharing plans. Secured the Traveler's Insurance Company of Bermuda as the issuing company, prepared waivers for expats and TCN participants that saved hundreds of thousands of dollars for energy clients.
Created insurance products for Halliburton’s subsidiary insurance operation, Life of Southwest that increased revenues by 35% over a 18 month period.
The firm’s clients included numerous Fortune 500 companies and a number of foreign multinationals. The scope of services included, but were not limited to the following:
International Employee Benefits International Orientation
International Compensation General & Specific Surveys
International Policy/Procedures International Benefit Audits
Labor Negotiations (OWTU) Actuarial & Administration
Clients included, but were not limited to the following: Amoco Aramco Ashland Oil British Petroleum Halliburton ARCO Chevron Caltex Conoco Kuwait Oil Company Diamond Shamrock Whimpy Exxon Getty Kuwait Ministry of Health Mobil Phillips Petroleum Shell Oil Texaco McDermott Hughes Tool Schlumberger Tidewater
Employee Benefits Administrator - Intern at Swiss Life U.K.
January 1989 - December 1989 | Sevenoaks, Kent, United Kingdom
The Swiss Life Network is the world leader in future oriented solutions for multinational corporation’s employee benefits, international pensions, risk, long-term savings and medical regulations. Internship to gain further experience in all aspects of international/multinational pooling, pension and benefits by working on Fortune 500 clients of Swiss Life UK.
• Administration of employee pensions for multinational clients including billing, collection and preparation.
• Administration functions performed on client’s life insurance programs and annuities.
• Providing simplified profit/loss accounts for multinational pool accounts.
• Risk spreading through multinational pooling arrangements
• Coordination of transfer of client’s employee’s risk coverage’s and retirement savings facilitated between countries and contracts to insure continuity.
• Benefits consolidation, transparent benefit plan reports
• Pooled coverage’s included: group life, survivors benefit, disability (AD&D, lump sum and pensions)
• Savings – retirement pensions, retirement capital and endowment insurance.
• Assist with transfer of vested rights
• Repatriation of international dividends depending on policy form of multinational parent.
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