Insurance Management

DAVID G. BOYER

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Chicago, Illinois 60605

312-***-****

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE:

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**** * *** **** ******** employed as a Principal Analyst,

responsible for the management, negotiation and settlement of

multi-million dollar exposure environmental and toxic tort

liability claims. I controlled, and was responsible for, the

successful resolution of high exposure and complex asbestos and

environmental claims (A&E) including declaratory judgment

actions involving Argonaut. Relevant job functions included;

Responsibility for assigned claims, from inception to

closure, including the investigation and determination of

coverage; issuance of coverage position documents;

negotiation of formal/informal cost share agreements; the

selection, retention and management of defense/coverage

counsel; the review, auditing and processing of defense

invoices; the establishing of accurate and verifiable

reserves; analyzing and recommending settlements within

$100,000/claimant authority; monitoring, documenting and

enforcement of limits, deductibles and self-insurance

features; maintaining claims and files in compliance with

all applicable regulations and company/industry best

practices and through the use of available/emerging

technologies;

I served as a resource to the company and industry on

matters of insurance coverage, legal trends and the claims

environment, reporting to Argonaut senior management, and

provide advice and consultation to other Argonaut business

units regarding their A&E exposure;

Managed and directed complex litigation involving the

company on a nationwide basis. I was responsible for

determining whether to initiate litigation on behalf of the

company, including determining the nature of the claims to

be litigated, as well as selecting the venue, counsel and

parties involved;

Responsible for reducing liabilities in A&E claims, many

involving nine-figure exposures, via policy buy-backs,

coverage in place agreements, Bankruptcy resolution,

including 524(g) Trusts, and traditional settlements.

Exceeded claim reduction goals by at least 100% for past

six years;

Participated in matters involving reinsurance, including

the evaluation of treaties and facultative certificates,

reinsurance reporting, claims management and strategy, and

have managed reinsurance disputes, including arbitrations,

resulting in significant recoveries to the company.

Advised and protected company from bad faith claims, and

evaluated opportunities to establish new legal precedents

in matters of importance to the company and the industry as

a whole.

2000 BOLLINGER, RUBERRY & GARVEY, Chicago, IL

to 2003 Handled complex insurance, personal injury and environmental

coverage litigation. During this period, I represented primary

and excess insurers in litigation, and counseled those entities

in pre-litigation claims environment. Significant cases included

counseling an excess carrier in a catastrophic mass torts claim

involving the collapse of a pedestrian walkway at an auto

speedway, representing an insurer in a 2 month jury trial in

California involving breach of an agency agreement, including

bad faith and statutory violations, and obtaining summary

judgment on a coverage claim involving shareholder litigation

against a D&O policy, later affirmed by the 5th. Circuit in; TIG

v. Pinkmonkey.com, 375 F.3d 365 (2004).

1998 MERLO, KANOFSKY & BRINKMEIER, Chicago, IL

to 2000 Handled complex insurance, personal injury and environmental

coverage litigation. This period involved litigation of aviation

disasters, from on scene investigations to trial preparation,

and concerned well publicized crashes such as Comair Flight 3242

outside Detroit, and the Aon/Alberto Culver Gulfstream G-4 Crash

at the Palwaukee, Illinois Airport (Reported in; Mio v. Alberto

Culver, 306 Ill. App. 3d 822, 715 N.E.2d 309 (1999)). I

represented insurers in complex coverage matters, including

aviation hull and liability coverages, and advised and

represented insurers in traditional A&E matters as well as the

then emerging issues of Diet Drug and Electromagnetic Field

litigation.

1995 BLATT, HAMMESFAHR & EATON (formerly ROSS & HARRINGTON),

to 1998 Chicago, IL

Represented airports, airlines, aircraft manufacturers and

lessors, pilots, fixed base operators, mechanics and aviation

insurers in litigation and insurance coverage matters. This

boutique law firm offered litigation services in almost every

aspect of aviation, from defending traditional personal injury

lawsuits in multi-fatality aviation crashes, to representing

aviation entities in administrative actions and lobbying state

and local authorities on behalf of aviation concerns.

1993 HASKELL & PERRIN, Chicago, IL

to 1995 Handled environmental coverage litigation at a time when many

of the now firmly established coverage defenses were being

initially litigated for the first time. These defenses included

the sudden and accidental pollution exclusion, expected and

intended/fortuity defenses, allocation schemes and exhaustion

issues. These cases were discovery and drafting intensive,

involved extensive trial preparation in many high profile

environmental cases, such as Wisconsin Natural Gas, Stay Right

Industries, Dow Breast Implant Litigation, Baxter Hemophiliac

Litigation, Gould Industries and, the Thomas Solvent/Verona

Wellfield litigation. At the same time, I began working in the

area of aviation defense in a number of products liability cases

for a major aircraft engine manufacturer.

1988 HIGHLAND & ZANETTI, P.C., Southfield, MI

to 1993 As both a law clerk and newly licensed associate, I assisted in

the defense of a major gasket manufacturer in hundreds of

asbestos personal injury cases filed in Michigan. Additionally,

I defended governmental entities in complex tort litigation and

insurance coverage issues, with an emphasis on the defense of

County Road Commissions in highway liability cases arising from

complex multi-fatality vehicle accidents.

PROFESSIONAL: Admitted to practice in all Illinois and Michigan Courts,

and before the United States District Courts for the Eastern and

Western Districts of Michigan, Northern District of Illinois,

Southern District of Texas and District of Colorado. Also

admitted to the Sixth and Seventh Circuit Courts of Appeal.

EDUCATION: DETROIT COLLEGE OF LAW, Detroit, Michigan

Juris Doctor, cum laude, June 1990

GPA: 3.18 Class Rank: 25 of 111

Honors and Activities:

The Detroit College of Law Review, Staff Member, 1988 and 1989

Merit Scholarship, 1987 to 1990

American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law

Honors in Legal Research, Writing and Advocacy

Deans List, 1987 to 1990

Judicial Internship, United States District Court, 1989

OAKLAND UNIVERSITY, Rochester, Michigan

B.A., Political Science, 1987. GPA: 3.1

MILITARY:

1981 MICHIGAN AIR NATIONAL GUARD

To 1987 Non-Commissioned Officer (E-4, Sergeant). Assigned to 191st

Fighter Interceptor Group at Selfridge ANGB in Michigan. I was

responsible for training and evaluation of maintenance personnel

on air-to-air guided missile systems of F-4/F16 aircraft. Honors

and Decorations: Air Force Meritorious Service Award, State

Legion of Merit for Extremely Meritorious Service, Air Force

Training Award, Michigan Broadsword, Combat Readiness Medal.

Issued Secret Security Clearance.

AVIATION

LICENSES: I possess a Private Pilot, Airplane Single Engine Land

rating issued by the FAA. I have completed a number of training

hours towards Instrument and Multi-Engine ratings.

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