Vickie Castel
Executive Risk Management
abm8t0@r.postjobfree.com
Senior Management Consultant with over 20 yrs of Risk Management
experience possessing strong corporate skills that consistantly exceeds
expectations while protecting corporate profits and assets.
Industry: Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Automotive and Multi-
Faceted Manufacturing.
Areas of Expertise
- Crisis Management -
Domestic/ International Claims/ Litigation
- Strategic Planning
- Policy Development
- Educational Development
- Public Relations
- Drug and Alchol Testing Programs
- Workers Compensation Systems
Professional Experience
o Risk Manager Consultant: Consulting contracts with a domestic
Alternative Risk Transfer and
Alternative Finance Brokers. Providing Risk Management assessments and
solutions for
corporations. Audit and design fiscal reserving and audit systems
o Risk Manager / Director of Liability Management: GranCare Inc.
Publicly traded Long Term Care
Corporation with revenues approaching $ 1 Billion. A Domestic
Self Insured Program.
o Corporate Director of Litigation Claims: Agency Rent a Car Inc. A
replacement vehicle market
leader with annual sales of $50 Million. An International and
Domestic Self Insured Program.
o Corporate Liability Administrator: Revco Inc. A $5 Billion
Pharmaceutical manufacture,
distributor and retailer. In house limited Domestic Self Insured
Program.
o Divisional Claims Examiner: Electric Mutual Inc. (captive carrier of
General Electric Corporation).
A $172 Billion international multi-faceted corporation. Directed all
claims and litigation in a five
state region.
Accomplishments
V Developed Corporate Claim and Litigation Standards / Protocols/ Defense
Strategies, including, but
not limited to: E&O; D&O; Products; Fleet; Property; Worker's
Compensation and General Liability.
V Achieved favorable rulings in 90% of litigated cases.
V Reduced litigation case exposures by $17M through scrutinizing 3rd party
purchasing contracts and
broker errors which effectivly reduced overall claims by 25%.
V Reduced W.C. Retrospective Claim Premiums resulting in a 60% premium
return verses a 50 %
premium increase. A variance of $325,000.
V Developed qualitative and quantitative risk protocols, loss
experience/frequency matrixes, risk identification systems and solutions.
V Spearheaded internal multidiscipline quality standard task force to audit
corporate and regulatory compliance programs.
V Directed Crisis Management issues to conclusion with positive results and
minimal media press i.e. labor unrest, bomb threats, and other high
profile situations.
V Developed and implemented business operating systems to meet departmental
and corporate objectives. Corrected accounting and process
inconsistencies.
V Managed all aspects of corporate risk roll out programs, assuring
compliance with corporate culture and mission statement.
V Developed Health and Safety audit tools and reporting systems to address
regulatory compliance to Survey, OSHA, JCAHO and Ethic Standards
criteria.
Education and Training
Bachelor of Science: Michigan State University - East
Lansing, Michigan
Continuous Education Training including but not limited to:
Litigation Strategies; Drug & Alcohol Testing Regulations/
certifications; Senior Claims Management; Policy Interpretation;
FLMA/ADA; Leadership Training; Work Place Violence
Preparedness.; National Workers Compensation programs and
training