Real Estate General Liability
Resume:
PATRICK T. KELLY East Patchogue NY *****
631-***-**** *******.*.*********@*****.***
SUMMARY
Highly competent, versatile and adaptable claims professional with wide-ranging career experience. 30+ years of multi-line claims including General Liability to include premise liability, real estate and commercial property, construction and labor law. My experience also includes assigned risk auto, personal and commercial auto and auto liability. Priding myself on customer service, I have been a favorite and a requested adjuster for many clients.
EXPERIENCE
September 1 2021 To January 23 2025
Carl Warren & Company Woodland Hills Ca.
Senior Adjuster
Pending case load consisted of General Liability claims involving products, elevator operations, premises liability, hospitality and habitational. All cases were in litigation
DECEMBER 23, 2019 TO MARCH 20, 2020 (Contract)
Broadspire, Hauppauge NY 11788
Adjuster
I handled construction, habitational and auto bodily injury and property damage claims for specified accounts. This was a contractual position which was terminated due to COVID 19 issues as the Governor mandated that everyone go home and those that could, work from home. The parent company of Broadspire would not grant me access to the computer system from home as I was not a permanent employee.
FEBRUARY 1, 2016 TO AUGUST 9, 2019
Salenger Sack Kimmel & Bavaro, Woodbury NY 11797
Adjuster
I handled evaluations, negotiations and settlement on plaintiff general liability and auto bodily injury claims. Files were both litigated and non-litigated files.
JUNE 2007 TO APRIL 2014
Tower Insurance Co., Melville, NY 11747
Liability Examiner
Handling multi line general liability bodily injury and property damage cases
DECEMBER 2006 TO JUNE 2007 (Contract)
Zurich Insurance Co., New York, NY 10006
Senior Claims Examiner
Handling special risk railroad accounts involving FELA, railroad construction, passenger and freight operations. Cases are situated in multiple states.
OCTOBER 2005 TO JULY 2006
Magna Carta Companies, New York, NY 10016
Senior Claims Examiner
I handled General Liability and Automobile claims under New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania jurisdictions. Claims include under & un-insured motorist, premises liability and automobile liability. The majority of my pending is in litigation.
APRIL 2004 – AUGUST 2005
Atlantic Mutual / GAB Robbins, Islandia, NY 11788
Liability Claims Adjuster
I handled General Liability claims involving products liability, premises liability, and slips and falls in retail establishments and construction claims, including property damages; the majority of my cases were in litigation. My office handled the Atlantic Mutual run-off claims in conjunction with Atlantic Mutual procedures, and I was personally responsible for establishing reserves and coordinating the handling of the claims with defense counsel.
FEBRUARY 2001 – APRIL 2004
Risk Management Planning Group, Mineola, NY 11501
Liability Claims Adjuster
I was responsible for handling General Liability and Automobile claims on Entertainment and Food Merchant accounts. Claims involved all aspects of premises liability and supermarket operations and were comprised of both litigated and non-litigated files.
SEPTEMBER 2000 – JANUARY 2001
Network Adjusters, Farmingdale, NY 11735
Liability Claims Adjuster
I handled Commercial General Liability program claims involving municipalities as a Third-party Administrator. Cases were handled from cradle to grave including all aspects of litigation management.
SEPTEMBER 1999 – OCTOBER 2000
Crum & Forster Insurance Co., Syosset, NY 11791
Liability Claims Examiner
Desk pending included Automobile & Commercial General Liability claims involving premises and construction cases from inception to conclusion, in both litigated and non-litigated claims. Construction case handling involved my representation of the policyholder as general contractor, sub-contractor and employer, whatever their role may be in a given situation.
JUNE 1999 – SEPTEMBER 1999 (Contractor)
NY State Liquidation Bureau, New York, NY 10038
Liability / Litigation Adjuster
I handled all aspects of Automobile & General Liability claims both litigated and non-litigated for various companies that were either taken over by or were in rehabilitation by the New York State Insurance Department.
SEPTEMBER 1995 – JUNE 1999
CNA Insurance Companies, Melville, NY 11747
Risk Management Liability Specialist
I acted as the designated adjuster for accounts with either self-insured status, or very high self-insured retentions, namely K-Mart and L.K. Comstock. The majority of my cases were in litigation and of a diverse nature including, but not limited to, labor law, construction, slip & falls, auto traffic signal cases, and contractual issues involving municipalities. I handled claims from inception to closure and, in SIR Accounts, this includes the underlying policy. I prepared and implemented an ADR program for K-Mart, which continues to render significant savings for the account in their defense costs and indemnification payments.
SEPTEMBER 1993 – 1995
A.I.A.C., Jericho, NY 11753
Casualty Claim Specialist
Files included Commercial General Liability, Bodily Injury, and Property Damage. More than 90% of these cases were in active litigation, requiring direction of outside and staff counsel in handling. I negotiated and settled cases with plaintiff counsel, and also served as the ADR coordinator for the office.
1988 – 1993
Cigna P & C, Syosset, NY 11791
Claims Adjuster
Files included: Automobile, BI, PD, No-Fault, Collision, Assigned-Risk and Garage keepers; also, General Liability, BI and PD Claims arising from Homeowners, Construction, Property Liability, Manufacturing, Real Estate, and various other risks. Duties included negotiation and settlement of both litigated and non-litigated cases and directing counsel in the handling of all litigated claims. Personally responsible for settling 1st and 3rd Party claims, as well as Subrogation.
**Personal and professional references will be supplied upon request.
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